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Mahid fishes kauser from the tank… but his skills as a paramedic are a bit lacking…. Unfortunately Seher is also shell shocked seeing her ammi battle for dear life… thank goodness Mahid aise waqt pe darana dhamkaana nahi bhulte and helps snap seher out of her fear and she quickly takes charge of the situation…. Once downstairs seher attempts to bring Kauser’s spark back…. She knows exactly what happened… this was no accident…kauser doesnt need to say it out loud… She attempts to dry her hair and make her a warm drink to revive her senses, but Kauser sits frozen … arms and legs wrapped… unable to believe that she made it out alive. Mahid… an outsider to the Baigs, yet an insider to the situation, is frantic as he tries to make himself useful…. Of course he cannot help Seher much in drying Kausers hair or in making Kauser an elixer… thats not his forte by any means. But he does try… he hands Seher a towel… he tries to keep up with seher everytime she reaches for something …. Anything to offer comfort, even if it is in spirit…. He even attempts to pour Kauser a warm cup of the concoction seher has brewed, but gets yelled at for being unmindful…. Fair, because now is not the time to play burn victim…. Now is the time to stand in solidarity with these two women. Its unclear what Mahid thinks in this moment…. Does he think this was an accident? Or did he think Kauser jumped into the tank? Was he ever suspicious that Parvez could be the culprit? Until Seher tells Mahid what actually happened…. And in that moment their fate tied them together again… Their battle is now his own.

Mahid asks Kauser to start talking …. What happened… How? Why? His tone a little to authoritarian… but even when he offers his unwavering support no matter what the story, Kauser hesitates. The tone softens eventually…. And nudged by Seher, Kauser starts to trust Mahid… she starts from the very beginning….. 14 saal ki thi jab parvez ke saath nikaah hui thi. What most women remember as a suhaagraat… kauser recalls as a never ending cycle of darkness and pain… its customary in many households for the husband to give the new bride an ornamental token of love to start their lives together…. While most brides get gold or silver jewellery, maybe even clothing …. Kauser got a broken finger…. A constant reminder of the pain that would now become her everyday…. When she told her sasural waalon, they laughed…. It was then that she made the pain her own…. This was her world now…. Finally Seher came… her daughter, whom she shielded from the monster that was her husband… she raised the child to be her friend, confidant, her pride, her ray of hope, her joy, in her otherwise cruel and lifeless world. Her only wish, that Seher should not face the same trials she did…. Ever…… and as she tells her story, you can see the shock and realization click in Mahid’s face… Everything seher did… everything Kauser said… their attachment… the fear… it all makes sense to him now…. But if Parvez was so bad why didnt Kauser walk out of the marriage? Oh Mahid you innocent innocent man…. The scripture allows for a “khula”… but the ones upholding the scriptures… Allah’s men on earth… they do not… and even if they did, custody of Seher would go to Parvez…. And thats where mothers make the choice to stay back….. their own lives are worthless if it means abandoning their child…. Seher hugs her ammi as if she could squeeze the pain away… and mahid… his world is shooketh… he is impressed by the strength and resilience Seher and Kauser have shown… he is shocked at their realities… and if he has any feeling to spare, he is probably embarrassed that he ever raised a voice or showed aggression to seher…. That stick she handed him earlier… that has been her reality all her life… when she cowered in fear that Mahid would slap her at the dargaah over the kebabs…. This was why… in her world, men torture…and women… they just tolerate.

Parvez enters the house … his happiness uncontained and unchecked …. Asad and safiya in tow… kulfi in hand for Kauser, knowing full well that by now she has drowned… he calls around for kauser … but the lack of a reply doesnt bother him… he knows exactly where she is…. He is surprised when Mahid enters the room from Seher and kausers bedroom… followed by seher… The despicable lowlife fears Mahid… as he should…. Unlike situations where Mahid typically brings in the rage, here he is… calm… or should I say cold…. His eyes dark with anger but ofcourse the lowlife doesnt see it… he offers Mahid the kulfi instead… mango flavor…. Bohut badhiya…. Koi aur hota toh abtak mahid usse koot deta… but not today… he is slow in taking the kulfi from parvez miyan… was he planning to eat it? Nevermind….. the Mahid we know is back…. Here is the issue though… for all the vile things this low life has done.. no ghusa no kootayi is enough…an eye for an eye is not enough…. Mahid asks seher to call the police, because no punishment inhis hands will be enough… Safiya’s feeble attempt to save Parvez by pleading to kauser is laughable honestly…. And both of Parvez’s kids… stand aside and watch as Mahid attempts to deliver the first taste justice…although if you ask me, it is not nearly enough.

Mahi, Rishita, Parth and Vaquar truly deserve a standing ovation for these scenes… especially vaquar… to portray a man like Parvez requires loosing touch with humanity… and to do it consistently the way he has is commendable…. Hate is too kind a word to describe what I feel towards Parvez on a good day… aj toh pata nahi kis matraa ki nafrat aa rahi ahi mujhe … Loathe, despise, abhor… take your pick… but to me these words are not fkn enough…

After all of this… Naazima comes across as truly juvenile… mahid ke naam ke angoothi… sapno ka sansaar… girl snap out of it…. Her privilege and delusion is just nauseating. Husna, Fatima, Wasim… all criminals pitting against one another…. For what? The same doodh mein milawat.. keere makaure…jhoot and saboot … sabotage… ughhh…. No. Just stop. For the love of god… just. Stop. Please.

