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Aar Ya Paar (2022)
Pathetic series
This series joins the list of the most pathetic web series ever made lie Candy etc. Poor writing. Cant write such plot sitting in AC chambers in Bombay. The language of the tribals was too funny. Moira and Toira and rest hindi ? Thats a tribal language ? Brilliant. Should have worked at least on the language angle. A lot has been touted of atrocities against the tribals but this one is too far fetched. Travelling abroad to kill and all. The writer is a looney. N body impresses in acting too. Even Ashish Vidyarthi looked so loud. Dunno which starved audience is impressed by such seriesDunno which starved audience is impressed by such series when there is quality content available.
Rudra: The Edge of Darkness (2022)
No suspense No thrill !!
Wow! A rating of 7.4 ? Really ? I would give a generous 4 only, 2 to Ajay Devgn and 2 to Raashi Khanna (poor girl was in a guest appearance literally) It was touted to be a remake of Luther. I haven't seen Luther but it seemed like the pathetic writers had an overdose of CID, Crime Patrol, Sansani, Vaardat and a few Hollywood flicks and the made a mess of this one for sure. By the 3rd episode I was watching a poor copy and paste of 'The Blacklist' where Raashi Khanna was playing James Spader and Ajay Devgn playing Megan Moone. The sad part is they watch & then they sit down and write THIS !? A DCP allergic to guns, really? Then Esha Deol should have carried a gun as a HR lawyer. Then, Mumbai police having a huge HQ like Langley with sophisticated surveillance equipment & having the luxury of big interrogation rooms aka CIA/FBI? Do they have really ? There is no story in fact. After the 1st episode it is catching psychotic criminals. Aliya Choksi has in fact left nothing, not even for the writers. So they wander and then they play inside out focusing in house. Where was the suspense where was the thrill ? Where was the darkness? It was all about knowing the criminal in 5 minutes and then nabbing them. Disney Hotstar offers a platform to such pathetic writers? Nikosi, Mahesh, JK were just out of context, playing fillers to a story that never built up. Ajay Devgn is seasoned so this one was a cakewalk for him, but Raashi Khanna takes the cake. She has a terrific screen presence and the viewers would have loved to see more of her but poor girl just came and went, came and went. Even Atul Kulkarni's role had more meat than hers. A word for Esha Deol - Once a non actor always a non actor. A very average direction. Showing gore doesn't create suspense / thrill. Its repulsive sometimes like the scene of drinking human blood. But then Bollywood is full of non deserving lot. Rudra may be thrilling for a starved audience who are ever willing to lap up everything that is served to them, be it trash. That's how Bollywood runs.
The Great Indian Murder (2022)
Nothing great about it
Didn't understand what's great about this one ? If it's adaptation of the novel then Vikas Swaroop is a poor novelist. If you have seen Usual Suspects then Six Suspects is trash. It's slow lacks the raunchy pace of a murder mystery. It's a fashion nowadays to pick up LGBTQ rights on OTT platform to garner sympathy now the tribal angle is roped in. Seems Dhulia is a tribal so he wanted to showcase tribal atrocities & gain sympathy. You can't call such stories mystery when the writer seems to confused & the maker more confused. The ending is open. You show a third character in the last shot & close it leaving the audience to wonder who's that then that's not mystery. David Lynch makes complex movies but only he knows his perspective & that's why his movies, his characters need to be explained. Dhulia is no Lynch. He's over hyped.
Dhamaka (2021)
Senseless
Sometimes you come across certain movies which dont make any sense. This is one. Kartik Aryan just doesn't fit in the role. Never looked like an anchor. Poor acting. Couldnt carry the role. Weak shoulders! May be some bimbos find him a heartthrob & rightly so for bimbos but nothing like that. Absolutely wrong casting. Although it's a remake, it's still a mess. Poor script. Nothing thrilling. Just failed to glue you to the seat.
Aranyak (2021)
Fetish for darkness
Okey dokey story. Too many characters. Too many stories. Apart from that I thought the Director had only Sound Camera Action to call. He forgot to call Lights !
May be Modi govt's electricity push didn't reach Sirona. Entire series was shot without Lights which gave it a damp depressed look. Copied from Hollywood may be. Apart from the weather where the Sunlight was a No No even the interiors of homes hotels were dimly lit like lanterns. May be director was having a darkness fetish or it was just a cover-up to give a okey dokey story a suspense thriller look which failed. Strained my eyes. Where were the lights man ? It was Sirona not Antarctica.
