Oye Motti! More of Fat-Shaming Than Entertainment Stuff?
The theme of Express Entertainment’s play sparked outrage among the netizens and social media was flooded with criticism over it
Dramas in Pakistan have seen an era of success but long ago lost their true essence. Focusing more on weird and uncanny plots, most of the dramas are in limelight for all ill-reasons, and Oye Motti by Express Entertainment is one of them.
Oye Motti’s story revolves around a chubby girl whose weight proved to be an obstacle for her to tie the knot.
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The chubby girl Aliya falls in love with a guy and they both got engaged, however, the climax came when the boy, after the exchange of rings, announced that he is not going to marry until his wife-to-be is going to shed her weight.
“She needs to shed weight before marriage otherwise I am not going to continue with this relationship”.
From the title to a number of dialogues, the play posses a lot of objectionable stuff.
With the claims that the drama is an effort to address the issues of overweight girls in Pakistani society, the title and the dialogues seemed offending.
Not only this, the promotional teaser for Oye Motti was produced in a way similar to Indian dramas.
The theme of Express Entertainment’s play sparked outrage among the netizens and social media was flooded with criticism over it.
Ye kaun 5th graders dramay bana rahe hain aaj kal? This is embarrassing. And that song oye moti matlab kuch bhi? In actors ko cringe feel nahi hota ye script follow karte hue? pic.twitter.com/efxn4xY4lq
— تلمیذ (@Talmeez92) April 8, 2021
What the actual hell is this? https://t.co/Vfz5DMdNIe
— Alia Chughtai (@AliaChughtai) April 8, 2021
you know we’ve failed as a country when we start making dramas like these and ask tiktokers to do the roles.pic.twitter.com/IDMb0z3MTR
— – (@chuuistan) April 8, 2021
