Zindagi Gulzar Hai, a Pakistani serial based on Urdu novel
written by Umera Ahmed, is a blend of social issues like gender
dicrimination, male chauvinism, class difference and feminism all taken
up boldly.
The story is central to two characters, Zaroon (Fawad Khan)
and Kashaf (Sanam Saeed), who studies in the same college. Zaroon is a
rich brat, popular among the girls of the college. Kashaf is a daughter
of a single middle-class mother whose husband remarries in search of a
son as she has given birth to three daughters. Kashaf is a confident and
composed girl who also happens to be the University topper. Adhered to her
values, she even denies to sit with Zaroon on the front seat of the car
even if that was the last option left with her to go home at night.
Kashaf is dominated by her negative perception about the rich class. Going
to a university where the kids of the affluent comes and observing their lifestyle, she complains to
God why he has been so kind to the rich and all the hardships are allocated to
the poor. Being sent to the University amid poor financial situation at
home with the idea to be successful in life, Kashaf concentrates
only on her studies. For Zaroon, life is a piece of cake. Born and brought up
in luxuries, he fails to understand the financial crisis and
restrictions in middle-class life of Kashaf. Being a flirt, Zaroon
even tries to flirt with Kashaf but she does not pay any attention.
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| Zaroon and Kashaf during college days |
In the college days, they didn't share good times to the extent that both
indulge in a heated argument when Kashaf accidentally hears Zaroon's comment on
middle-class girls which he thinks pretend to be untouchables but on finding
rich guys, gets after them and Kashaf is no different from them. The incident spoils the negligible friendship between the two and hurts Kashaf deeply. Zaroon gets engaged to his childhood friend,
Asmaara, under family pressure but soon realizes that his notion of
ideal women is not the one who is unconditionally liberal but someone
like Kashaf who is confident, independent yet follows certain norms
because being unconditionally liberal is not a measure of how modern a
women is. Asmaara could not continue with Zaroon calling him a male chauvinist and calls off the relationship.
Kashaf and Zaroon meet after years as officers serving the
government. Finding out that Kashaf has not changed in terms of her
values and has achieved success with her hard work, Zaroon could not
resist falling for her. While, Kashaf's perception about Zaroon
remains the same as that of a flirt and the one who is disrespectful towards women. His
proposal comes as a shock to her. But his continuous attempts revealing his feelings to win her
heart forces Kashaf to accept his proposal.
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| Wedding day |
The marriage is built upon the class difference where
Zaroon's mother believe that kashaf's family background doesn't match
their status but agrees because of his son's desire to marry her.
Kashaf, after marriage make sure that she doesn't remain totally depend on her
husband's money. Being a working women, she tries to do as much work as
possible of his husband and family on her own despite of servants
available. Once, Zaroon's mother points out that he should
keep a check on the money that he gives to Kashaf as she might pass it
on to her family and accidentally Kashaf hears that. She doesn't reply
or behave arrogantly with her out of respect but asks Zaroon to not give her money as
she earns enough for herself. When Zaroon's mother gets to know that she
has heard what she said and even after that her behaviour hasn't
changed with her, she realizes her mistake and accepts Kashaf with love.
Looking at how Kashaf manages to take care of Zaroon despite of her busy schedule, she realizes how much she has neglected her family under the
excuse of her career.
Kashaf's father on seeing how his ex-wife has educated and
settled all her daughters, asks her to keep his son with her so that he
can become more responsible towards his studies which fills her with a
proud feeling for her daughters.
When Kashaf gets Pregnant, she is afraid of giving birth to a girl even
when she knows that Zaroon is not like her father who left her mother
because she could not give birth to a son. But when she gives birth to
girl twins and see how much Zaroon loves them, she transforms her stereotype that had captured her mind as all this has happened with her.
From a complaining girl, she becomes more thankful to God for his
blessings in her life and realizes that God gives difficult as well as good time in everyone's life.
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| Zaroon with his daughters |
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