I don’t think his parents live in hell, because that is exactly where Wajih is supposed to end up in. Wajih tells Yawar that he's going to meet their parents and will give them his salam. He justifies everything he and Yawar did wrong because they didn't read The Quran with translation and since Shayan (Emmad Irfani) had read it with translation, he was on the side of good.ĭoes the writer have any idea how problematic and just ridiculous this notion is? Wajih has an epiphany in jail and starts reading The Quran. Lots of male tears but where's the remorse? We already have rapists as heroes at the end (thanks Hum TV), now we have a killer as a hero too. In fact, Bilal Abbas Khan was so convincing and emotional as Wajih that he actually became the hero of the drama…and here lies the problem! We have got to stop making negative characters the heroes at the end. The writing was exceptional Zanjabil Asim saved her best lines for this bit and Badar Mehmood’s direction was phenomenal – he missed nothing and extracted the very best from each character.Īlso read: Will Cheekh be the drama that actually punishes the rapist? Now let’s talk about those last 12 minutes, which I felt were the the most important 12 minutes of Cheekh. Had those filler episodes not been there, Cheekh would have been a blockbuster series, because besides the script, everything else was beyond perfection, especially the cast's acting. What purpose did they serve besides revenues through ads? In fact, the last four episodes were nothing short of a well-oiled machine running smoothly – which really makes me wonder why we had to sit through 10 filler episodes (15-25).
Only wish the entire series was so well-paced. Haya (Azekah Daniel) marries Wajih's friend, Shariq and Mannat (Saba Qamar) gets her day in court – literally, as she got the case reopened and was her own lawyer. They were on point, clear, and concise Yawar (Aijaz Aslam) has a stroke and can no longer speak or walk on his own. The final four episodes of Cheekh were absolutely brilliant. Someone please give him the role of Satan/Lucifer in a supernatural thriller, maybe even Pakistan’s version of The Omen. This character was not an easy one, yet he was so persuasive that at the end, even I felt bad for him for a second.
Read: TV drama Cheekh will keep you hooked even after it reveals the murderer I have found myself being shocked at how convincingly and brilliantly he portrays his character of Wajih not once does he wince or go off track. After 30 episodes, Cheekh has (finally) ended.īefore I say anything else, I just want to state that if Bilal Abbas Khan doesn’t win the LUX Award for ‘Best Actor in a Negative Role’ category, it will be a grave injustice.