Director Ahsun Talish of drama serial ‘Aye Musht-e-Khaak’ has defended behaviour of Feroze Khan glorifying domestic abuse in the drama.
Those who are unaware, ‘Aye Musht-e-Khaak’ has been making rounds on social media for the past few days to glamourising domestic abuse. A lot of questions are being raised about the characters and behaviors illustrated in it.
In one of the recent episodes, Mustejab, played by Feroz Khan can be seen strangling his ex-girlfriend Shiza, who was essayed by Nimrah Khan. He grabs her by the throat and drags her to the sofa. Since the scene went viral, it has been sparking a debate on social media.
#AyeMushtEKhaak we need to define what intense scenes mean. Two ppl screaming,physically pushing each other? I understand you might want to show abuse or a mental issue but it should be well defined with respect to characterization & situation.Everything shouldn’t be exaggerated pic.twitter.com/J4ym59LYPh
— Rabia Mughni (@rabiamughni) January 24, 2022
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Now, the drama’s director Ahsun Talish has defended the story and said that he is getting a great response to this drama but some people are not understanding the subject. “This is the story of an unbeliever. In our society, parents give everything to their children but don’t clear their religious beliefs. They don’t teach them religion, then kids are influenced by their own paths.”
Ahsun Talish said that he was not making violence against women a commonplace and that he had not done so intentionally. He further said, ” I have read the script many times and it is not that we are normalizing the violence against women. Doesn’t a British man kill his wife in Europe, women there are also beaten”.
When the director was asked about the warning messages being put up in violent scenes abroad, he replied that we do not give warnings, “Here people are very sensible,” he maintained. Feroz Khan and Sana Javed are playing the lead roles in this drama.
