{"id":320843,"date":"2021-07-12T20:01:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=320843"},"modified":"2021-07-12T20:02:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:02:35","slug":"disappointed-but-not-surprised-ishq-hai-receives-flak-for-romanticizing-obsessive-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/disappointed-but-not-surprised-ishq-hai-receives-flak-for-romanticizing-obsessive-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Disappointed But Not Surprised: &#8216;Ishq Hai&#8217; Receives Flak for Romanticizing Obsessive Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani drama industry has come a long way but unfortunately, we are still portraying all the negative connotations attached to love, marriage, and society in general. Drama serial <em>Ishq Hai<\/em> and its makers\/actors have landed in hot waters for glorifying misogyny and romanticizing obsessive love.<\/p>\n<p>Minal Khan and Danish Taimoor are great actors but the public isn&#8217;t happy with their recent projects. After <em>Jalan<\/em> and <em>Deewangi<\/em>, they teamed up for <em>Ishq Hai<\/em>, however, people are disappointed to see the problematic forced love trope over and over.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani dramas often recycle the same plot and we have seen the obsessive, abusive men torturing the damsel in distress numerous times. Sadly, the Big Bang Entertainment&#8217;s Production leans towards the same narrative but netizens have had enough of it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320900\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-728x486.jpg 728w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-608x406.jpg 608w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-758x506.jpg 758w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/danishtaimoor16-1622829451875-1024x683-1-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-320899\" src=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-561x374.jpg 561w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-364x243.jpg 364w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-728x486.jpg 728w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-608x406.jpg 608w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-758x506.jpg 758w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-72x48.jpg 72w, https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/razaaabis-1622835605324-1024x683-1-144x96.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Twitter condemns <em>Ishq Hai<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>When Aamna Isani took to Twitter to share a problematic clip from the drama, it sparked a debate, and the majority of the people felt that the drama romanticizes the obsessive lover.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;The <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ishqhai?src=hashtag_click\">#ishqhai<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> 101 on how to get a girl to agree to marry you,&#8221; she wrote.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In another tweet, she mentioned,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Actually it\u2019s one way of showing how the male ego in our society collectively destroys women.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Actually it\u2019s one way of showing how the male ego in our society collectively destroys women. Check out Shahzeb\u2019s psychotic grin after she agrees.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AHI (@aamnaisani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aamnaisani\/status\/1413030663377330179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what netizens had to say about it.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter user Asif Altaf said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You&#8217;re (Pakistani media) not helping anyone by portraying them as irrational and\/or victims. These kinds of tv shows are the reason why I actively avoid exposing myself to anything Pakistani produced. This does not depict my reality. Unrelatable!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You&#39;re (Pakistani media) not helping anyone by portraying them as irrational and\/or victims. These kinds of tv shows are the reason why I actively avoid exposing myself to anything Pakistani produced. This does not depict my reality. Unrelatable!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Asif Altaf (@profileofasif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/profileofasif\/status\/1413486993254719494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Another Twitter user replied with:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What\u2019s sad is this is being portrayed as love. This is only his obsession that what is his can\u2019t be anyone else\u2019s. The girl is nothing more than an object. I wished, naively, that the girl walked away.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What\u2019s sad is this is being portrayed as love. This is only his obsession that what is his can\u2019t be anyone else\u2019s. The girl is nothing more than an object. I wished, naively, that the girl walked away.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rabi (@khrabi25) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khrabi25\/status\/1413312757215240197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more reactions:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thats what our entertainment  media  is all about : vulgarity , manipulation , domination and women objectification. This is what IK talked about , one of the main reasons behind increasing depravity and sexual violence in our society , but no one is ready to talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eeqan Ahmed (@Baigeeqan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Baigeeqan\/status\/1413133200453378060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SehrishSaqib9\/status\/1413040785839230977<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/huxaifaibrahim\/status\/1413379318152110080<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even more disturbing than this scene is the comments below that are praising this scene. It shows how wrongly our dramas are influencing the minds of our young generation.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83d\udcab (@mystifying_me) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mystifying_me\/status\/1413032133275357184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am not watching this drama but i did look up this clip somewhere and it was so disturbing in today\u2019s time showing all this it\u2019s in such bad taste<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sana Zehra (@sanajafry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanajafry\/status\/1413122656916942855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every second drama is now showing or promoting Junooni Ashiq and which type of Ishaq these men are doing. In this way they are giving message that \u201cA Sacha Ashiq is always Junooni\u201d ,Pathetic     <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KAM3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KAM3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fitoor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fitoor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raqsebismil?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Raqsebismil<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ishaqhai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ishaqhai<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ayesha Arshad (@ayeshaarshad27) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ayeshaarshad27\/status\/1413204590619762688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doseofkard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@doseofkard<\/a> I can see what you mean when you say Pakistani dramas support misogyny because this is some of the worst misogyny that I&#39;ve seen on-screen<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amna Asad (@AmnaAsad19) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmnaAsad19\/status\/1413226805532643329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/khuda-aur-mohabbat-3-mahis-torture-is-unbearable-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khuda Aur Mohabbat 3: Mahi&#8217;s Torture Is Unbearable To Watch<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistani drama industry has come a long way but unfortunately, we are still portraying all the negative connotations attached to love, marriage, and society in general. 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