The Family Man 3 Web Review: The maximum man, always!

lsquoThe Family Man 3rsquoOn Prime VideoDir Raj Nidimoru Krishna DKCast Manoj Bajpayee Jaideep AhlawatRating 3055Letrsquos get this clear first if you donrsquot know it already the third season of The Family Man doesnrsquot end conclusively As in there isnrsquot the usual closureSuch that the fourth season isnrsquot just imminent mdash itrsquod practically be an extension of the current one for a bit anywayTo the point that I felt the seventh episode was gonna lead up to the eighth for a finale since most showsseasons end on an even number of episodes Thatrsquos not how it workedAnd no this this isnrsquot a spoiler for FM3 FFSItrsquos simply forewarning to prepare you sufficiently All the more as the same advisory helped lessen my disappointment recently sitting through Search The Naina Murder Case Konkona Sensharma on JioHotstar Which is a murder mystery where the mystery stays under wraps for the following seasonThis sucks when the time gap between two instalments of a series is inordinately long Although The Family Man as a franchise is not a whodunnitItrsquos a spy thriller with mdash given its creators Raj amp DK have described the protagonist regularly as ldquoJames Bond from Chemburrdquo ie Srikant Tiwari inimitable Manoj Bajpayee mdash the lsquomaximum guyrsquo living between extremities of adventure action adrenaline rush in service of the statePlus the regular mundaneness of being with wife kids over whatrsquos essentially a family show after all check titleEvidently Tiwari Ji has moved on from Chembur The biggerbetter home appears to be in Lower Parelcentral MumbaiThis must be on account of his wifersquos corporate income since the family man remains very much the passionately honest government servant underpaid underappreciated under multiple bossesWhatrsquos not changed as it canrsquot so far as this series is concerned in line with spy thriller as a genre itself mdash hence as true for Zurichborn British James Bond mdash are delusions of grandeur with respect to national security hinged on a oneman armyrsquos work that can make or break geopolitics international trade global terrorismConsider this fantasy fiction the Indian Prime Minister Seema Biswas hosts a press conference Fiery journalists grill her over the coalsSo does the national news channel albeit owned by a conflicting businessinterest Jugal Hansraj such a genial onscreen presence Indeed to address local concerns the PM also travels to the North EastWhich is the setting for FM3 In particular Nagaland As with Paatal Lok 2 also on Prime Video mdash equally like The Family Man a rare sequel that matches the OGChiefly because it flies you into another world even if main character energies canrsquot be interchangedThe series travels with what is its USP still an inherent sense of humour and general lightness of being among the established leadensemble cast the likes of JK Sharib Hashmi Chellam Sir Uday Mahesh etcBesides that you observe and enjoy the picturesquely green North East for its virginal view learning a thing or two about apong rice wine sweet pineapples or Tamil settlers from Myanmar in ManipurOf course with subsequent seasons one brings more brains onboard In what may be the first time that Irsquove noticed mdash besides the creators FM3 credits ldquodeveloped byrdquo to writerdirector Suman KumarThe story is centred on a popular mainstream spytrope that is the top agent presumably gone rogue The audience knows this ainrsquot true Someonersquos sneaking in the system mdash so what if you can identify that mole from a mile Therersquos enough to keep you busyThe background score is a fine mix of local sounds hiphop even the nostalgia track from the late rsquo80s Donrsquot Worry Be Happy with a kid here called Bobby McFerrinWhorsquos this boy Hersquos with the expectedly new antagonist opposite Agent Tiwari And who would that beMy sense is this actor came before the character on the script Thatrsquos the position the gentlegiant Jaideep Ahlawat commands on the OTT screen currentlyItrsquos kinda hard to place his part He knows the lay of the Naga land but speaks in a fairly Haryanvi twang and is strangely named RukmangadhaHersquos a gun on hire and runs the drug trade for big money What he does with the multimillion dollars is honestly beyond meWhat you wait for though is the Heat 1995like moment where the hero Bajpayee lawenforcer and villain Ahlawat law unto himself meet Ahlawatrsquos character calls this meeting ldquosoldier to soldierrdquo That itrsquos anything but worth it all the sameCan that also be said for FM3 after whatrsquos been a fouryear wait since the second season YupSomething hardly true for a few thirdfourth seasons of popular shows Irsquove attempted to watch lately and simply given up after a couple of episodes Delhi Crime 3 Maharani 4In fact I feel a fair bit of FOMO for FM4 already Thatrsquos the thing with how the season ends Long live The Family Man then

The Family Man 3 Web Review: The maximum man, always!

‘The Family Man 3’
On: Prime Video
Dir: Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Jaideep Ahlawat
Rating: 3.05/5

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The Family Man 3 Web Review: The maximum man, always!

‘The Family Man 3’On: Prime VideoDir: Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DKCast: Manoj Bajpayee, Jaideep AhlawatRating: 3.05/5

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‘The Family Man 3’
On: Prime Video
Dir: Raj Nidimoru, Krishna DK
Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Jaideep Ahlawat
Rating: 3.05/5