In the film, he says that we don’t speak of writers Mir or Ghalib in the past tense, we speak of them as if they are very much alive today. Kaleem in the film, explains this with ease: a classic is a classic because of its timelessness, its ability to speak to an audience from any time era. What makes a classic a classic? Is it dependent on the age of a writer or the language? Can we make classics in this day as well? Manzar Sehbai, who plays Dr. It talks about how people nowadays are not interested in appreciating our own language and literature, as can be reflected in the scene where Fahad’s editor asks him to write a glossy interview of a celebrity instead of writing a critical piece on a famous writer’s work.īut there are other questions that this film asks as well. It talks about new age media and how it’s affecting the quality of literature being produced. The film talks about classic versus modern, shedding light on the dying appreciation for classical Urdu literature through the life of a writer, Jamal, played by Fahad, and his own personal struggles. Fahad addressed my queries at the film’s press conference earlier, where he said ‘you will leave the theatre with a question,’ and he was right. When a story has been constructed well, you can look past bad acting and average art direction. This is basically the power of good writing, for which we must thank Sarmad Sehbai, who has penned Mah-e-Mir. The styling is quite bad- really unattractive clothes and Fahad Mustafa, why did you allow them to do that to your hair?īut there were some things that Mah-e-Mir has done differently compared to any Pakistani film I have seen recently: It delivered a thought and did so very intelligently. Sanam Saeed has delivered a very one dimensional performance which was not believable or enjoyable. For instance, the language indeed was too difficult to follow.
To address the first opinion, there were some factors in the movie that made me want to get up and leave too. So which one is it? Do critics only praise films that the masses don’t really like? On the other hand, reviews suggest that Mah-e-Mir is a smashing success and is one of the best films made to date. People left the movie midway those who stayed back could be seen laughing and talking loudly, commenting on how they don’t get a word of what’s being said in the film. There is a big difference between what I saw at the premiere compared to what I’ve been reading in the newspapers.
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