And Amaal, love, Dr. Quadri may not have been the perfect mother… but trust me … you have the perfect life. Lord bless this family with the powers of communication. Sultana is creating her own death spiral by withholding the truth and lying… every child deserves to know who their biological parents are.. its not a crime for Amaal to be curious about her lineage…. Trust your upbringing that she will still recognize you and Fareed as her home at the end of the day…

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Gazala’s case now reopened, much to the disdain of the greater Niyaazi clan, Mahid finds his solitary support from his dulhan to be, Naazima… she will definitly be standing by her future mangetar and shauher through his trying times, even testing his patience to build tolerance for the actual situation. What a kind thoughtful soul… Sirf Mahid ko hi nahi dikh raha her oppurtunistic paak dil and saaf neeyat… mahid reigns her in because there is still time to all of that and its past bedtime for for ex-begum… he must drop her home first.

However before they get in the car… mahid gets a top view of the dent to his jaaneman… and ooohhh… thats a big one… aaj toh woh guards ke naukri kha hi jaate the way seher devours her pizza… if seher didnt have the courage to confess… yet here she is, standing by her actions, eyes closed in fear at what punishment Mahid will serve her. As always she even offers him ideas… a stick to her hand. This scene is funny at surface level but speaks volumes once you dig through to the ‘hypodermic’ (yes i am a salty ‘shroom) layer. The only other man in her life has punished her so severly for merely existing that iss galati ka sazaa toh pata nahi kya hi hogi. She expects the worst to be handed to her and it breaks your heart to see that inspite of mahid never physically harming her in their time together, she still expects the same. Mahid however takes full liberty of the situation (as he must) for a little fun. He uses her stick to giddy her up into the car in jest… ye ittu si cheeti jisne naak me dum kar rakha hai uske zindagi… thoda darana toh banta hai. But poor seher is still worried … to fix the dent must be expensive… can the niyaazis even afford it? After such laavish parties and expensive wives, is mahid liquid enough to fix this out of pocket? Mahid reassures her ki itna bada mahel mein thode bohut toh paise honge but seher doesnt buy it… and after all she must take accountibility for her actions. Its not her fault… definitly the rock’s… seher ne toh sirf patthar phenki to save mahid… ab ye kambaqt patthar ko Mahid niyaazi ki gaari mili toh crash into… clearly the patthar was a woman… only that can explain this bewakoofi …. But accountibility … yes … seher will pay mahid back for damages in 6-8 years. And Mahid, he will wait for that reimbursement with baited breaths and smirks… his 2 cents to motivate this child to never give up on her dreams!

Just as they get out of the car to make it to home stretch, another of mahid’s secrets comes out… Sheermaal… with a view. Who would have thought, the great Lord Mahid would be a connossieur of Sheermaal… and views… he frequents a roadside shop in ex begum’s mohulla. Just like their own mangni, the two skipped dinner so a side quest for dinner seems yummy. Seher seats herself to enjoy Lucknow’s best while Mahid looks uncomfortable (probably wishing he had that stick on him still) because clearly its not the dish that is his favourite…. Aaah pickles! Friends Mahid… she wants dosti… stop with the stares… dont make this wierd… for you, for her, for us…. Just Dosti… ab chup chap sheermaal khao …. Its seher’s turn to smirk now.

Not for long though. As they step into the Baig house post dinner… they are met with open doors and an erie silence. The mood shifts from fun and light to dark and dense… a broken pot … mud tracks… where is Kauser? Why is no one home at this hour? Mahid now an outsider waits to be invited in, but once he is, he joins the search party. Its a race against time because parvez has dropped his pehli begum into the water tank and is now waiting in hiding for her to breathe her last. And Kauser, lord knows how long its been, is about to give up all hopes for survival.. she has bid her child farewell and closed her eyes in anticipation of her call towords the light. Mahid notices the tank first and the taps from inside signalling help… he jumps to open the lid and finds khalajaan inside….

The quadris are still being blissfully tormented in their own little bubble of hell… Sultana comes across as pretentious as she instructs the nurse about amaal’s comfort and sweet tooth. Apology would have been a good look… but alas she decides to flaunt her ego and pride instead… her insecurities so deep that she cannot see the damage she did to her family and relationships over the years.

Jhoot pe jhoot… jhoot pe jhoot… jhoot pe jhoot. Seher’s endless jhoot has Mahid miyan pareshaan…. Ab baas… aur nahi…. Seher must come clean…. But before she starts talking, mahid has connected the dots. Lagta hai defrosting kuch zyada hi kaam kar gaya…. Dormant brain cells bhi jaag uthe inside CiD mahid. He realises that there is only one reason why seher would be too scared to tell him the truth. When he looses his composure…. And that only happens when he hears about his ammi….. so what if Seher’s lies have something to do with his Ammi? Someone give this man a standing ovation cause he has finally put the puzzle together!!! And now Seher fills in the rest of the gaps with the finer details…. She found Gazalas diary… and the diary pointed to a murderer within niyazi manzil… but before she could tell mahid, curiosity and her will to protect his sanity got the best of her and she became part time sherlock to figure out who the possible culprit was….

