Zindagi Gulzar Hai: Story of Two Opposite Lives

Book/film review- 14

        Fawad Khan as Zaroon Junaid and Sanam Saeed as Kashaf Murtaza starrer Pakistani Serial ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’ revolves around the lives of Kashaf and Zaroon. Kashaf, a young woman, raised with her two sisters by a single school teacher mother, faces a lot of class and gender bias while growing up. Her father marries again for a son and starts living with her second wife. With poor financial condition, Kashaf’s mother encourages her and her sisters to be raised with education. 

*Video Grab from HumTV YouTube* Kashaf Murtaza during a scene in the series ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’.

         Kashaf grows up with books. Every evening, she writes her all stuff and thinking in a diary. It is her routine. After going through the frustrating moment of daily life, she is shortlisted for MBA at a premiere college that is famous for the rich’s students. In college, she meets Zaroon (Fawad Khan) and her life starts turning around.

 

          Having sensed tussling moments with Zaroon at college, after college, she passed civil services exam and goes for training where she again meets with him. She has no sign of love to Zaroon. She dislikes him. After continuous denial, he falls in love with her. He tries to convey his feelings but she is unattempted. After many efforts, both Zaroon and Kashaf tie the knot. 

*Video Grab from HumTV YouTube* Kashaf and Zaroon after clearing civil services exam during a scene in the series ‘Zindagi Gulzar Hai’.

         Once she hates him, but after marriage, he is need of her. She wants to live every moment with him. The series weaves the plot that one who hates one, possibly one is loved hard. 

         The story is told in a unique way where both characters write a diary what they think about society, families and their career prospect, and also filmed with the harsh reality of day-to-day life. 

           On one side, Kashaf and her family live in disadvantageous condition, and struggle for everything, but on the other hand, Zaroon lives in a feel-good familial set up with good financial background. In adversity, she passes the civil services exam and, in prosperity, he also passes the exam. She faces daily life problems but enjoys a good family collaboration, but even living in good financial condition, he faces loneliness in his family. He enjoys apparently less mother love because she is busy with her work. 

          The story line is written logically and it strives to prove that one who faces difficulty also enjoys the moment of fortunate, and one who does not enjoy this moment, might face the phase of unfortunate. This is beauty of story which shows the caliber and strength of a skilled writer. 

         All characters have done their parts good that make the series eye-catching except some long and lengthy monologue. 

         It’s a family drama featuring the struggle-to-success story of two lives with touching post-success tussling nuances of Kashaf and Zaroon.

Star- 3 star out of 5.