Hum TV introduces Bin Roye…finally!
Bin Roye is going to struggle to look like a feature film; it’s cast and crew is too close to television and that shows in the frames. I’m not a technical person at all but I can see that Bin Roye borders on tele-film, which may be a problem. That may also be because the makers plan to release it in drama format too; that’s a perplexing decision.
Humayun Saeed looks too old to be Mahira’s hero but then the storyline justifies that. According to reports (I have not read the book): Humayun is married to Armeena Khan, Mahira’s elder sister, who dies and so Mahira is coerced to step into her shoes. It is a tried and tested Bollywood formula and we know that eventually Mahira will fall in love with her husband, no matter what. (My readers have pointed out that this is not the story so I am just hoping that it’ll have unexpected twists and turns). Nevertheless, I just can’t help thinking how irresistible this film would have been with the original casting choice – Fawad Khan – in the lead role. He had to be replaced because of endless delays and Fawad’s other commitments. Anyway, bygones.