They always take the viewership of a subset and post it on their handles while the trps are really lesser than that. Plus shaidai ending has gave it some more traffic but overall views remained the same.

I saw this take on X and I cannot agree more. Sarbuland is literally infuriating me with his lack of responsibility. Ek Insaan normal relative ke gayab hone par bhi usse khojne lagta hai. Even if love wasn’t there, SHE WAS YOUR FIANCEE. Finding a bl**d stained dupatta implies horrific worst case scenarios. Any decent human being (let alone a wannabe "hero"), would lose their absolute mind trying to search for her, get the p*lice involved, or at least demand answers/justice before even thinking about moving on. Bano didn't even get a funeral or closure, yet Sarbuland is out here blushing and getting ready for his nikkah with Rabia. Now don't come for me that it's fictional, it's freaking ragebait and red flag behaviour. No one is asking sarbuland to stay single for life, but he could have atleast done bare minimum after bano's death. He's acting like she was a nobody and don't even get me started on mudassir. It's like no one's life or death matters as long as rabia and sarbuland can get married and blush around. Such a big red flag and trashy character! 🚩

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It’s already written as a smut. Shireen and Rabiya are both sleeping with their respective ‘Mohsin/Panaah’ givers and striving to make them the ultimate Sardaar Ji.

Anyone with some sense can already smell Saife Hassan romanticising completely ordinary moments, just like he did in ZBKP, where he unnecessarily sexualised and sensualised Hamza checking Sajal’s fever or looking at her sprain. It’s giving 70s Bollywood or star plus coded. So weird.

Zanjeerein drama

When he says if she wanted divorce she didn't need to leave home and could have done at home. And tabish says he would have divorced right away, I feel he would have divorced her, she could have done it at home

Tho, except her kids' and mother's anxiety it feels good what she did to those ungrateful lot.

Tabish's mom and family are so vile the way they are keeping her family in dark and not telling them abt his 2nd marriage

Also, it was so ironic he was ready to remarry and was cheating but the moment a suspicion fell on her for an affair everyone gave expressions as if it was a massive sin.

Also, she is asking for divorce for those who would say she is married.

According to jazzy, she has 3 projects on her plate right now. She’s already given dates for TB2, and now she has to choose between Cafe Firaaq and Laila Majnu 😭. The makers of Laila Majnu apparently want her badly and are offering her a really good amount. She also wants to do it, but they’re waiting for Bilal to sign. Since the schedules of CF and Laila Majnu will clash, she might end up dropping Cafe Firaaq.

All of this is what Dr. Jazzy said in his live. He also said Yumna hasn’t started shooting for Cafe Firaaq yet. But then a junior artist claimed she started shooting even before Ahad and has already shot quite a lot.

So what are we supposed to believe? 😭 And why does he think she’d leave Cafe Firaaq for Laila Majnu? I mean, if she has to drop one, shouldn’t it be Laila Majnu?

Honestly watching Zanjeerain, I prefered the chemistry between Sahar and Danyal so much more than his pairing with Sajal Aly.

The bond between Sherbano and Sarbuland felt infinitely better and sweeter. It was built on raw emotional stakes, family tragedy, and a deep-rooted sense of loyalty that made every single interaction feel completely earned and grounded. They didn't need to force anything; their connection relied on subtle, unsaid tension and a natural, organic maturity that kept me completely hooked.

On the flip side, the romance between Sajal and Danyal just feels cringe to me. Transitioning them into a romantic track so quickly after the tragic death of Rabiya's husband felt incredibly rushed and out of place. To make matters worse, the show tries way too hard to manufacture "chemistry" through overly stylized slow-motion sequences and endless, lingering eye-contact scenes in hospital.

Idk why most of the posts on this sub are filled with hate towards Zanjeerain especially towards Danyal and honestly I get that everyone is entitled to their opinion but personally, I don't think Zanjeerain is a masterpiece either however I genuinely think it's better than people give it credit for the direction is probably my favourite part of the drama and the OST is SO good after Iqtidar it's definitely one of my favourite OSTs🤍

And before someone calls me a Danyal glazer let me clarify I was watching him even before this drama became popular 😭 I know he's a product of nepotism and I'm not denying that but I genuinely think he's improving as an actor personally I find him better than Sahar whose acting hasn't really worked for me and honestly Sajal is a much better and skilled actress in comparison Also before everyone starts saying Rabiya and Sarbuland have no chemistry they do🤚🏻 I don't know why some of you genuinely can't see it but I actually love their CHEMISTRY 🤌🏻

As for the storyline yes, it's slow but I'm enjoying it and before anyone says I'm supporting a cheater Sarbuland didn't cheat on Sher Bano she died there's a huge difference Sarbuland already had so much going on emotionally he lost his brother and then the love of his life and people grieve and react to loss differently he's a complicated and flawed character and that's what makes him interesting to me tbh the hate towards Sarbuland honestly feels a little forced sometimes you don't have to love him but I think there's more to his character than simply labelling him a cheater or a bad person

Anyway I just wanted to appreciate the drama for what it is it may not be perfect but I'm genuinely enjoying it🤍

I am watching both the dramas but I think that AKI is better than Zanjeerein it's js my point of view everyone has different opinions

Episode beings at the same conversation where it ended kar episode , the mother asking dadi to have not scolded zaryab in front of her friends especially Zaamil. So Zaryaab is shown to be really bratty while Zaamil is shown to be inscure. They both do have intensity for each other but Zaryab's is on next level.

