Web series Review (Hindi)
A gem of a web series! As I watched Vijay Varma playing a
cop, Ravi Shankar Tripathi, I was quite wary of his actions, expecting him to
breakout into some kind of psychotic rage. It was such a welcome change to see
this talented actor as a balanced human being. Anyway, I consider him to be the
best of the lot right now.
The story is a hard hitting thriller on the patriarchal way
of things. There is a victim of an acid attack played by Shweta Tripathi. Then
there are men who consider themselves to be the saviours of society and see to
it that young women are taught a lifelong lesson in obedience. Finally, we see
fathers drowning their infant daughters in a pond. The pond is now polluted
with the phosphorus from the bones of the dead and is poisoning the village! So
much for sweet revenge.
The script by Arunabh Kumar and Sumit Saxena, who is also
the director, is tight and each character is distinct. Gopal Dutt, the SHO and
Yashpal Sharma playing Constable Yadav, were a perfect foil to Ravi’s character.
At times though Ravi’s personal life encroached a tad too much into the story.
I am looking forward to this plethora of web series (Dahad,
Kohrra) of the thriller genre, each one as good as the other!
