Gumn is a limited series consisting of 13 episodes that debuted recently on Green Entertainment. Gumn, a drama helmed by Sarmad Khoosat and starring Tooba Siddiqui and Feroze Qadri, with just the right amount of tension. Along with Hamza Kazi, Siddiqui wrote the drama. She plays Maya Malik, a prominent criminal lawyer who is still troubled by her father’s murder and is determined to find out what happened.
The drama tells the tale of how Rayyan’s (played by Qadri) and Maya’s lives collide and how they attempt to work through their problems individually, sometimes with each other’s assistance.
In addition to the show’s welcome play with the mystery genre, this drama has a number of intriguing aspects and depictions that one wishes were featured more frequently.
A non-linear plot arc thriller
The plot of the thriller Gumn is non-linear. The drama has just the right amount of flashbacks to help the story develop while preserving the sense of mystery that the plot requires. Unfortunately, local dramas don’t utilize this particular narrative style more frequently because it’s a very clever and practical tool. Additionally, our viewers are old enough to handle non-linear storytelling, and more of these kinds of experiences would be appreciated.
Breaking the myth of the bara bhai
The character of Rayyan, who is shown as an older brother who loves his sister unconditionally, is a very welcome addition to the narrative. Despite the restrictions placed on him by the patriarchal society he lives in, he is not self-centered and has affection for his sister. Regrettably, in certain societies, a man’s decency and willingness to go above and beyond are valued highly, therefore it’s encouraging to see Gumn rejecting and not adding to the stereotype of the “ghairatmand bhai.”
After divorce, life goes on.
Maya is a divorcee, but you wouldn’t know it until much later in the play. Divorce is portrayed in the show as “not a taboo,” but rather as a realistic means of ending a failing marriage. It is a refreshing change from what we usually see on local television that Maya’s life is not solely focused on her divorce and that people in her immediate vicinity are not continuously bringing it up to her or to others while she is not there.
It is possible to be a man interested in kitchenware. The sky won’t collapse!
The sight of a man working in a kitchen without anybody worrying about “how that looks” is a unique approach for a viewer who is used to watching women toiling away in the kitchen without a male family member even volunteering to help since “log kya kahain ge.”
Help someone who is thinking about suicide rather than treating them like a criminal if you witness them.
A brief but significant allusion to an attempted suicide occurs in the narrative (I won’t spoil anything more), and happily, the characters attempt to approach the problem differently by supporting the person in need of support without passing judgment, as opposed to treating it as a crime as the law was previously inclined to do.