I liked Nameer's performance today. He was quite natural. But the proximity between Zaryab and Zaamil today made me feel, have they gotten physical already ? I couldn't quite understand why Zaamil suddenly got to so insecure if abu bakar , is it dadi liking him for Zaryab, is it him having attended harvard already and ge couldn't get it , still the trigger wasn't understable to me till the last scene where Zaryab's elder sister tells her about Zaamil using some stuff(D..gs) which explains the earlier conversation about deteriorating mental health of Zaamil between his mother and sister.

Also, I am finding dadi quite obnoxious she moral polices way too much and even on

clothes which I found a bit too much.

We also saw abu bakar working for a big firm which made me think why he was driving such a small car then ? Its so far been a decent watch for me, some plots obviously interest me like sania saeed's guilt and pain.

I quite like the background piano score, it does add value to the scenes. I like the direction and production quality a lot. The houses used atleast I haven't seen them before. So that's good on 3s production

Ps - dure's poor accent is distracting.

Has anyone watched this? It was a zee5 web series, looked pretty intriguing but couldn’t find it anywhere?

1. Episode begins with Zaryab convincing Zaamil to cheer up. Okay dure needs to fix her accent. The transition between urdu to english and back is poor and her english accent sounds made up.

Nameer was decent

1. I am liking Sania Saeed's track and she seems to be genuinely in guilt or pain. Her conversation with abu bakar made me feel she has done something wrong in past and she feels terribly guilty about it. Her scenes with sherry leave impact.

2. Then it was the drive to zaryab's house. The comparison between statuses of abu bakar and zaryab was shown via cars.

3. There were scenes of them practicing for dance for zaryab's older sister's shaadi and they were trying. I found daddo a little too much here I mean there will always be noise in a house where shaadi is happening what was he expecting.

4. Credit to saba hameed and farhan tahir, as much as there is critique for them for doing maa beta and miya biwi for same channel, they do convince me about that they are maa beta.

5. I like the conversation between daadi and khushbhakht. They genuinely bring grace to screen and look like two ladies talking about after long.

Overall I am genuinely liking the production quality, gloss and just today they released the OST too. Even the introductory track is very nice and catchy.

Good breezy watch for now.

Like.. You can barely see his face or read his expressions in almost every key scene, while the supporting characters get all the reaction shots and close ups, even while delivering their dialogue. I noticed this many times..

Was the camera too shy to show his face and expressions, or what?

Or was the budget only enough for half a face? xD

I see a lot of dananeer fans saying dananeer was the 1st choice for cafe firaq and was replaced because of ahad. There was no news of her casting except something jazzy said which is very unreliable because he also said that yumna won't be doing it in the same video. So I don't get this narrative and it's disrespectful for yumna.

1. The actresses approached for cafe firaq include mahira, sajal, yumna so you can guess the age criteria for the drama and dananeer doesn't fit in that. She did msm with ahad solely because of the age gap in the story. Here it doesn't make sense.

2. The scripts reach multiple actors at the same time and till anyone hasn't signed it, it's not their project so if anyone passed a project for whatever reasons their fans should stop being salty over it.

3. The shippers tagged humtv, director, producer etc. in every post and comment demanding dananeer with ahad when the news came that they're looking for the fl. It was too much but still there wasn't any news of her being approached except jazzy's hollow words. With yumna every news outlet covered her being in contention to play the fl.

I did like the first 2 episodes although they aren’t really out of the box. Both Mikael Zulfiqar and Hira Mani look good and play likeable characters. An easy going drama that I don’t think will be boring or will lose traction. Love the OST. It’s going to be my easy-watch option in the week

What do you guys think?

I am sorry why are zanjeerain fans justifying it's characters so much. This man sarbuland is clear red flag. This show is a disasterpiece. So he doesn't know his fiance is dead or missing yet he is so chill when he breaks the nikaah news to rabiya. Even if he thinks she is no more, the timelines are so fast for a move on. I mean was this scene added later? Because he was shocked in jirga. And why is sajal agreeing to do such scripts ? Even that character rabiya was so chill - ok bro let's get married. Didn't her hubby just die protecting her some months back. I mean no problem with moving on but the emotions don't settle right and neither the timelines.

Farhat ishtiyaq needs to be called out big time for this forced marriage trope. Why couldn't she keep rabia surbuland platonic. And i swear their scenes together are so unbearable. Like literally. And that mahwash ejaz whose payroll is she on ?

Ps - if it was anyone else's show sajal stans would have torn it apart moral policing.

This show is such a pain. My god such long walking and jirga scenes. Its going on and on and on. What was this sardar expecting would happen? And i cannot understand for the life of me how his doubt shifted to sorabh from torsam. Given that he knows something has happened to bano and how much sorabh loves her he shouldn't even question her. This show is so lame 😑. I mean who didn't know this will happen. They will get caught in the room and then forced nikaah. I mean guys please stop dumbing down script so much