Ashar is not able to ‘see’!

So, we see this huge so called love-centric and emotional play between Ashar and Khirad as a major part of Humasafar. But the question that is to be asked is ‘ What is the idea of love that is being portrayed to us?’ We clearly see Ashar’s judgment being clouded as a result of his insecurities that emerge out of the ‘friendship’ between Khirad and Khizar. He has all of a sudden gone overly possessive and insecure of the bond between himself and Khirad. On the other hand, Khirad, not even for once, is seen wary of Sarah’s bond with his ‘best friend’ Ashar who happens to be Khirad’s husband! Talk about male insecurities in a typical Pakistani society.

Moreoever, Ashar is not able to ‘see’ through Khirad despite the fact that he puts up this entire fascade of being deeply in love with her. Khirad literally begs him to trust her by saying things like ‘Ashar, aap mera yaqeen karain, mein ne aapki amanat mein khayanat nahi ki hai’ etc but Ashra is so deeply drowned in his insecurities that his rational judgement is absolutely impaired. He, all of a sudden, emerges as an irrational lover. Just like in the entire drama, in this scene, Khirad’s purity is emphasized with whiteness of her dress in contrast to the other characters in the scene. Ashar’s irrationality in this particular scene is even more heightened by Fareeda’s choice of words like ‘moo pe kalak’ ‘behudgi’ ‘behiaayee’ etc. This further highlights the delusions of Ashar who refuses to ‘see’ the innocence of Khirad at all!