Fans miss ‘Suno Chanda’ as new rom-coms fail to impress
Admirers of the Farhan Saeed and Iqra Aziz’s show have been drawing comparisons with the recent drama serials
In an interesting turn of events, fans of
Suno Chanda have been gushing over their favourite TV show on social media and how much they miss it. In fact, they are urging the show-creators to make another season and don’t seem to want to take no for an answer this time.
Current shows, such as
Chupke Chupke, Taana Baana and Ishq Jalebi, have been doing the rounds on our TV screens this year with many loving the sizzling chemistry between the characters. These dramas have shifted towards light-hearted comedy, steering away from the typical depiction of pre-marital affairs, divorce, domestic abuse and family disputes. The bright family comedies are being lauded for their uniqueness.
Kanwal Ahmed slams ‘Chupke Chupke’ for projecting ghar damads in a negative light
Show star Osman Khalid Butt has argued that in the context of the drama, the ‘ghar damad’ is not the victim.
Kanwal Ahmed, a former make-up artist who successfully created a virtually safe space for women after soothing numerous brides in salon chairs, recently tweeted against television serial
Chupke Chupke.
The 31-year-old – who was selected by Facebook as one of its 115 Community Leaders using the social network to help others through her group Soul Sisters Pakistan (SSP) – called out the serial for “disempowering audiences by reinforcing problematic stereotypes.” She referred to the character of a man who is recurrently belittled in the drama for staying with his in-laws, and connected it to the situation of a woman on SSP, who complained about not being able to take care of her aging parents because she couldn’t move back in with them.