Bold, confident and hard-hitting, Mahira Khan is back once more and this time she is not afraid to hold up a mirror to society’s face. Her new drama ‘Razia’ is creating buzz on social media. Mahira is no longer the sweet and naive female lead as we have known her. She’s the narrator who tells the story of how a young girl born in a conservative household in Pakistan learns to overcome every hardship to chase her dream.
From the get go, this show keeps you hooked by telling you a story we’re all familiar with, but every episode is a gut punch on how Pakistani girls are robbed of their dreams and hopes because of patriarchy. Mahira waltzes around the stage and speaks with the audience about the journey of the young girl Razia, whose birth was a disappointment for the grandmother who wanted a boy. From that point, she continues to be punished for the crime of being born a daughter.
Two episodes in, and we’re already awed by how the show speaks out on the ways young women are deprived of their dreams, whether it is something as small as eating after their brother does, or as monumental as Razia’s father banning her from playing outside because she is older now. And already, some of the powerful monologues in the episodes are gaining praise on social media.
#Razia begins with Mahira Khan's narration -every word she says hits you. powerful & brilliant & beautiful. she is not just Mahira Khan who is narrating the story of Razia but a woman who finds Razia in herself, has seen met many women like Razia & is surrounded with such stories pic.twitter.com/nggNpcL5TB
— Anuschka P (@Anuschkaa___) September 19, 2023
there is something so haunting about the pauses the narrator gives in the middle of the story. that far away look in the eyes, as if she’s trapped away in some nightmare, a storm brewing, urging to get out. @TheMahiraKhan’s acting was easily the most memorable part about #Razia pic.twitter.com/WMGuPi2Pah
— zainab (@notmuazizsaarif) September 18, 2023
A user praised this scene where in a monologue from episode 1, Mahira points out how young girls today are no longer murdered on their birth, but are today buried alive by the consistent backlash society imposes on them
Given the scenario when the cr!me against women has grown to an unimaginable extent, these lines hit SO hard!#razia pic.twitter.com/9o4CwTkqiT
— 🕊عطیہ (@Atiya83H) September 15, 2023
