Abdullahpur Ka Devdas

If you're expecting a gripping love story or emotional depth from Abdullahpur Ka Devdas, prepare to be disappointed. This drama is a masterclass in how to take a classic inspiration and completely drain it of life, logic, and relatability.

The pacing is painfully slow, the characters are underdeveloped, and the dialogue often feels like it's trying too hard to sound poetic-without actually saying anything meaningful. Bilal Abbas Khan's talent feels wasted on a script that meanders between melodrama and self-indulgent monologues. Sarah Khan and Raza Talish, despite their efforts, are lost in a sea of forced symbolism and dull storytelling.

What's worse is the show's obsession with appearing "deep" instead of telling a story that resonates. It confuses ambiguity with brilliance and ends up being neither.

Visually, it's nice-but no amount of aesthetic shots can save a drama that forgets the basics: character growth, emotional connection, and a compelling narrative.

Abdullahpur Ka Devdas might have aimed for art, but it lands as an exhausting, pretentious ride with little reward.

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It seemed to be a good promising story to begin with with the market chase to establish relationship between the two male leads. Burad promising to purchase chaiwali property. Entry of the girl their cravings to meet, sending letters. It all felt good till that while haveli guy was killed. After that it was all downhill. There were so many plot holes and pointless things in writings and direction. Even though it only has 13 episodes still it felt dragged and pointless in the middle. Ending part felt good from the point onwards when Gulbano receives message from SIM card about Kashifs location.

Gulbano might be the prettiest maiden of the land, making all the men die in her name, but at the end of the day, it is the love between Kashif and Fakhar that steals your heart.

The mystery surrounding the infamous Gul Bano amongst the people of Abdullahpur is so adequately written. The way Fakhar pleads for Gul Bano' s love over Gul Bano herself is a testament to his unrequited love. The supporting characters and how their story evolves on the way, not a single moment in these 12 episodes are dull or wasted away in any sense.

Perfect casting with Sarah Khan, Bilal Abbas, and Raza Talish. Anoushay Abbasi as Jameela was an instant hit. Especially Naumaan Ijaz as Shehenshah will leave you yearning more for his story.

The story gives you a nostalgic air with the setting it has captured around Abdullahpur and Lahore but, as the story progresses we realize that it is the perfect combination of an old classic and a modern-era romance.

Overall, a must-watch drama, with the spellbinding OST to ease your aching heart and the writing is so heartbreakingly beautiful.

Great to see this kind of series. Very interesting to see all cast performing in the series. Sarah Khan and Bilal Abbas Khan were spot on. Specially the acting of other casts were absolutely brilliant. One thing that i missed is the production quality. It should have been better. Anyhow nice.

Great to see this kind of series. Very interesting to see all cast performing in the series. Sarah Khan and Bilal Abbas Khan were spot on. Specially the acting of other casts were absolutely brilliant. One thing that i missed is the production quality. It should have been better. Anyhow nice.

Great to see this kind of series. Very interesting to see all cast performing in the series. Sarah Khan and Bilal Abbas Khan were spot on. Specially the acting of other casts were absolutely brilliant. One thing that i missed is the production quality. It should have been better. Anyhow nice.

How can someone waste so many good actors? The best answer to this question is this series. Great cast (except a few), good plot, exceptional OST but the execution, writing, direction and editing is so pathetic that watching this series is a torture to brain even after presence of a wonderful actor like Bilal Abaas.

There are so many flaws in the story. Thing just happened without any logic. You can say that this is a fiction drama but still there need to be some basic common sense in the drama. Randomly some characters are introduced and dropped about without any effort to build any continuity of story or character.

In short - Don't waste your time.