The show captures how grief quietly turns into resentment. Hina’s jealousy is not random; it is coming from a place of loss and helplessness. In her eyes, Zoya is not just another woman, but everything Hina once was, and everything she has been told she no longer can be. Zoya, on the other hand, is the kind of woman our dramas love to portray as “good”, soft spoken, kind and level headed. But her goodness also keeps her quiet. Pitting two wives against each other is not a new trope, but Sauda shows how women are often trapped between being too emotional or too passive, and how neither choice really saves them.
By the end of the episode, Hina’s breakdown does not feel like madness, just exhaustion. It is true that she harshly lashes out at Zoya and pushes Noman away, but beneath all that anger is a sadness that comes from trying to stay relevant in a home that she believes has moved on. When Noman and Zoya are shown spending time together right after, it stings because it confirms what Hina feared all along: she has been replaced.
Sauda might be dramatic, but Hina is not just a “jealous wife.” She portrays a feeling that is universal, someone trying to hold on to a life that is slipping away and that fear of being forgotten feels painfully real.
Sauda airs on Express TV every Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM. It stars Zubab Rana, Ali Rehman Khan, Nausheen Ahmed, Paras Masroor, Lubna Aslam, and Huma Tahir. Directed by Ramish Rizvi and written by Ramsha Raheel.