“Ishq Hai” is a Pakistani drama that airs on ARY Digital, starring Danish Taimoor and Minal Khan. Initially, it’s trailers and teasers looked promising with an intense love story. Not to forget the duo is paired up for the first time and fans were excited to see them onscreen.
According to the story, Minal Khan (Isra) turned down Shahzaib’s (Danish Taimoor) marriage proposal due to family pressure. While reacting to the denial, Shahzaib kidnapped Isra for a forced marriage. During the scene, Shahzaib forced Isra to marry him by putting a gun on himself.
The scene was highly criticized and went viral on social media. Many people reacted on the scene and how the storyline is so disturbing.
Our question is, what did makers think while writing and executing this scene? This kind of content is dismaying and is only influencing people towards manipulation and domination.