Mahid being mahid looses his cool yet again at his Ammi’s mention. Watching him flailing for his mental stability makes seher’s stance more cleartbh… how was she even supposed to bring up the conversation if Mahid cannot even here or talk about his ammi with a straight face? As seher helps him through yet another panic attack and menty B… in moments like this she becomes the lioness protecting her cub in the wild, just warmth and a nuzzle to show solidarity and understanding…. She extends an olive branch…. What if they don’t have a relationship… kyunki koi bhi sambandh given her age is criminal and morally wrong… lekin dosti? Dosti toh ho sakti hai? Seher puts Mahid in a tough spot. Her point being, to dig further into his Ammi’s last days he will need a companion…and a smart one at that… so why not befriend Seher? And that way she can ‘repay’ him for his kindness and support during their short lived shaadi. This is where Mahid truly shines as a man…. His principles are too strong for his own good … and he refuses to shake on it…. (Dil jeet liya mahid ne in this moment…. Chummis to the man and his morals!!)… seher looks visibly heartbroken though… something that mahid does not miss… so he offers a different olive branch instead…. One where even their dosti is chaperoned…. If kauser says yes, he will be her friend…. And while they are at it, might as well collect his Ammi’s diary too….

Before they leave the room, seher advises him to a) call the police… because the lady hired to kataal mahid is still out and about in the halls of the mansion and b) keep Dr. Fareed on speed dial… kyunki seher abhi tak doctor bane nahi na…. Aur medical emergency mein koi toh trusted aadmi hona chahiye on their team…. Fire and ice should ideally not work together… yet here we are…. mahids fire calmed once again by seher’s ice… and together, they melt each other’s pain away….

Speaking of Fareed…. We see him and sultana at the hospital where Amaal is admitted for her panic attack…. Finding out about the adoption knocked the wind out of that poor girl… her trust broken and her darkest fears now her reality…. Sultana still doesnt see the problem but Fareed does …. All their lives the goal was to love amaal and raise her in a happy home…. Yet it all came crashing down… and now she neither has a home nor does she trust that the quadris love her…. This is exactly what i had feared…. Amaal was old enough to have a conversation about her lineage …. But sultana’s fear, incompetence and jealousy drove them all to this point…. And now the only person Amaal trusts is Kauser… its like a pull from the now nonexistent umbilical cord… atleast Fareed is done playing games and is ready to come clean to his daughter… he goes to fetch Kauser…. And at a good time might I add… because Kauser is about to be drowned in her own home by the vile man that seher calls abbu.

The police arrive at Niyaazi manzil and that causes uproar among the mansion members…. Wasim and fahtima are visibly shitting their pants…. Dada huzoor is annoyed…. Husna tries to pass it off as Mahid over reacting…and dulhan-to-be naazpoo is just happy to sight her chaand again…. Although her chaand is followed by a cloud that most people refer to as seher… the police do a sweep of the house and find the khanjar that had Mahid’s fate printed on it… and with that Mahid unleashes his wrath…. He suspects that his Ammi’s killer is on the loose… and this time he will be ready to catch them… he formally requests the reopening of Gazalas file and pans his eys across the members of the household…. No one will be spared this time…. Haider ne toh fake behoshi ke chakkar mein ye wala look miss kar diya.. lekin agar woh yaha hota, he too would have felt a chill go down his spine at Mahid’s glare…..

Normally I would let the precap be… but I thought it was the darn cutest scene we have seen in a while…. It appears that Mahid has found out about the damage seher did to his car… to save his life ofcourse…. Now seher is a girl with pride…. She asks mahid to send her the bill…. She will reimburse him… in 8 years… jab woh doctor ban jaati hai…. And Mahid… he will definitely wait for her to become a doctor, so that he can get his money back 🫶🏼🤌🏼

Seher attempts to defrost ex pati…and we know this because Mahid goes from Avatar blue to Oompa Loompa orange in exactly one blink. He also apparates from being sprawled on the floor like a star fish to propped up against a pillar within that same blink…. The editors really did decide to ignore the space time continuum in that clip.

But the important part is this… Mahid regains his sensibilities and with that, his realization that perhaps seher isn’t lying about the danger to his life. Jis shiddat se dhakka di usne Mahid ko…. It must be because she had good reason to. But Seher being seher cannot quite stomach this validation…. The gears in her brain spin to cook up a new story…. One where she is a jealous girl …. Who isnt over her ex… and doesnt want to seem him engaged to the hawa hawai….. Why does she cook this story when she could have come clean about the whole murderer on the loose situation? Waqt…. So kambaqt…. Mahid is too fragile to hear about the rest of Gazalas truth… how Seher found the diary and her theories and thoughts based on what she read…. And add to that the plot she overheard. Nope the waqt is definitely not right for Mahid to be privy to all of this info. Instead he must focus on getting his strength back and defrosting. Also i believe the word is hypothermia and not hypodermia (its like masroof mashroof mushroom all over again 😩 diction coach? Where you at? These kids are shitting in all the languages now…haaaye gazaaaaab!).

To save her jinn ka bhatija Seher has a 3 step plan… constant chapad chapad, melt ice with fire, and mirchi competition (tujjhe mirch lagi toh main kya karu…. Except seher uses it as an excuse to ‘pareshaan’ mahid just a little bit more😈😈)… Today mahid juggles all the hats…daroga, cid, police, wakeel…he questions sehers intent…. And recognizes her play… the eyes give it away as always…. Seher might think she is lying through her teeth about wanting to stop the mangni out of jealousy… but thodi mirchi toh usse bhi lagi. Mahid sees that…. And Mahid decides to explain to her why the mangni must happen…. I give him an A+ for his effort but a Solid B for his actual explanation…. Ahh well… at least the man tried…. (Honestly his explanation felt more like a continuation of the clapback on grooming that he innitiated in conversation with tahir the other day, and less of a clarification of his stance to seher)… Seher does realise that the need for the mangni is driven by Mahids desire to stay away from her… not because he is deeply in love with hawa hawaai.

