However, where the series scores is in fleshing out its ‘villainous’ characters. Sunny’s Murtuza isn’t just pure evil. There is an emotional complexity he showcases as he hugs a teenager whose father he has killed just moments before, as he was revealed to be a traitor. Thankfully, Pakistanis are not reduced to a bunch of ‘maqsad’-spewing buffoons and are given proper motivation and arcs. The show also sparks in throwaway lines, one of which Pratik’s Vishnu says to a Pak scribe, Fatima (Kritika Kamra): “Mausiqi, zayka, husn ye saari behtareen chize aap log le gaye aur humare hisse reh gaye sirf kisse (Music, food, beauty, all of the great things you took, and what we were left with were stories). Looking at you, Coke Studio.
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