Dial 100 (2021)
Pathetic! Skip it !
You can't rate such pathetic writing. Actually it deserves a 0. Any 2nd person can write what this guy Rinse'all has written. Now OTT is also in the clutches of wannabees who have no talent but wanna pursue some hidden desires. Hope this movie is the last from this guy Rensil who needs to rinse his brains.. It's a sheer waste of time. Dunno how do they come up with such rotten writing and then there are jackasses on Zee who give a platform to such weasels.
Paurashpur (2020)
Pathetic
8.6 rating ? One of the most pathetic se series after a long time. Absolute crap writing & crap direction. You cant serve any crap to the viewers. This is one web series which fails to impress anywhere. Not even worth a review.
State of Siege: 26/11 (2020)
Retribution pending
26/11 is a dark spot on our history & it will continue to be so till Pakistan continues to exist on the world map.
A good effort but a lot of characters were not in sync. Even someone as great as Vikram Gokhale looked unconvincing as the PM. It's sad that the viewers have to see some of the faces in every alternate web series. Getting redundant.
The Raikar Case (2020)
Weak link
If only Parul Gulati could ACT !!
The entire series could have made a difference.
Special OPS (2020)
Beautifully crafted.
Absolutely Brilliant !! The best web series undoubtedly till date. Beautifully crafted & presented. The plot was brilliant and the way it builds up is awesome. The series was shot in a lavish manner. There has to be conviction on presenting such subjects and Neeraj Pandey is in complete control. Kay Kay Menon is brilliant & so are the others. Feel sorry for Sana Khan. She's a good looking woman but it's unfortunate that she ends up getting small roles when she's capable of carrying meatier roles. Adds the glamour too.
Breathe: Into the Shadows (2020)
Thriller for a starved audience
I was itching to write this ever since J showed his face. don't know what ws the thrill after that ? To watch people getting killed ? Such a high rating for a poor show? Didnt know that Multiple Personality Disorder ran with a time table. Ridiculous. Seems Avinash and J had a 48 or 72 hour day. Managing all. Wow! Managing home, psychiatric practice, assisting the police, catering to the kidnapped baby, having a good night sleep, taking care of wifey dear, the other woman and then find out people and kill them ? Really ? But our Sharma boy (Mayank) thought so. He created a super hero. An unsuspecting wife for 6 years!! No bout for years & when the girl is 6 a sudden eruption? Thats Sharma's MPD. Its again purely a sick revenge story of a psychopath. This is what happens when all wee willy winkies take to writing and make a mess of it. Doesnt deserve a high rating.
Asur: Welcome to Your Dark Side (2020)
Ridiculously pervert
Its a fashion to show Hindu religion Hindu beliefs in bad light, They dont have the balls to read Quran interpret it and come up with a killer's story. Now with no censorship OTT is a free run for all perverts. Here a half baked potato Gaurav SHUKLA the creator who interprets the scriptures in his own way and comes up with the story of a serial killer taking refuge behind whats written n scriptures and eulogising a petty serial killer who is on a kiling spree deriving sadistic pleasure. It is basically a revenge story camouflaged by a sick mind. There's no thrlil except for those who find killing of people in a gruesome manner, thrilling. in nut shell it can be termed as "Confessions of a dangerous mind".
Kaali (2018)
Nothing out of the box.
Okey dokey. No out of the box writing. Watched the dubbed hindi version of S01. Poor dubbing made it look very ordinary. They could have done a better job with dubbing..
Completed S02. Now it's turning out to be a never ending saga. All are alive. The entire season 2 gets nowhere. 8 hours of storytelling & it still goes on. So there'll be S03 then 04. It will go on like a chewing gum until the audience spit it. Web series are more so becoming like daily soaps, the only diff. you dump 8-10 episodes in a lot. Long live Ekta Kapoor!
Asa Mi Kay Gunha Kela (2010)
Illogical
Illogical absurd script writing which you can't digest. It just doesn't happen this way. The dots don't align.
Gaiir (2009)
Messed up.
You don't watch a few hollywood flicks and mess them up in Marathi.