Mahid finally decides that baate bohut ho gayi…now its time to end this little rendezvous …. Seher however recalls how she made her way back into NM … ek toh Mahid ki gaari par patthar phenki…and moreover that she was thrown out…. To go back out and summon help is a literal death sentence.. and its not like she can help Mahid out of the room herself….. her cheeti like stature against Mahid’s hati (jaise dum…chak dum dum chak dum dum….ok nvm all this beifizul baatein) doesnt stand a chance… yet this cheeti is the reason for many of Mahid’s problems today… does Seher agree? No. Does she think Mahid is the problem? Absolutely. *Stupid moon made of ice… stupid mangni.. stupid naazpoo.*

Drama at the Baig house was a solid 8 out of 10 today. Stuck with a Muneera and a bowl of special kheer, Kauser for once uses all her brain to test if this is indeed her child gone missing… no no no not a scientific DNA test or anything…. Just a little game… where she pretends to be mentally spicy and volatile….. enough that the girl spills her truth…. She was picked up from a drama group to act like a muneera by Parvez….. gosh golly that man is sick…. He has no inkling of shame, regret or penance at what he is doing to Kauser…. When caught he becomes less human and more animal, and grips Kauser in a chokehold…. Aur woh chammak challo, safiya…. One would imagine that in a moment like this she would perhaps stand up for another woman…. But no… she is as selfish as ever and walks away to save herself and her son… what a disgrace to humanity the both of them 🤦🏻‍♀️

Y'all Didnt think I forgot you now did you? Na na na... Now I will admit to feeling a little uninspired so I will only recap EP 111-113, and deep dive into 114....
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1. Seher in attache. Sherwani outside attache... Mahid sees sherwaani... huh... cute...
2. Mahid x Tahir.... even more cute
3. Naazpoo disrespects Kauser....Mahid disciplines Naazpoo... aye haaye haye
4. Kauser finds out the truth about the mangni... oh no no
5. Bilau vs Bilau... and a sneeze.... too damn frkn cute!
6. Husna x Haider... Whats cookin' there good lookin'? A plot I presume.... Do tell!
7. Seher with a plan and a list... always love a girl with a mission
8. Mahid looking damn fine (but has looked finer in the past... this is not his shade of white!) walks in for chatt mangni... ehh
9. Mahid sees seher, hallucinates seher, breaks a mirror and crashes out... just like the first time...
10. Tahir x Safed Gaari meets Haider
11. Wasim and phups exchnage winks and notes on shared enemies.
12. Seher dresses for a tadakta bhadakta performance
13. Mahid x Naaz gets blessed by the other naani.
14. Seher's got moves. Mahid does not.
15. "Apas mein suljhale toh behtar hoga"... follow me...
16. Bilau Bilauti fight it out upstairs and bilau gets locked in a room courtesy bilauti
17. Bilau slips and goes sliding on the wet floors... oops.
18. Bilauti gets thrown out of the ice castle!

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Mahid better have gotten his car insured bumper to bumper: liability,  collision,  comprehensive, motorist, PIP, and incidental medical .... cause did our girl just throw a rock at his car?... with intent?! Oh! Yikes! Sorry, but that is grounds for divorce right there.... Seher clearly adapted a bit of a criminal streak from he abbu... (Me likey... but not at the car babe... people... aim at the people!). Well atleast she got her entry ticket back into the ice castle.

Naazima is seen pacing and wondering where could the LOHL possibly be... why is he not dancing and prancing around her in sheer unfiltered joy? Ah a subtle ode to Mahid's first engagement. There is always a run-away somebody. They say marriage changes you in ways you dont even see coming... Dikh raha hai Seher ki asar on you Miyan-ji.... As Naazima stands heartbroken, the guests leave. And I know there will be disagreement if I say I feel bad for her. But I actually do. Mahid used a word for seher yesterday ..."Deewani".... Seher ka pata nahi....but naazima definitly has adapted that role. Bachpan ka pyaar ke peeche dewaani ho gayi woh larki.....Didnt even realise the lines she crossed. Probably still doesnt get it even now tbh. She really thinks she will eventually be able to claw her way into Mahid's heart at some point. And the fact that to her this mangni, and nikaah (if things go as per plan) are real, makes me pity her. To be stood up at your own engagement party.... with society staring you down.... in a world where society is everything.... that has got to burn! She deserves punishment for sure, but this.....(I am sorry I guess I am a softie .... jeez!)

Seher puts her climbing skills to excellant use and makes her way back to the room where she locked Mahid. But of course the path to enter the room is full of obstacles. We have an angry and tearful fiance-to-be... hawa hawaai as seher calls her... flying around the house... We have a Chachu with kataal on his mind.... and a Phups joining forces with chachu cause she too has the same goal. Phup's stance is still unclear... why the change of heart? why now? What is her endgoal? She does lay out some of her thoughts, but I am still wary.... And Wasim, That man is biting off way more than he can chew. Husna-araa is not a beast he wants to join forces with, beacuse there will come a time when she shifts her focus to him.

