Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Web Review: FOMO fatale!

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankheinon NetflixDir Sidharth SenguptaCast Tahir Raj Bhasin Achal Singh Saurabh ShuklaRating 35The song in which the guy and the girl in this series sort of express love for each other in smalltown India at least brief wise sounds similar to lsquoTu kisi rail sirsquo from Masaan 2015And Irsquom probably imagining this because of the setting props on screen words like lsquochehektarsquo lsquothehertarsquo in the song but also the girl before us Shweta Tripathi the lead from the same boondock pictureThat said Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein is obviously titled after Annu Malikrsquos original track from the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Baazigar 1993 a groovy version of which plays in the opening creditsThe girl the guy loves in the lsquoMasaan typersquo song mentioned above is not the one hersquos going to end up with Thatrsquos the twist Which is another girl who likes him more In an early scene where these two meet you watch the lsquopalatrsquo moment from SRKrsquos Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge 1995 reprised on screenSticking to the SRK universe this series effectively belongs to a Darr 1993 Anjaam 1994 genre At least in the first few episodes frighteningly more real given that genders are reversed and Irsquom a man watching it mdash basically Ramayan upended with Ravan being a womanAs an unabashed tribute to rsquo90s Bollywood then what you have also are the assorted tropes The herorsquos best friend willing to go the extra mile to protect his BFF mdash also how natural is this actor playing Goldie Kalp Shah no less than Pakia from Rangeela 1995 Likewise the largercentral theme of one zindagi one soulmate wala pyar worth giving up life for over a fullon lsquolove trianglersquo so to sayFor all its lsquo90s references still Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein is to Netflix what Mirzapur 2019 was to Amazon Prime Video Set in a semiurban jungle called Onkar that is fictionalised enough that you canrsquot tell if itrsquos in Uttar or Madhya Pradesh UP or MPAnd yet it matters little for you to appreciate the dangerously dark setting or follow the relatively simple story line Knock more than a few sequences that prohibit suspension of disbelief and therersquos a winner here pretty much all the waySuffice it to know itrsquos Indiarsquos Wild West ruled by a local sovereign the baap of baahubalis as it were mdash the always sorted Saurabh Shukla who we last saw play the relatively genial Kanshi Ram sort of politician in the Mayawati biopic Madam Chief Minister 2021 Which is the great thing about a couple of performances on this showEven as yoursquove seen some of the actors in similar roles in the past there is something theyrsquore pulling off that makes them stand out still In particular Brijendra Kala the young herorsquos foulmouthed father Kalra has basically trademarked this part over a generation at least and I donrsquot think Irsquove seen him play it this well beforeHersquos essentially the big donrsquos educated minion The point being ldquoNadi mein rehkar magar se bayr nahin karterdquo Translated beautifully in the subtitles ldquoYou donrsquot live in Rome and fight the poperdquoThe pope is that Papa Don Shukla His marriageable daughter has taken a shine on the hero who has other plans in life Shersquos more of a FOMO fatale than femme She liked the boy in school He didnrsquot like her back Hersquos remained stuck in her head sinceYoung Achal Singh plays this role I suspect the one thing shersquos got right mdash in her general way of being and the casual menace mdash is the best character trait of psychopaths That they donrsquot look it She doesnrsquot which works The hero is every bit petrified which is only fairThatrsquos Tahir Raj Bhasin the actor whose stars have aligned to a point that if you switch off Netflix and head to Voot Select instead hersquos the lead there again in a biopic type series created by Mahesh Bhatt RanjisheSahi thatrsquos dropped alongside In the cinemas hersquos playing Sunil Gavaskar in 83 A couple of weeks down he appears as the male lead in the Run Lola Run remake Loop Lapeta opposite Taapee PannuHis character here couldnrsquot have imagined a worse luck of course The vulnerability shows At no point does he overstate his case neither does he overplay the hurting heartland boy parodying the pain accent et alWhich is essential and a relief For as an audience while we need to be with this guy we are also in the most familiar terrain ever mdash in the midst of the usual lawlessness among guns and gore senseless shootouts and subservient cops gabru jawans and unpunished crimesWhat the series consequently lacks is novelty of course But complexity too Surely but thatrsquos true for so many similar shows mdash unless exceptionally layered and thatrsquos rare They have to carry on beyond the length of a tightly structured feature after Darr whatThe bulge is always in the looohellipng middle The episodes sustain your interest enough to carry on to the next alright mdash given the appropriate click bait at the end We term this bingewatching But for a watch this is actually a breeze Not a torrent or something that takes you by a storm just easy breezy stuff from the boonies thatrsquos what this is Nope no complaints really

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Web Review: FOMO fatale!

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein
on: Netflix
Dir: Sidharth Sengupta
Cast: Tahir Raj Bhasin, Achal Singh, Saurabh Shukla
Rating: 3/5

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Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Web Review: FOMO fatale!

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankheinon: NetflixDir: Sidharth SenguptaCast: Tahir Raj Bhasin, Achal Singh, Saurabh ShuklaRating: 3/5

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Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein
on: Netflix
Dir: Sidharth Sengupta
Cast: Tahir Raj Bhasin, Achal Singh, Saurabh Shukla
Rating: 3/5