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Divided by borders, united by family
Updated On: 16 July, 2024 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Bringing Pakistani show Barzakh to India, maker Kejriwal says the Fawad-starrer will resonate with desi audiences as it has the universal theme of family
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The story weaves in elements of magic realism
In the words of Pakistani director Asim Abbasi, the only person who has fully understood his show, Barzakh, is producer Shailja Kejriwal. The upcoming Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed-starrer tells the story of a 76-year-old reclusive man, who invites his estranged children and grandchildren to celebrate his wedding with the ghost of his true love. Elements of the supernatural and magic realism run in the story that sees Kejriwal and Abbasi reunite after their successful Churails (2020).
Backing a story that’s so out of the ordinary couldn’t have been easy for Kejriwal. But the Bollywood producer says that all it takes is faith in the director. “We have immense faith in Asim’s vision and storytelling. Folk stories across the world are similar because they come from general human existence. Some of the pagan elements that we’ve woven in are common to every culture, [be it India or Pakistan]. What drew me to the story is that families are complex. This idea is universal. When a family gets together, they bring their [resentments]. In each episode, Asim takes us through the unresolved trauma of each family member. Everyone starts off from a dysfunctional space, but by the end, there is some resolution in everyone’s lives,” she says.
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