Finally Seher makes her way into the locked room to find an unconscious hypothermic mahid lying face down and blue. In Lucknow. Where it is 40 degrees outside. Even if Naazima installed blast chillers in the house for her special day, to freeze time or ensure that the humidity doesnt get to her hair and frizz it up, insulation is a bitch. You mean to tell me that a mansion that big and old can hold temperatures low enough to trigger Hypothermia in a solid built man like mahid? Yes he fell in water... a concussion might be warranted... but hypothermia? *Siiiiigggghhhhh*... Well seher lights a fire (literal and figurative) to wake the man up...her panic again a nod at that fateful Eid night when the tables were turned.... the desperation in her voice so real.... talaq se upaar jaan thodi na hai.... you can't argue with that... but oh what a pickle! and all i have to say to this as a true romantic at heart is: pyar kabhi galat nahi hota... waqt galat hota hai. And waqt this is not my child. There couldnt be a more terrible waqt in fact... *AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH*

The Baigs and the Quadris have their own devils to deal with. Amaal finally finds out about her adoption and faints. Atleast Sultana has changed outfits for this worthy occasion. And Parvej brings home "a" Muneera.... not their Muneera... just a randm girl he probably picked up off the streets... is it just me... or does this muneera seem a bit...off? Maybe I have been watching too much orphan and Good American Family (Highly recommend BTW!!!!)... but that girl, her smile, her hug, her look... just gives me the hibijibis! YIKES!

Jo jo sawal maan mein the sabke… she has just about touched on everything!

Yes there was a fight. No not a big fight. Relax and move on to us all. Mahi is leaving because the character has shifted and so has the story from what it appears. Husna has a super dark evil arc coming (yummza😈😈). Haider is not just a showpiece. Haaaye gazaaaab!

Chasing seher down and around town has turned into Mahid’s full time job. And saving Mahid is seher’s…. She follows the cloaked lady, the one with mehendi on her feet, whose phone has evidence of the planned attack against Dulhamiyaan… yet as fate would have it … the lady escapes with her phone….. seher isnt as lucky though…. She gets caught by Mahid. Her weapon of choice, is a brass bowl… For a minute it seems like a third party qataal wali is unnecessary…. Because seher herself is ready to take him down a peg or two with the bowl. Seconds away from a guaranteed concussion the match becomes a draw…Eyes fuming with anger and disbelief at her bachkaane harqat, Mahid opens up his interrogation shop. One would imagine that honesty in situations like this helps, yet the man is so full of himself that even with Seher laying the facts down, point blank, Mahid thinks she is just trying to prevent her “crush” from this mangni. Mahid always stands tall and proud…. He stands taller and prouder today in the face of stupidity… oh if only he could see that seher isn’t lying…. She is infact saving his tashreef from getting whooped… and by whooped i mean k!lled…. But ah welll…. The mighty will be humbled one day… soon… they always are.

He carves out a path for her exit…. Its either that or the terror that every indian teen girl lives with…. Their ammi… Seher picks neither…. She blindfolds Mahid with her dupatta, snatches his phone and makes a run…. But yet again not a successful one…. Police nahi…CID se training li hain Mahid ne… like a true cowboy, he lassos seher with her own dupatta… She had already called the police, but Mahid mansplains that ex-begum is not of sound mind post her own attack…. *siiiiiigggghhhhhhh*…. Mahid is going to have to draft a very long apology speech for this very soon…. Most definitely by the end of the day……. Shouldn’t be problem though because he seems to have nailed the format already….

You know how some people speak very little but still manage to say a lot… their words have depth and meaning…. Well, Fareed is not one of them. Kya bolne aye the… kya bolke chale gaye… Allah jaane… ye mein nahi, Kauser soch rahi hain… mujhe bhi sach bataoon toh samaj mein nahi aayi… didnt he come down to confess that amaal is kausers kid? What happened to that? And then he bought her a bubble making toy…. Heh?! Make it make sense!

Naaz truly believes that delulu is the solulu because she is just about giddy in happiness… dancing and prancing with fahtima (when did Fahtima get on board the #Mahzima express?!….. lagta hai this weekend was used for family bonding and burying old hatchets)….. Husna does dampen their joy but … naazpoo is ignorant to the realities… oh to be blindly and stupidly in love…. Mahid is really doing her dirty at this point…. No matter what terrible thing she did, he is now playing with her heart and that makes him just as bad as her now…. The girl has picked out his sherwani and he cannot even look at her with a straight face… and she has a point… the marriage is a sham, but it is still her special day…. Look in the mirror Mahid… look at yourself turning into a more elite version of the man who has wronged your exbegum all her life…. You are no different anymore…

Kauser enters the mansion to deliver Naazpoos mangni fit… funny how she was the one who made the piece for her jamai raja’s new begum to begin with…. And is hand delivering it too…. But PI parvej’s newest intern has messed with the packaging…. Safed sharara, ban gaayi raani pink… oh the jumble! Ofcourse Naaz loses her mind and insults Kauser to no end… What would Mahid say if he knew?! Convenient for Naaz, he is out prowling in other areas of Niyaazi Manzil…. Inconvenient for seher though… because her latest khrafat is about to tank….

With the help of her trusty alliance, Tahir, and favorite ITV show as reference, Seher has cooked a new plan to enter Niyaazi grounds… A medium-large suitcase to fit her petite frame… two holes … one to breathe through and one to see through… and an added sherwani for good measure…. Tahir’s weekend bag is packed and ready for a staycation…. Mahid feels the same too… because he immediately offers a guest room and almirah to house his bestie… Tahir may be against this nikaah… but he must be present to cheer on his buddy as he walks into this hot mess… aaaahh a true bestie….

