There was a time when Pakistani dramas mostly began with fragile women who are quite naive, with the focus on the male characters who were more complex. However, over time the narrative and portrayal of female characters have progressed, which breaks stereotypes.
Saba Qamar’s new drama titled Sar-e-Rah is one of the best examples of breaking stereotypes of society as our female-centric leading character is a taxi driver in the drama.
With just one episode out, the Ahmed Bhatti directorial drama has become the talk of the town. From dialogues to concepts, the drama has won people’s hearts within one episode already.
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Here are a few dialogues which summed the message in the first episode and highlighted its uniqueness:
- How Rania (Saba Qamar) was unafraid of what society says and thinks instead she focused on ways to make both ends meet.
- How Rania decides to drive her father’s taxi when is becomes ill and unable to earn for her family.
- Rania is fearless and does not think twice while confronting the man she is about to marry who is against her working as a taxi driver so she calls off the wedding.
- She is not embarrassed like most of us are to admit that she needs to support her family to meet the ends.
In other words, Sar-e-Rah highlights stories of women who are the victim of child marriages, girls who are being suffocated solely because of their gender, daughters who are unable to help their fathers as their honor will be at ‘stake’ and a transgender who is being humiliated for his identity.
Read more: Did you know Muneeb Butt got his arms waxed for trans character in ‘Sar-e-Rah’?
The drama is indeed an outstanding drama airing on ARY Digital at 9 pm every week on Saturday with a stellar cast featuring Saba Qamar, Sunita Marshall, Saboor Ali, Muneeb Butt, Hareem Farooq, Mikaal Zulfiqar, and Saba Faisal.
Apart from them the cast also includes Junaid Jamshed, Sania Saeed, Rashid Farooqui, Javeria Saud, Nazli Soomro, Nabeel Zafar, Fazila Qazi, and Mirza Zain Baig.
