ANAA: A Modern Lens Of Pride and Prejudice

One would think that modern romances would be less complicated than the ones spun over the golden, older ages. In the time of cellphones, would anyone need long declarations of love, spilled ink and torn hearts? Amidst the crushing need to build a future, would anyone care to plunge in the angst, passion and brutality of what is true love?

Apparently, they do. And as long as the idea of self exists, so will this merciless quest for love.

Inspired from the original Pakistani drama Anaa, I add a few changes to this story that truly explores what it means to transcend petty issues of one's ego to eventually give oneself in love.

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Daneen Sher, the young heiress to a large fortune has always been cradled in the arms of Islamabad's high society. Headstrong and stubborn, her ego would never yield to no one's will but her own, especially in the matters of love. After a joyous year of romance, she has her mind set on marrying the meek but nonetheless charming scion Areesh Ghazanfar.

Yet when trouble brews in her dreamy paradise, she conspires with her friend and confidante Izza Khan to risk everything for love. Knowing Izza's unwavering devotion towards her, Daneen seemed to have conquered her own gambit of love.

Alas, had it not been for the brick-faced, sharp-tongued specimen named Altamash Ansari.

The ultimate gambit of love has just begun.

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Stuck in their own choices, perceptions and qualms about love, will these four ever find what their heart truly desires?

Read to find out!
انا:- Self, Ego