In another remarkable episode, Mitti De Baway elaborates on how, in pursuit of vengeance, pride is often hidden behind the veil of honor. As the aftermath of the vendetta settles upon the Channan household, the true cost of revenge becomes glaringly clear. Left standing amidst the wreckage are two women: Fazeelat (Uzma Hassan) and Zareena (Amar Khan), Iqbal’s sister and wife. While Billo (Bilquis-Mahira Khan) settles old scores with Iqbal (Balla-Wahaj Ali), the man loses his honor, but it is the women of the household who lose their entire future.
The concept is painfully simple yet devastatingly real: when revenge takes over, women become nothing more than collateral damage. The two women, living within traditional boundaries, carry the heavy burden of family honor, lineage, and societal expectations. They obey the rules and protect the family name, yet when the conflict escalates, these boundaries provide no protection. Fazeelat’s story is a tragic example of this reality; she is discarded within minutes of being married, treated as an afterthought in a feud she never created. She grieves her complete lack of choice, standing helpless while her brothers, Aslam (Ahmed Randhawa) and Iqbal, rage around the village in pursuit of love and revenge. Her life is disrupted not because of any fault of her own, but because her dignity was sacrificed on the altar of ego.
Similarly, Zareena is forced to make an impossible choice: she stands by her husband, a decision that forces her to sever ties with her own brother. She is left grieving the loss of her sibling, with her young child clinging nearby in fear, while Iqbal is nowhere to be found. Zareena and Fazeelat, who have lived by the rules, are rewarded with only isolation and heartbreak.
What makes this cycle of destruction even more tragic, however, is that the ruin is ultimately brought by another woman’s unyielding ego. Driven by wounded pride and a relentless thirst for revenge against Iqbal, she lets her ego fuel a war that destroys everything in its path. Consumed by her own pain, having lost her marriage and children, Billo uses her trauma to justify her cruelty. In her blind quest to bring Iqbal to his knees, she fails or chooses not to see the devastation she inflicts on other women. To satisfy her ego and ease her own suffering, she inflicts the exact same agony on Fazeelat and Zareena. Her anger and pride blind her to the fact that she is actively stripping away the safety of innocent women.
The tragic reality Fazeelat and Zareena reveal is that women are always expected to carry the weight of the past. Whether it is preserving family lineage, bearing the brunt of broken promises, or picking up the pieces after an ego-driven war, women pay the price for conflicts they did not start.
