Meri Zindagi Hai Tu Episode 7-8 just got interesting. Yes, the drama is still toxic but we weren’t expecting Kamiyar (Bilal Abbas) to go through the bayizzati that he does at the hands of Ayra (Hania Aamir). 

You would like Kamiyar a lot if he wasn’t ‘psycho’ as said by Ayra’s sister Dr. Falak (Meher Jafri), and after Ayra does a crazy good rant against him, in front of his parents and hers, you do feel for him. 

Can’t be sure if it's deliberate or not but Bilal Abbas does a brilliant job in playing the self-indulgent Kamiyar, bad boy going good, and softly highlighting how a rich, arrogant guy can also want ‘real love’, or the concept of it. You can’t tell: Is Ayra Kamiyar’s temporary obsession or his one true love? Is she what he wants to complete him, the love he never got or saw, as he says explicitly to his parents, or once he gets her, he’ll move on?

We can't be sure and that is why it is clear that the only saving grace in Meri Zindagi Hai Tu is Bilal Abbas’ excellent portrayal of a very complex guy. The drama was going in a very typical direction but Bilal as the ‘rogue going good but unable to stop smoking for love’ guy is keeping viewers hooked - or at least willing to stick around to find out what happens next.

Ayra on the other hand, seemed more interesting than she is. Lacks depth as a character, principled girl but likes Kamiyar enough to check out if he’s still outside her window, doesn’t like him but picks up when he calls, doesn’t want to marry him but kinda does too. She slaps Kamiyar and tells him off primarily because of her own father, who is looking on to see what his daughter does. Which one can accept. But it is very unclear, still, as to why she likes this guy who she considers to be a narcissist. Because he’s doing nice things? Or because he has money and is the ‘chairman’ of his company? The character seems fuzzy and superficial and we can’t be certain what Arya is doing for what reason.

The good characters are such a disappointment that the villains really are the ones carrying the drama through. Fariha (Vardah Aziz), Kamiyar’s childhood friend and on and off girlfriend it seems, is another character you can’t help but be intrigued by. Vardah does an excellent job as an unlikeable villain, barging into Arya’s house, telling her off in public and having family issues of her own that she can’t figure out. Vardah is very clear in what she wants and that is why she is a refreshing break from the fullness of Arya and her flip-flopping. Fariha might have nefarious designs and evil plans but at least she knows what she wants. 

After the first few episodes, the drama is finally picking up as something that might not be what it had seemed before. Although we have to look past the cringe, good girl wears shalwar kameez, bad girl is modern in jeans and other stereotypically redundant points, there might be hope for the drama yet. Maybe there is a twist, the psycho turns good (and maybe psycho again), Arya develops some kind of personality and personally we can't wait to see what Fariha will do to gain the love of her life.