Usually, Eid plays are either a laugh riot or very boring, but Shazia Wajahat’s Pyar Main Blind was above all that. Fresh from the success of Raqs e Bismil, producer Shazia turned director for the second time with this Eid flick and tackled many social issues, without sounding preachy!

The play revolved around an educated young man Ali (Shahzad Sheikh) who is unable to get a job despite being highly qualified. In order to keep his marriage alive, he decides to use charity services, and acts blind to make an earning. However, when the inspector Tameezuddin (Noor ul Hassan) from that service makes a visit to his place, things fall apart and he asks his friend Kashif (Ahmed Hassan) to help him out.

With his wife Zoya (Kinza Hashmi) returning from her office early, another inspector making a surprise entry, as well as the girl’s parents paying her a visit, blindness takes the back seat, and puts the spotlight on the fraud husband, and his shortcut schemes. Will he be able to save his marriage now, or will he end up in jail, you will have to watch the play to find out.

Written by Mohsin Ali, this drama tackled many subjects including unemployment, lying, and even showing off for no reason. Add to all that the way this drama preaches social distancing, wearing a mask and staying safe in Covid times, and you end up laughing out loud. For starters, the drama takes a hilarious turn due to Covid, otherwise it would have been just the run of the mill stuff on Eid. Kudos to ARY Digital for promoting such dramas that too on the auspicious occasion of Eid, when everyone is at home, glued to their screens.

Had it not been for Shahzad Sheikh’s brilliant acting, first as a blind man who can see and then as a man who limps, the drama wouldn’t have done this well. Kinza Hashmi is not only beautiful but also impresses with her acting skills, just like Ahmed Hassan who dresses as a woman just to save a friend. Noor ul Hassan’s take as the inspector is spot on as he comes out as an over confident person who has no clue what he is doing. Sajid Shah as the girl’s father who disowned her when she decided to marry Ali, and as the play progresses, you realize that he wasn’t wrong at all.

It is plays like these that help the audience realize the importance of being true to their own self, as well as to their loved ones for life doesn’t give you more than one chance. Although it might seem like a theatre play where everyone comes in and out of the screen, it puts the message across because of that technique. Otherwise, it would have fallen flat like the other telefilms that aired on other channels, and couldn’t deliver at all!