Is some of the criticism towards Zanjeerain and discomfort with Rabiya's relationship with Sarbuland based on misogyny, ageism and remarriage stigma?
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Ageism: Sajal has one of the most neotenous faces possible. Round face, chubby cheeks and huge eyes. This is scientifically one of the youngest looking facial feature combinations a person can have. Just because she has been acting since the Palaeolithic times does not mean that she herself looks old! She and Danyal are in the same age group generationally and I think they look to be the same age. She looks 100x better than actresses with filer duck lips and tight botox faces. I'm not even Pakistani but she's such a good representation of a real Pakistani beauty.
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Remarriage stigma: India and Pakistan (and most South Asian countries) have one of the lowest divorce rates in the world and remarriage stigmas.
Some of the excessive moral policing appears to be subconsciously derived from these types of beliefs. i.e. if Sarbuland really loved Bano he can't remarry. He could never have loved her if he can move on. Sarbuland and Rabiya are literally strangers genetically unlike Sarbuland and Bano. So please miss me with the BIL and SIL are getting married talk. Rolling my eyes at that.
Posted Jul 11, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC