Sonya Hussyn - A celebration of strength, Grit and Resillience in Aangan.

K A R A C H I -- Reminiscing the days of the silken farshighararas and lehengas, a time when the Nawabsbathed in a life of luxury. Aangan takes us back to a time when a person's social standing would determine their destiny, when emotional relationships between a servant boy and a begum was unheard of.

Taking a leap of faith, the heroine 'Salma' played by the lovelySonya Hussyn let's lose all societal pressures and opts for love over all other things.Setting the benchmark for the rest of thefemale leads in the drama, Salma's character is a celebration of strength, grit and resilience which perhaps was undermined by the general populace in those days. Aangan presents a refreshing perspective of womenduring the 1940s. The power play between the femme fatale, her hero and her tormentors (the society) is a tale appearing in narratives time and time again. One might have overlooked the story altogether if it weren't for the execution of narrative performed by...