It’s important to note that this new khurafat is purely driven by Seher’s ‘compassion’… she would have done the same for a billi… Mahid toh phir bhi chalti firti bilau hai… fikar toh honge! … *snorts* Riiiiiiiggghhhhht…. Whatever keeps you happy seher…. We listen and we don’t judge 😂

Hello Hello Maashrey Waalon!

Sab Khairiat?

After the "wild success" of our fabulously fun activity earlier this week, I thought lets try a more creative one!

So my question to you all - If you could be Richa yamini for a day.... how would write this scene?

Imagine that Amaal has found out that she is adopted. She doesnt know who her biological parents are. But she is heartbroken and in a fit of rage and sadness, she runs away from her home. She finds a spot at a park in the city where she is trying to figure out next steps... Kauser is not answering her calls. She sees mahid, walking aimlessly in the park feeding the stray cats. What could a conversation between these to sad souls look like? I can start you off...

>Amaal: "Aap wahi ho na? Mahid Niyaazi?"

Ok now its on to y'all! Type away lovelies and give us your ice, spice and everything nice 😉

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Here is the thing about compassion... you cannot control how and for whom you will feel it. Seher wants to leave the jinn ke bhatije curled and crying, but oh compassion.... the little betch that it is, pulls her back. Someone needs to keep an eye on him and who better than Tahir? Bhabijaan ka bulaava aaya aur miyan haazir!

In the meantime poor Naazpoo is caught in the crossfires of decisions of one man, jo shaam ke chai ke pyaasi ho... another man, jisko mufti banne ka laalach ho ... and one other man (I will spare him and just say that he is taking a well desreved nap). How dare you? oh me, how dare she? FAAAHTIMA? heh? what? tsk! Abbu! AAPPA!... "Naazima kahin nahi jaaygi" ... this decision is courtesy the all mighty (now horizontal) Lord Mahid. HEH? Kya? "Humaare ghar mein itne baare baare faisle liye jaa rahe hain and humme khabar tak nahi?!".... This family is one collective heart attack away from complete obliteration!

As Tahir looks for answers on why his jigdi jaan is man-down, Mahid flutters an eye lid... Its hard to tell but I am quite certain the timely landing of the dove had something to with disruspting his snoozefest. A bird that signifies peace, perhaps showers some of its offerings on him? As Tahir digests the news of Mahid and Naazpoos mangni, Seher flees the scene. If only she could have fled the house though... but alas... Conspriracy plan numero notsurewhatnumberweareon falls into her laps... someone is about to take him down during the magni take2. Ofourse seher must find out who? (and here is a question... does the conspirer know the full story? are they protecting themselves or someone else? so many teams... one common goal....*sigggghhh*) But before Seher finds out more, Haider finds her. Haider... is a smart one... Seher's Khadima voice doesnt derail him... have they met before? Does he know who she is? He knows the ins and out of the haveli, and is 'kind' enough to offer Seher a guided tour to her old room via a route no one quite knows about. But seher decides its probably better to leave her worldly possessions behind and actually leave the grounds... a good call!

The writers slip in a nice clapback to all the neigh sayers, via Mahid about his views on his pehla nikaah. Seher is important. Tahir sees it. Saanson se bhi zyada zarrori hai woh mahid ke liye... Mahid sees it too... maybe. But thats the difference between a man and a girl. However there is an answer he still needs... and an answer he will get! Off he goes seher-hunting. At the workshop, Seher is quite the busy bee, diligently closing down the shop... her mind miles away... trying to unravel half truths and overheard conversations. She is caught offguard with Mahid's "Shukriya" ... but not so much by his "sawaalon ki baarish" ... deflect him seher, deflect him... drop the needles... that should keep him busy... except it doesnt work... Mahid knows that seher's excursion as khadima is somehow linked to her finding the letter.... his sabse pasindida khilauna... locked away for 15 years ... cannot suddenly have appeared on its own... that train was the bearer of his and his Ammis dreams to escape.... Ammi toh chali gaayi bohut door... Train aur Mahid peeche choot gaye... he fools himself into believing that his ammi's dost, benazir khala put seher up to it... a version worse than the original, because now it appears that Benazir khala only knows of Mahid's passionate hatred towords his mother... not his pain... ( I am not crying! I am not crying! I am NOT Crying!) .... Compassion strikes again, Seher sees his pain, lekin workshop bhi toh band karna hai... oh the ever practical bacchi!

One last Q - Does Mahid have Seher's ijaazat to Marry Naazima? Phhft... ye bhi koi poochne waali baat... of course he does... hmph! Why should seher feel bad... another wife sounds blissful... Naazeema.. the absolute dream... go for it you lover boy you! Mahid sure looks taken aback by her answer... but as he turns the corner, he sees the mighty, crumble.... but he has lost the right to offer words of consolation... Seher slams the door, becuase once again she hopes, this time, for the last time... the chapter is over. Zaalim-khan makes his way back home but not before he causes some destruction... most people would self loathe and do shots... Mahid isnt most people... he plays basket (trashbin) ball (shot glass... ok I know they are tea cups) to finesse his aim... but misses most of his shots... Dhyaan kahan hai aapka? hmmm?

The Quadri household is hanging on by sheer willpower at this point. Sultana has sent Amaal to a camp and is now on a mission to strongarm her husband back into loving her... Yes blackmail... that always works. Blackmail the man who has his foot out the door... atleast she sounds confident and looks hot.... Dr. Sahab on the other hand is busy mopping his wifes literal mess before he tackles the symbolic one. And while this sight warms Kauser's hardned heart, she reminds herself the realities of the mard-zaat. Muneera ko khojne aayi thi... left with a burden of allegations to her name....

