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Faadu - A Love Story (2022)
Shallow, Predictable and a Drag.
Being promoted as an intense and poetic love story, it's neither intense nor poetic. What's worse, it's not even a love story. The plot progresses on predictable lines. The script doesn't give any depth to the characters and in trying to be artsy almost all the actors end up underperforming. Saiyami Kher is the biggest disappointment. After fabulous performance in "Choked" we almost expect her to be outstanding. Unfortunately her idea of the portrayal of feeling love is being moony eyed with a expressionless smile on her face. Pavail Gulati as the male protagonist looks the most sincere in the entire cast. The director fails to create any shock or even empathy with his attempts to depict poverty and squalor. The main characters do not have any chemistry at all.
Overall the series lacks imagination and feels laboured.
Apharan (2018)
Poorly Executed
The plot has a lot of promise and scope, but unfortunately the final product is undercooked. A result of no research and the belief that hindi audiences have a low IQ. The script has as many joles as a fishing net. Lot of skin show to entice the crowd by trying to weave the prostitution into the storyline which doesn't necessarily fit in. The fight sequences are laboured and completely unimpressive. Certain characters don't fit into the story at all. Performance of almost all the actors are cliched. At times the narrative is too stupid to even watch. And yes, Jeetendra is looking like a caricature of himself. First season was outstanding but Season 2 is better avoided.