Malik2021

One thing that hit me so hard by the time it was finished was not the story of Sulaiman as we saw it, but the behind the scenes conspiracy that took place to make Malik’s and his people’s lives miserable is what was more scarier than anything. You think you are watching Sulaiman’s story from different angle, but little do you realise in the beginning that you are actually watching the ruling government, his politician friend trying to take advantage of Sulaiman’s popularity and creating a communal tension even when there wasn’t any. This is shown in 3 major flashbacks and 2 of them shows the same events in different angles that defined the characters who are narrating. This is a masterful disguise in the beginning. You think you are watching the story of a guy becoming a messiah or a godfather but this is much more than that if you focus on the little details in those flash backs.  From David’s angle, riot scene was just a tool to make Sulaiman’s nephew to assassinate Sulaiman in jail but from Sulaiman’s angle it was more about how his son lost his life in that police and ruling government created riots. David didn’t mention this and it explains his character immediately in that scene.  It’s absolutely brilliant how in depth these stuffs are written and without focus, I would have missed lot of information that was pouring in constantly. Such a complex story yet dealt beautifully even though some of the flashbacks feels hurried in the beginning. Yet another magical and flawless performance of Fahad. He is making it even more difficult to make me choose his one best performance. It’s not easy to pick one.