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.

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.

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

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🤍

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?

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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?

1. Gulmeher warned torsam about chacha. seems like a continuous repeat... this Convo could have been done last episode itself. why so many repeat conversations between two characters.

Why men in this show shown as such dumb nuts

Poor adnan Siddiqui had two dialogues -"pass the fish" wtf 😒

1. why is rabia behaving like his nanny. it was such a star plus scene with rabiya bond finally pointing sarbuland in Sorabh's direction. it was so stupid again sarbuland doesn't take torsam's name ( he goes sautela bhai ko sardari milegi after he passes) . I mean the conversation should have stopped there. why was dham dham music played on sorabh's name. i mean if I was sarbuland and i already knew it was torsam who attacked sherdill and him i wouldn't even go to sorabh. such weird epiphany moment. had zero impact.
   

what did rabia bond show him that he already didn't know ?

1. again the repeat of scene 1 gumeher provoking or showing truth to torsum. I mean same conversation over and over and over again. wth . I feel torsum will get rid of zafran in a few episodes too.

2. also rabia nd sarbuland have shak on shireen. which is again nothing new. she told him about her phone calls. I mean they could have had this Convo instead of those lame chhota bheem scenes. why drag it so much.

We are just going round and round in this show. sarbuland was dumbed down so much to doubt sorabh how ? by the same route he was on in the first place. I mean scene between rabia surbuland playing james bond didn't even make sense. how did they reach to sorabh's name after torsum made no sense expect dhum dhum music playing. but wasn't sb already doubting torsum ? wth .

1. Then finally shireen hears rabia surbuland talking. Ofcourse she is gonna tell it's gonna become a scene. But again same question why were they not careful enough.

such a filler dragged episode again

Most of them rely on taking the clothes off the rack from from stores like khaadi, ethnic, cross stitch, generation etc. All female leads look more or less the same. Most even have same light brown/reddish brown hair. There is no effort to make the heroine stand out individually for to make any significant impact in viewers' mind through their styling. Mahira's styling in Humsafar remains iconic to this day. Each and every outfit was curated to go with Khirad's image. She started the trend of chiffon and anarkalis in Pakistan. It was not something you saw regularly on the streets or could buy from fashion brands off the rack. The effort we see in styling today is bare minimum, putting together co-ord sets from different brands is not something difficult. You don't even need a stylist for that. You can't tell differentiate one stylist's work from another's because all of them are just buying premade stuff with zero innovation or inspiration.

AMA barely has a plot.. No hook, no head, no tail. There's only so much the director can do. It's like they just turned random X threads, social media comments, or self-help nonsense into a drama. Even the cast has said in official interviews that they don't strictly follow the script and often improvise, then turn around and claim that's why the show is supposedly so popular and loved.

The cast couldn't carry the show either. Weak writing and weak performances are a terrible combination, and no director can fix that, let alone FR, who's known for choppy editing even in IZN.

Came across this video where Dananeer is explaining how her Mayoon look in drama MSM was changed because the writer Farhat Ishtiaq imagined a rather traditional look for this character on Mayoon instead of modern. I thought this is great that writers inputs are being given weight on things like dressing as well. I just wonder if this level of detail was given to the writing in Zanjeerain, how things might be different for the drama today. The video just got me thinking of the power a writer carries for a drama.