Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from Ms. Marvel episode 4.
The Partition scene in Ms. Marvel episode 4 doesn’t shy away from showing the horrors of 1947. What went into creating that chilling sequence?
Episode 4 unleashes a lot of big stunning visuals and explains the Noor realm. What went into fleshing that out?
Well, the Noor realm is sort of this realm that Nimra Bucha who is playing Kamran’s (Rish Shah) mother and the other Clandestines have this desire to go to. They’ve wanted to go to the other side for so long. So we wanted to show a glimpse of the Noor world. What was home for them? Why do they want you to go there? Fariha and Najma’s relationship and even though Fariha was vanquished, Najma continued to feel that she could make it and has that desperation to go home which again is so universal. If you ask a displaced person what would you give to go home and they would say they’d do anything. And that’s what it is about, they would do anything to go home.
What was it like working with Farhan Akhtar and Fawad Khan?
We were working with two heartthrobs of South Asia. I think they both bring something very different into our episodes. Farhan brought this voice into the show. He was Kamala’s confidante, he basically was the wise mentor who informed her about the path that she was taking was an important one to take and he made her feel like she was a part of something bigger. And his voice was important because in essence, he became protective of her and then sacrificed himself for her.