REPORT
New TV drama Tum Kon Piya is
a 70s throwback. Can it make a
mark in the present day?
L
ove is in the air as the title suggests in Tum Kon
Piya. The drama was riding high on the wave of
anticipation even before it aired. Tum Kon Piya
marks actress Ayeza Khan’s return to the small screen
after the blockbuster Pyare Afzal, marriage and motherhood. It also matches her with Imran Abbas fresh off
his own romantic role in Mera Naam Yousuf Hai. Viewers were enticed by this fresh pairing. However this is
desi television, so we must set the boundaries for our
romantic entanglements as well as our class dynamics
that threaten to pull them apart. In the first episode we
are introduced to Elma (Ayeza Khan) who is up at daybreak to indulge in some poetry and all around domestic
wizardry. As the eldest daughter in a motherless family
of three girls and a doting dad she naturally has