Unmarried, the telefilm starring Majnun Mizan and Mehazabien Chowdhury was aired last month and caught great attention. But the plot was so shaky that it seemed like the writer was struggling to make up his mind.
The direction though was a saving grace, atleast at the beginning of the telefilm. The male protagonist is seen to get ready for the day, and as he is getting ready he plucks a white strand out of his hair signifying that he is middle aged.
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Later it is revealed he is the owner of a saree shop where a very rude entrance of his young female counterpart, Zarin is seen. At this point, a negative impression for the heroine has already been established.
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Moving on, it is seen that Mizan’s character let’s Zarin buy a saree on credit indicating his naïve nature. Soon after, Zarin takes advantage of his innocence to her own benefit and uses him to pay for her food and jewelry. She even admits her intentions to her friend. And when he confesses his love for her she doesn’t even hesitate to insult his feelings even after leading him on. This is the moment the viewers may lose all respect for her.
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Then, of course Mizan’s character out of spite decides to get married to someone else within a month. And finally when he goes to meet a girl for marriage, guess who she turns out to be? Yes, Zarin! What an overused plot.
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But she gets mad at him for being persistent and he convinces her that he truly loves her. Eventually, she agrees to marry him regardless of not feeling the same way about him. What does this man see in a gold digger like her?
Anyway, all is well after their marriage until an ex shows up. It’s always the ex, am I right? He blackmails her of ruining her marriage and she cries and pleads him not to. It gets creepy from here as the camera closes up on their faces. The direction progressively gets poor.
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Soon enough, the husband finds out about her secret meetings with her ‘alleged’ cousin but keeps quiet for god knows what reasons. One fine night, he gathers the courage to tell her how he feels about her ‘cheating’ and the next morning she explains the truth. Why did she not tell him the truth earlier? Apparently she was scared to lose him whereas she claimed she didn’t love him before. Yeah, she definitely married him for the money.
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The telefilm ends with Mizan’s character grabbing Zarin’s hand as she gets up to leave. And suddenly the viewers are supposed to forgive Zarin and love her.
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This was a major plot hole as Zarin’s character growth was not shown at all. Mizan’s character was difficult to love as well because the writers made him seem like he had no self-respect when they intended to make him seem like a real nice guy.
In the end, there are so many questions to answer. Why does the girl always have to be the gold digger? And why are women always seen as vile? Why are men shown as the greater humans for loving such women? Why are nice guys considered to have no dignity? Is this telefilm teaching all the wrong things?
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