#murtasim

I have been in a Kdrama slump having barely watched 3 dramas so far. Dropped 2 and one is ongoing. I have been watching a lot of crime and dark series in British and American TV. Farzi is the only Hindi series I have watched in this new year and I loved it 😍

I have been craving good series from the subcontinent and asked a few folks on twitter to recommend Pakistani dramas. I haven’t watched them in last 7-8 years. So after 3 dramas, I started watching Tere Bin and got totally bowled over by Wahaj Ali’s Murtasim!

So I hunted for more dramas of his and am currently watching Mujhe Pyaar Hua Tha which is also currently airing and his 2021 drama Ishq Jalebi. I’m so impressed by his acting, screen presence, charisma and charm with a capital C! The current craze behind him is reminiscent of the craze behind Fawad Khan a decade ago when people discovered Humsafar and Zindagi Gulzar Hain. There is none like Fawad and he is an eternal favourite, but I’m totally falling for each and ever character that Wahaj is essaying with such finesse and panache.

Be it the proud and arrogant but hopelessly in love Murtasim

Be it the soft hearted, reticent Saad who harbours one-sided love for Maheer (literally watching MHPT only for him, cause the show is an utter disaster of a melodrama that reminds me why I don’t watch many series from the sub continent)

Or my favourite character of his right now - Basim from Ishq Jalebi. Basim is so flawed - he is immature, impulsive, stubborn, a tad selfish, sometimes a man child and even carries an inferiority complex but once he realises he is in love with Bela , he fights for it like no one’s business. His comic timing and dialogue delivery is impeccable - his dynamic with his parents is best part of the drama after his lovely, soft chemistry with the female lead Mahida. Her soft spoken, caring , mature Bela is the perfect foil to Basim. The drama is also so wholesome with fun characters that there isn’t a single moment of boredom! It reminded me of my favourite Marathi show Eka Lagnachi Goshta (The story of a marriage).

Wahaj Ali is playing 3 absolutely different characters in the 3 dramas of his that am watching simultaneously and I cannot believe it’s the same actor. The mannerisms, the voice modulation, the gait , the look is completely different. That’s the hallmark of a great actor ! Colin Firth, Fawad Khan, Kim Seon Ho were my biggest actor crushes that gave the most epic characters in history of TV viewing and now Wahaj has entered this elite list. Actors when they are on my screen, I can’t take my eyes off the screen.

Wahaj Ali has saved my 2023 TV viewing cause I have seen his filmography and his drama arc is so similar to Fawad’s that I can’t wait to watch his dramas. Fawad’s Ashar & Zaroon, Wahaj’s Murtasim and Basim are all heavily flawed characters and yet both these actors have made us ladies swoon and fall in love with them thanks to their amazing acting abilities and effortless performance. It’s an added bonus that his voice , his mischievous smile and the look in his eyes when he is in love is totally swoon worthy!

So until I find the right Kdrama again, this space will be reserved to obsess over the awesomeness of Wahaj Ali 😉

tell me where I should go puke now

Summary: It takes Murtasim's life being in danger again to push Meerab into finally letting herself admit what she feels for the man she claimed to hate is not just 'mohabbat' but an all-consuming 'ishq' that leaves her unravelled.

Next week’s promo sent the Tere Bin fandom in a collective meltdown on twitter and I can’t stop laughing at how this show manages to stoop to new depths that we couldn’t even imagine it could! Wow I truly haven’t seen a writer destroy the characters , the romance and the love story in the manner that Nooran has destroyed Murtasim, Meerab and Terebin.

I expect WahajAli and YumnaZaidi will read the entire scripts and won’t have blind trust in makers next time 🤣

But then again post E20 I was absolutely convinced Haya is the lead character, not Murtasim or Meerab and Tere Bin is written from her POV. The OST makes absolute sense if you see it from her perspective. Nooran loves Haya, which is why she is the only consistent character on that show. We thought we were watching Murtasim and Meerab’s romance but the real deal was Haya.

We all deserve this for giving any amount of mind space and precious time to this show that has now effectively made my IQ drop to negative levels. Still not watched an entire episode post E20 - but 5 mins each from last 34 episodes have done enough brain damage.

on the bright side… HER mohabbat will now take the lead while he goes into the ost bewafai mode

my heart can’t handle this. his anger (justified in this case imo) but I can’t see meerab in tears either 💔💔💔

stress Ho raha hai 😂