Its the next morning and Seher decides enough is quite enough. If she wants to be a doc... she better start prepping early... the books and notebooks comeout.... but so do her lingering thoughts about Mahid... jo apne mangni ke taiyyari kare jaa rahe hai... woh bhi uss hawa haawai se!

The celebratory spirit at niyaazi manzil is unparalleled! Naazima having bought half the designer fits in lucknow for her engagement alone... Husna enjoying her morning cuppa (sugar free I presume) ... Dada Huzzoor and Wasim foaming at their mouths for different yet similar causes... And Mahid, about to rip them a new one. We seem him in black... a color that screams happiness and light hearted fun... for the viewers, not so much for his family.... Nobody, no size, no age, is spared of his wrath.... if eyes could k!ll and words could scathe... Mahid unleashes his hypothesis, assumptions, findings and comments on his mothers death, the PPT just keeps going... he accuses all... and would continue if it werent for Seher.... who is now ready to dance and spread cheer at mangni take2! Dada huzoor ka bulava aaya aur seher hazir!...Although it is probably more likely she came out of wahi compassion, the same one that is hellbent on protecting Mahid from whoever is set to saazish against him. Her Tashreef is parked to stay for the day... maan bhi badal di usne! No Mahid may not marry that hawaa hawaai... she is nabalik, ofcourse she can change her mind at whim! As for the paise wasted on the invites... itne ameer toh hai... (Ab seher kya jaane ... Mahid-man moonlights as a man of many crafts just to keep the bills at bay) Dada huzoor reasons that Mahid's patthar dil has only just softened... Seher is the clear behtareen bahu to the clan... Naazpoo se shaadi karwaana hota toh pehli karwa dete... as seher gloats at her image, Mahid leaves the room with his decision firm... Mangni hogi .... aaj hi hogi.... Oh Naaz Naaz Naaz... stop smiling like that girlll. This mangni quite literally has nothing to do with you! Seher is now on to plan B.... protect what you cannot prevent... She starts examining the bartan for the event... What is she looking for? No idea... where?... who knows... for how long? ...oh lord! as long as Mahid doesnt catch her and send her packing**.... Kambaqt dupatta baas saath de de!

Kauser's second day at work is as dramatic as her first... Ek toh Mahid ka mangni ka khabar.... All she had asked was that he stay away from seher.... not light their lives on fire! ....urrrggghhh mard! why they gotta be so inappropriatly dramatic! ... Doctor sahab is back too ... with urgency yet no formal plan. What is he even trying to say... His body language screams proposal.... his words... missing... his stress.... through the roof... and yet somehow to me it looks like he is about to start dancing the splits... Do better man! Do better! this is no way to confess that your daughter is actually hers... Its really not that dramatic.... and use words! not sighs!

**Speaking of Packing... look! a suitcase!

Hello Hello Maashrey Waalon!

Sab khairiyat?

I just wanted to let y'all know that we have a whole bunch of new post flairs. Please go through the list and choose wisely when tagging your posts. I have added short descriptions (examples) below:

• Episode Discussion 🎞️ - Discussing an already telecast EP
• Discuss 🤔🦜 - Specific scenes, dialogues, the likes
• Laugh Out Loud 😂 - Meme's that make your tummy hurt!
• Behind the Scenes (BTS) 🎬- Sanju baba's blessings if and when showered
• Theories on Upcoming Episode 💬🤔 - what's next? Could it be? Hawwww?
• MaHer 🫶🥺 - Use wisely -_-.
• Seher 🩺🥼 - The character not the actor
• Mahid 🕌🌙- The character not the actor
• Kauser 💫- The character not the actor
• Parth Samthaan 🥵🫣- The actor not the character
• Rishita Kothari 🥰💐- The actor not the character
• KALESH!!! - all the wild gossip that we love but cant openly admit. Use verryyy wisely!!!
• Edits 😍 - All your creative work...
• Gossip and Rumors 🤫💭 - The less wild Gossip
• Aesthetics 🖼️ - Things that make you go, arreee waaah... oh ho ho...
• Promo 🎥 - ColorsTV showing pyaar to SHKH
• ACTIVELY CRASHING OUT 😡🧨- no explanation needed... but things that make you oh so mad!
• Rant Session 😔 - less mad... but still mad!
• News 📰 - the least wild of all the gossip, hard facts only... IVs fit perfectly here
• Parallel ═══════ - a then vs now moment.
• Haye Gazab 🐍 - all things Husna
• Thought Canvas 🤔💭 - Similies, Metaphors, & Wordplay... Think: linguistics in a visual space
• Fanfiction 📖 - What would you make the characters do if you could write the screenplay for a day...
• Offscreen 🫢 - Baki sab theek?
• Reviews and Appreciation ✍️ - Tareef pe Tareef pe Tareef... because the rest of the categories were not enough Tareef!
• TRP!!! - The math that keeps SHKH going

Clearly the categories are not mutually exclusive at all. There are tons of overlap, so use your best judgement. And most importantly HAVE FUN!

Also there are a ton of new user flairs. Feel free to use them on your accounts! If you have ideas for more flairs, do let us know. We can definitly add them into the mix.

