I appreciate your time and effort you have put into this post to take us through the fascinating journey of two souls. In hind sight, choosing Amrita over everything else would be a easy choice. A simple erudite obedient family man who has a thing for his childhood sweetheart whom he cannot forget. Zulfi is a difficult character to get into. Idealization is a product of upbringing and also influenced by the era in which you live. I'm not sure if Shaheen's sons would idealize Zulfi as a father like Zulfi did. But he is a man who stands by his choices at all times- only blemish being his desperate attempt to propose Amrita for marraige to save his political career. If he made one, he would weep for not making the other. Zulfi's path in life is laid out with difficult choices all the way. Although not portrayed explicitly, poor Zulfi is torn between his love for Amrita and his obedience to his "Waleed saab".
It is his decisions that would make him feel guilty for the rest of his life. This is where life takes a turn for Zulfi, with every act of obedience to his father he slowly moves away from Amrita. Some of the key decisions in his life are made at the behest of his father whose wishes he cannot refuse. Zulfi is portrayed as a person in control of his life unlike Amrita. Having watched the play sitting only couple of feet away from the writer of this blog, my understanding of the complicated relationship between Zulfi and Amrita is no different.
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