Disclaimer: We, by no means, endorse cheating or marital infidelity

The last few episodes of Meray Pass Tum Ho have been emotionally charged and if there’s one thing we’ve established, it’s that Mehwish is a complete villain.

We, at Galaxy Lollywood, just got thinking about how Meray Pass Tum Ho might have been written if Ayeza’s character wasn’t so out and out negative. What if there had been some grey undertones to make Mehwish more complicated — and more real — than she is? How would the country’s hot favorite show turn out was it written from the cheating wife’s perspective?

A chance meeting

Before meeting Shahwar, Mehwish is shown to be happy with her little family. She loves her son and her husband but has always dreamed of a better life and is often exasperated by Danish’s lack of ambition.

All of this seems to us a rather sanitized depiction of what a typical middle-class husband would usually be like. In reality, a man like Danish would definitely have his share of negatives — which the writing in the drama conceals. There must be something which has gone awry between him and Mehwish, which would be reflected in his behavior towards her. A behavior that Mehwish, over time, would have resented.

At the wedding where she meets Shahwar, Mehwish is charmed by the smooth-talking devil. After the dinner at Shahwar’s place, she eyes his considerable wealth and an opportunity to give herself and her son, Roomi, a better life.

The job

Flirting with Shahwar and getting a job at his office cements Mehwish’s infidelity towards Danish. While she’s started her journey as a failed wife, her 1 lac salary gets Roomi into the school she has always desired.

As she gets closer to Shahwar, he offers her promotion after promotion until the Islamabad offer comes up. She sits in the hotel room and debates her options.

On one hand, is the man she once loved, who’s so at ease in his mediocrity that he has no plans to give Roomi more than an average future. On the other hand, a man who’s enamored with her, offers her abundant wealth, and the chance to earn a better life for herself and her child.

She knocks on the door.

The divorce

After coming back from Islamabad, she knows there’s no turning back. Her heart hurts for the betrayal Danish will feel but she’d rather let him hate her than live with the knowledge that everything she’s done is to give their child the life he never could.

After Danish and Shahwar meet, she’s eager to get out of the house which she’ll be leaving behind with so much heartache. As she puts Roomi to bed on that last night, she vows to take him out of that dingy flat and into a better home, a better life.

The fight for Roomi

After leaving behind her life with Danish, she cozies up to Shahwar, spending months traveling the world with him, getting closer to him. She even talks about going back to the office so she can start some personal savings in case Shahwar doesn’t marry her and things go south.

When she’s positive that she’s gained his trust, she tentatively brings up the topic of bringing Roomi to Shahwar’s house.

After a failed meeting with Danish and Shahwar’s warning to her to stay as his lover and not become divided into a mother, Mehwish tries something else.

She goes to Roomi’s school and has a fit, later getting Shahwar to threaten Danish with a lawsuit when she’s unable to see him.

Things come to a head

The wheels are set in motion and soon after, the all dramatic meeting between Danish and Shahwar takes place. Danish’s assault bruises Shahwar’s ego and gives Mehwish the perfect opportunity to sue for custody.

Now, she can finally start the fight to get her son back and give him the life she’s always dreamed of with Shahwar’s wrath and top-notch law team at her side. In doing so, she is also able to attain a better life — and better mental health — for herself too, with marriage being on the cards in the medium term.

Final word

This is all that has happened in the drama so far but as you can see, every single thing that’s happened so far in Meray Pass Tum Ho can be flipped around quite easily once perspective is changed.

What do you guys think? Let us know in the comments below!

Meray Paas Tum Ho is one serial that has taken the entire nation by surprise, and its viewership ratings keep breaking their own extraordinary benchmarks. The show’s provocative content has taken everyone by surprise and has resulted in many vibrant discussions over social media, and in the drawing rooms across the nation.

Be that Mehwish’s greedy demeanor, or Adnan Siddiqui’s wily ways, its characters have worked their magic on the audience. And all of this is reflected in the viewership response indices — according to ARY Digital, the show’s latest episode hit the highest ratings of any television program in Pakistan’s history, at 18.8 TRPs, beating the record that was held by Dil Moam Ka Diya at 18.4 TRPs. On YouTube, where it is uploaded immediately after every episode, the drama’s episodes are hovering near the 10 million mark and these unprecedented numbers have been consistent since its first episode.

All of this got our writers at Galaxy Lollywood wondering – what makes the show such an incredible success? How has it been so successfully been able to capture the audience’s imagination? The answers made for an interesting discussion, the excerpts from which are shared below.

“It explores a taboo topic — a woman cheated”

The storyline of a housewife cheating on her husband – and the husband agreeing to let her go, is something novel for the Pakistani audience. Accustomed to seeing married women behave in a more traditional manner, it was shocking for viewers to see Ayeza Khan’s Mehwish seeking a better life – even after marriage to Danish (played by Humayun Saeed).

Enter Shahwar (Adnan Siddiqui), Danish’s conniving and manipulative boss, who casts his beguiling charm on Mehwish – as well as many in the audience – and the two a few episodes later end up in a together in a hotel room. All of this is depicted in a tasteful manner, so as not to offend anyone’s sensibilities, which is why the show’s risqué theme has worked so well.

“Strong performances by Humayun Saeed and Adnan Siddiqui”

While Ayeza Khan has rightfully won many kudos for her brilliant portrayal of her character, Adnan Siddiqui and Humayun Saeed too have received much praise from the audience for the manner in which they have breathed life into their characters. While we have discussed at length previously how Adnan Siddiqui has done so well as Shahwar, Humayun’s Danish has also managed to hit the right notes, evoking much sympathy and drawing much audience support as the grief-stricken husband.

Overall, the show’s ensemble cast fits its captivating script perfectly – and credit has to be given to director Nadeem Baig for being able to extract such fantastic performances from his actors.

“It’s pretty real – and presenting neither men or women in a stereotypical light”

The show breaks the long-held standard of purity which leading female characters in dramas had to adhere to. Mehwish is a middle-class housewife – but that doesn’t mean she has given up on her dreams for a better life, and she is shown to be drawn to Shahwar’s wealth and charm and eventually ends up in a live-in relationship with him – without the usual bonds of marriage.

If this ended up casting Mehwish in a bad light, the show’s script doesn’t spare Shahwar either and shows him every bit to be the smooth-talking, conniving villain that he is. While some have felt Meray Paas Tum Ho is a tad misogynistic, others feel that it treads the real territory, showing people as they are, without falling for gender stereotypes.

“The dialogues hit you hard”

While writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar has come under fire for his controversial comments recently, he has done a darn good job penning the show’s captivating lines. When uttered with the right pathos by its actors, they find their way into the audience’s hearts and tug the right emotional strings. And trust us, the script has way more to offer than the ‘do takay ki aurat’ line.

“Six Sigma International’s high production quality”

The show’s realistic sets, lighting, and sharp camerawork all work rather well to create the right environment within which its story is set. Credit has to be given to Humayun Saeed’s production house Six Sigma International for getting the right technical and creative team to back up its top-billed cast and storyline.

All of these elements combine to enable the viewers to be drawn into Mehwish, Danish and Shahwar’s world in a way most television dramas cannot.

This is why we felt the show has been so popular – please let us know in the comments below, why you ended up being glued to Meray Paas Tum Ho!