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Before I even start this breakdown… PAAAARTH OH PAAAARTH! Mane ki bolbo tomake… ki dicccho guru … aye haye haye… when did you become this fckn good at your job?! How?! Where are you hiding all these emotions?! What pain are you channeling?! I am shooketh in the best way possible! Damn P-boy! 🤌🏼🫶🏼♥️

Ok back to scheduled programming:

Mahid’s world crashes down with his Ammi’s truth. We no longer see a 22 yearold leader with roles and responsibilities, but instead a sad, betrayed, lonely, and deeply scarred 7 year old boy, trapped in a conspiracy that has shaped his entire life. A boy who still finds comfort in his decade old toy. Watching the train follow the same familiar circle gives him is predictible… unlike the rest of his life. 15 years of being told his mother was a foul woman.. and he, a bad child, so much so that his Ammi left him. That conditioning cannot be broken overnight, but this one letter created a crack. As Seher watches over him, Mahid hallucinates his Ammi… but not the version of her that is sad to have left him… he envisions a more practical version of her… one that accuses him for not having more faith in her character…. because deep down he thinks his ammi is still mad at him. He still feels undeserving of love. His Ammi may not be at fault, but Mahid still blames himself for her leaving…. He apologizes for misunderstanding her and for having only anger in his heart towords her. And as his mind wraps itself in the darkness from the past, shrinking his body into prayer pose asking for relief, Seher steps in with her little offering of sukoon.

She has always been his calm and his anchor, his light in the darkness that is his life. She plays along with the boy in Mahid, leading him to see that his ammi like any other ammi is crying at their seperation.. that this is not the choice she made, that her intentions were always to protect her shezaaada and that to this day she cannot move on or forget him. “Kya aap dekh honun asun o ko?”

She shows him that his ammi is his alone, and safe in his heart and memories… no one can take her away. Seher temporarily forgets the hurt and the hatred she has for Mahid… and just like a mother trying to appease their child, she calls him to her… to lie down… to breathe and to feel …. The turmoil is all inside… the world outside has no clue of what is happening…. Mahids ammi did not run away just now… “dil pe haat rakhiye” and you will feel her right there.

To watch a 16 year old time and time again become the guide, makes you stand in awe of her maturity. This isnt the first time she has actively indulged in taking care of Mahid. One could argue that this time it is not even her responsibility… the man is no longer her husband. Yet seher’s compassion and desire to be there for him, even in the face of a seperation is commendable. That girl is as pure as it gets… And Rishita does this bit beautifuly. All seher wants is to give Mahid the tiniest slice of peace as the mystery around his mother consummes him. Mahid’s unravelling doesnt scare her away… she stands as his only pillar of support in these times… stonger and more resiliant in her hope to help him heal.

But she doesnt forget herself either. She knows her limit and her balance. This was just a welfare check. Mahid might be living in his past, but she isnt. She knows about his engagement to Naazima.. to her Mahid isnt a lost little boy… but a man who has given her, a nasty reality check… “dhoke-baaz hai woh”… and so once she feeds him a slice of sukoon, she chooses to step away. Because she must care for herself too.

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Kauser has found herself in what we call a situationship. Even Barkhat has picked up on the “wierd” energy between her and Dr Sahab. Fareed is a good man… but he comes across as a stupid man… he broods but doesnt think. He takes action … but without communication. A psychiatrist by profession but in reality he is the one who needs therepy. Kauser doesnt care for him… she appreciates him… she acknowledges his help… but she doesnt see him as an “option”. She doesnt even want to know why he was here today… her life is much to complicated to be adding this new mystery to the mix. That is unless there is something about Muneera in there… could it be? Is it possible that? What if…? Haaaawwww!!!!

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Haider at Niyaazi Manzil is clocking in for 10 years of lost time and shenanigans. He jokes he laughs he mocks with those “beneath” him. Unlike lord mahid, uptight and with no smile, Haider is a breath of fresh air! He even has tokens of surprise for the servants… and he actively helps them… he doesnt just order people around… he schmoozes to show that if he were leader, everyone would be an equal… what a nice man…. Wrong! That facade slips the minute he gets hurt… when an old wound is scratched, his mask comes undone… and with that unleashes a glimpse of his true diabolic self…

Wasim’s claim to the throne just got more challanging.. at least Mahid was gullible and fair… but Haider.. no… he is here to win… unlike Mahid who is unaware that there is a race to even begin with…. And if that wasnt enough, Wasim finds Gazalas letter in the wind… how much time does he have before his reality is exposed? The answer my friend is also in the wind… just one storm away!

Hello Hello Maashrey-Waalo!

Sab Khairiyat?

I’ve been toying with the idea of making this sub a lot more interactive, with weekly or bi-weekly community activities (depending on how chaotic y’all decide to get and how much sanity I retain from my day job).

Think:

• Prompted discussions
• Meme-fests
• Character roasts
• Short concept fanfictions

And a few slightly unhinged creative challenges. Fair warning, these will NOT be your run-of-the-mill Reddit activities and discussion posts. To give you a very basic (read "boring") example of what this could look like:

What is your favorite nickname for Mahid Niyaazi? Add a quick recap of the scene where it was used.

Rules (because now I can make 'em):

• One entry per member
• BUT, But, but go wild in the comments, react, argue, hype, drag… I encourage all of it (respectfully ofcourse)

This is literally the simplest idea I have. I promise you it only gets more chaotic from here...

So what say? Ready for some fun Maashrey-Waalon? If your answer is yes, then please consider this week 1 and drop your favourite nickname and scene recap in the comments below!

And if any of you have any ideas for the sub to indulge in, feel free to DM me... I am happy to work those into the mix too!

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