Let’s accept it, as twisted as Pakistani dramas these days are, we still love them. From expensive sets to low budget dramas in the slums, every story is watched and admired in Pakistan, which obviously is 1000x better than watching Indian soap operas.
For the love of our drama industry, review artist Mahwash Ajaz has come up with twenty rules that every Pakistani drama follows without hesitation and literally pays no head to repetition.
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Here’s what Mahwash has to say about the 20 rules that every Pakistani drama literally follows!
Alright boiz & girlz & aunties & uncles who love our desi dramas. Here are:
Twenty Rules of Pakistani Dramas.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
“Ya Allaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Yeh maine kya dekh liya?”
1. One screaming aunty is a must. She can break your eardrums and the sound barrier all at the same time. It’s her superpower. Beware.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
Or the girl’s ex-lover will enter the story and make sure the couple gets divorced
2. If a husband and wife are too cutesie together & are out shopping & having a nice dinner, ONE of them is gonna die. Confirmed.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
Smh, aakhir kitni girhen baaki hain?
3. Basically hero who is spoilt/macho will have one regular love interest & one/two idiotic women pining after him. Be ghatya. Score chicks.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
This I believe we inherited from Indian drama serials…
4. There will always a team of people ready to hatch evil schemes to manipulate protagonists. Victim is usually a woman.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
And if they’re poor… they would be extremely poor, traveling by bus or rickshaws
5. If a family is rich, they’ll be so rich that they will have Land Cruisers & Mercedes like nobody’s business. I’m talking crores here.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
And for that, the girl will have to sacrifice her lover, who will come back and haunt her…
6. ghareeb hongay toh itne ke aloo pyaaz ke pese nahi honge. No money to pay fees. Have to marry the weird rich dude to make family happy ????
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
Hahahahahaha nailed it! NGOs = Evil
7. ngo aunty = evil
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
Saas = worst
8. ghairailu mummy ji = best.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
“Mummy yeh aap kya keh rahi hain?”
9. pampered momma’s boy = hero
10. pampered mommy’s girl = witch— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
She must have had a tough childhood
11. The gruff dude with intimacy issues is hot.
12. The emotionally unstable girl is not hot & is like this coz mommy was working.— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
Hey Mahwash, somebody’s gotta pay for the generators on set, right?
13. At least one sifarshi non deserving person has to be cast to ruin the tempo of a riveting scene. Just hire a robot. It’d do better.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
Reminds me of ‘Maa jaisi hasti.. dunya mein hai kahan?’ #Ariel
14. All amazing mom roles are played by Sania Saeed and Saba Hamid.
15. No one wears seatbelts while driving because fuck safety.— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
How could you forget the capris?
16. Sharmili woman/dulhan = best romance.
17. The “other” woman is alwayyyyssss modern, speaks more english, doesn’t wear a dupatta.— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
And within two episodes, she’s head over heels for the guy she hates
18. The main heroine is either untouched by a man or she is a tomboy. “Mummy Papa I don’t want to get married! Boiz are ewww.”
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
No comments…
(Women CAN be sexualized but CANNOT be humans who are aware of their biological needs. Storks are real.)
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
Pakistani dramas are all about cousin marriages.. literally a fetish
19. Cousins marrying cousins is super cool. Nobody finds this problematic. Even “faaran” returned Amreekan educated ones are ok with this.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
Aur agli kist walay din ap ke ghar mein load-shedding hojati hai..
20. Next episode promos are often misleading. Do not believe them.
— Mahwash Ajaz (@mahwashajaz_) March 18, 2017
Mahwash has been bossing the review scene for a while now and if you like what you see, head over to @TheReviewWithM to see reviews on your favorite Pakistani films, dramas, and what-not!
Pakistani dramas will continue making the audience happy, there’s no doubt about it. As for the twenty rules, we hope that script-writers and directors of our industry see this and well, not do anything about it, as always!
