Nazar
After desperately looking for a good desi TV show I finally decided to give Nazar a chance! This was my first ever experience with desi supernatural genre and I kinda liked it. Let me be clear, I had been following this show through insta clips for past month and totally loved the Chudail character 🙈 and I am not disappointed! She is a fucking trip 😁 I love her! So what did I like about the show? Multiple things!
The main antagonist, Dayan. Mohana is one bitch that I love. One of the best antagonists on ITV. Smart, calculative, cold hearted and a total badass. The show revolves around her and rightly so. Though I intially found her to be a little shouty (I made that up) but the most of the ITV characters are loud like that. Her demeanour has toned down quite a bit since then so its all good!!
The crisp story telling. Maybe because its a finite show, the story is well developed. The basic plot was laid out in first few episodes and that hasn’t much changed over the months. even the changes which probably weren’t a part of the show initially have been integrated quite well. A 4 lions show without plot holes or loose ends? Mashallah!!
The ML isn’t really an asshole. Again a 4 lions/ current ITV ML who isn’t a pain in the ass! What a rarity!! Though Ansh has his moments of being an asshole but there is a solid reason behind it! Its a case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. When he is in his Mr. Hyde avatar, he is bad with everyone. Though generally Ansh is essentially a really good person.
The FL is not a manic pixie dream girl. Another trope that I am so fucking sick of. She is a regular girl who is kind hearted but is focused on her goal and will not hesitate to do anything to achieve what she wants. Though Piya comes from a broken family and traumatic past. But eh, I’ll let it pass.
Ruby aka chhoti dayan. This one was a revelation 😄 I love Ruby and her antics!!!
The styling: I can’t tell you how happy I was to see that not every character is fucking colour coordinated like some band party on day to day basis. And apart from that too, the styling is pretty good! Not sure if its Shirali who is styling this show. But whoever is, keep up the good work!
Brotps: No where close to the Obro bond, but the relationship between siblings and cousins is pretty sweet. I just wish the show focused some more on these relationships.
Of course there are somethings that I don’t like! Will I ever be fully satisfied by something? Only god knows! What I don’t really like:
The heavy religious symbolism. Considering its a supernatural show I was expecting some. But the amount of pooja/prarthana is a bit off putting at times! I just FF through the artis.
Pati/Patni ke pyar ki shakti. Initailly the relationship between the protagonist and antagonist was pretty technical. One was a Dayan and other was a Daivik (basically her antithesis) and that was good enough!! But ever since Piya and Ansh got married the emphasis on typical patnivrata dialogues are increasing. Which is more annoying than the religious connotations.
Hopefully the show stays like this till the end!!
