Rajeev Saxena
When cinema halls were locked in lockdown during the Corona pandemic, OTT channels came as a lifeline for the entertainment world. During two years, more than one film and webseries came on OTT. A look at four web series/films…
Maharani: Huma Qureshi’s talent has come to the fore
Behind the fictional character of Bhima Bharti .. Lalu Prasad Yadav’s emerging as a constellation in the politics of Bihar and the deteriorating equation of all caste opposition support, a very tight plot, tight and tight the truth related to the famous fodder scam of Animal Husbandry Department The webseries ‘Maharani’ has been beautifully presented with interesting political dialogues of script and local style. Realizing the vision of Subhash Kapoor as a director on Sony Liv Filmmaker Karan Sharma went four steps ahead of all the films and TV shows made on the political background of Bihar. Is.
It is noteworthy that Huma Qureshi, the famous actress from Gang of Wasseypur, blends with the character in the Bihari environment. New director Karan Sharma has successfully reflected the neutral image of Rabri Devi in Huma Qureshi. Huma Qureshi’s brilliance deserves to be underscored after watching all the ten episodes of Maharani series.
The presence of Soham Shah in the role of Bhima Bharti, Vineet Kumar as Minister Gaurishankar Pandey, Kannan Arunachalam in the role of DGP Siddhant Gautam, Amit Sial in Naveen Kumar’s Get Up and actor Alok Chatterjee in the special character of Mukhiya has proved to be weighty. Atul Tiwari has also done wonders in the role of the abusing governor. Writer Vibha Rani has also left an impact with her acting by living a small but important character.
Tubber: The story of internal conflict within the family
‘Tabbar’ is a Punjabi word. which defines the internal conflict of the family. In the recently released web series of the same title on Sony Liv… the life-cycle of a Sikh family, laughingly, has carefully outlined the equations that have worsened gradually due to a sudden event or an accident. Under the banner of Jar Films, filmmaker Ajit Pal Singh has taken the struggle of a retired policeman and his small family badly embroiled in an unintentional murder to an intriguing end with a tight screenplay, complete treatment of acting, camera, editing and more.
The most important thing is to see Supriya Pathak once again in a challenging character. At the same time, it was comforting to see Pawan Malhotra putting his life in a serious role in the ‘Tubber’ series. Seasoned actors like Ranvir Shorey and Kanwaljit Singh also do justice to their roles. Apart from the sheep movement of webseries, this series gives a different feel to the eight episodes named Tubber.
The Whistle Blower: ‘Vyapam scam’ on OTT screens
The web series ‘The Whistle Blower’ streamed on Sony Liv OTT platform is based on the Vyapam scam. Like the series on Harshad Mehta and some similar series, a failed attempt has been made to show it closer to the truth with rich spices and grandeur. According to the title, the protagonist of the story was to be a character like Dr. Anand Rai, but perhaps due to commercial or political pressure, the protagonist was made Sanket, the son of a medical college owner. That is, a completely different script from the original story is going in a different direction. That is, the typical film adaptation.
Artists like Sachin Khedekar, Sonali Kulkarni, Ravi Kishan, Zakir Hussain have been selected correctly according to the roles but it would be considered ironic not to get them to do that level of work because of their talent. Filming has been done at many places in Bhopal, the original site of the scam, especially at the People’s Medical College. This institution has also been a part of the real story of this scam.
Myth : Focused on plagiarism
A webseries .. whose heroine is a professor of literature in a college. She talks to her students about the creationism of stalwarts like Naresh Saxena and Kedarnath Singh. In the case of a particular essay, the professor realizes that one of his students has committed some kind of plagiarism. In the literary world, tales of theft of compositions, text or original soul, allegations and counter-allegations have been heard often, but for an essay in Hindi in G-Five’s webseries Mithya, calling any copy made by a student as plagiarism is something special. does not happen.
When this entire series itself has been copied on the lines of an English series cheat, then what can be said about its content. Directed by Rohan Sippy, Althea Kaushal, Purvi Naresh and Anvita Dutta, based on the story-screen dialogue of these three writers, the wave series reaches the film conclusion by focusing on myths and facts and truth. Huma Qureshi does justice in the role of a Hindi professor. New actress Avantika Dasani is right. Paramvrat Chatterjee is average. Actors like Rajit Kapoor, Sameer Soni have handled the series a lot.