If Jannat Se Aagay was one of many working women narratives, representing a host of perspectives and storylines, would it have hit better with working women and those engaged in showbiz? The fact that it is a very powerful narrative and hitting mass popularity brings it under the radar! Read on for the episode review!
Is the drama implying that all successful women are unable to balance home and career? Can a wife’s attitude justify infidelity? Is Tabassum a reflection of Jannat Jahan?
A True Representation Of The Successful Career Woman?
While this is the story of one woman who clearly prioritizes work over family, the drama might risk strengthening this image of working women or women in show business. Many will be able to see this as an isolated case while others will use this narrative as an example of what happens when women get too successful, which is not a true and fair representation of all women participating in the workforce or showbiz. Perhaps this is also because there are very few powerful narratives who feature the other side of the story?
A Thought Provoking Narrative
Jannat Se Aagay repeatedly makes us question our feelings about the characters and rethink perceptions. One moment we feel Tabassum is being cold hearted when she fails to appreciate Farooq or even refuses to listen to him about her job, but then at the same time, we also feel mildly irritated with Farooq’s laid-back attitude. Why is he not more active on the job front and why can’t he take life seriously rather than behaving like a lost in love puppy.
We’re gradually getting acquainted with the backstory of Jannat and Noman and what brought them to this stage in the relationship. Seems like it was mostly Jannat’s choices about her work that placed her family as a secondary priority. She could have taken her husband along at the dinner but she chose not to? Or was it a mistake and there was no one to guide her?
Can Jannat’s mistreatment of Noman justify his affair with another woman? Should he have tried to communicate and talk it out with her first? Or can we say, the burden of his act lies on Jannat alone?
True To Life Fandom Stories
Jannat Se Aagay reflects the true-to-life picture of fandom and how fans are absolutely obsessed and crazy about their favorite celebrities. Tabassum is a reflection of Jannat… is that really true? Can it be that she is merely behaving in this manner because she desperately wants to be around Jannat, and it is not really her ambition or her drive to choose work over anything else. Or can we say that work and a burning passion for something can, by default, make women choose career over family?
Influencers & Their Responsibility x Power
Jannat Se Aagay also portrays the power of social media and celebrities. How they bear the responsibility of influencing mindsets, making people change their decisions, as Jannat takes on her daughter’s school, without realizing the part she played herself in the entire scenario.
The drama makes us question: when a man claims that he’s running the house, we take it in our stride or are less critical of him as opposed to a woman – when the same thing is uttered by a woman, we judge her and feel she is exercising her supremacy over the man, although she might just be stating a fact?
How are Jannat and Noman living together? And why? When clearly, they share no relationship or connection with each other at present.
