By Joginder Tuteja
There are two made-for-OTT movies that launched over the weekend – Ajeeb Daastaans on Netflix and Raat Baaki Hai on ZEE5. Ajeeb Daastaans was a lot hyped since it is a Karan Johar manufacturing and an anthology that boasted of 4 distinctive tales that includes a formidable solid. On the opposite hand Raat Baaki Hai is for the lovers of thrillers and had an attention-grabbing promo.
Let’s discuss Ajeeb Daastaans first. With 4 tales that got here with an surprising twist in the long run, it had Majnu and Geeli Pucchi work fairly properly. Jaideep Ahlawat, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Armaan Ralhan come collectively in Majnu which has Shashank Khaitan [Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Badrinath Ki Dulhania, Dhadak] director get into a unique mould to create half-darkish, half-humorous story that’s the most ‘industrial’ of all of them. The solid does fairly properly on this story that comes straight to the purpose after which has a double twist that nobody noticed coming.
Geeli Pucchi is the longest of all of them with a operating time of over 40 minutes and it does exhausting from the mid-level to the pre-climax. However, as soon as director Neeraj Ghaywan spins up the climax, it additionally seems to be price it as every thing falls in place. Yes, the tempo might have been quicker on this Konkona Sen Sharma and Aditi Rao Hydari starrer as a operating length of 25-half-hour might properly have been apt. However, it does cowl quite a bit, proper from caste divide to identical-intercourse relationship to the last word ‘badla’ which certainly makes all of it a ‘ajeeb daastaan’.
As for Khilauna and Ankahi, there’s a lot left to be desired, particularly the latter. Talking about Khilauna, it does have Nushrat Bharucha and Abhishek Banerjee main the present, with Raj Mehta (the director of Good Newwz) calling the photographs. All is properly within the movie as intrigue builds on this wealthy-poor story. However, because the movie approaches its pre-climax, the narrative begins turning chilly regardless of all the hearth simmering beneath, pun supposed. The finish is unconvincing out right here.
On the opposite hand Ankahi simply meanders the place Shefali Shah does what she has finished through the years, whereas Manav Kaul repeats his ‘earnest man persona’, one thing that has come to be his identification ever since Tumhari Sulu. This time round there’s a handicap angle thrown in and whereas Kayoze Irani could have tried to make an emotional story, the conclusion is simply not ‘ajeeb’ sufficient and slightly feels incomplete.
Coming to Raat Baaki Hai, it gathers a good begin for itself however one way or the other the climax is virtually revealed quickly after the interval level itself because of which the affect is diluted. Rahul Dev is sweet once more as a cop with a wry humorousness and it is a pleasure to look at him on display, particularly throughout his interrogations. However, the core plot that unravels between the important thing protagonists, Anup Soni and Paoli Dam, is sort of speak heavy and later within the proceedings, in your face. For a homicide thriller, this one is not as water-tight as one would have anticipated.
Coming quickly
This week sees the discharge of two net collection – Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu on ZEE5 and ALT Balaji, and Hello Mini 3 on MX Player.
Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu went on flooring some time again and since then has been hyped for Parth Samthaan. The actor has gone via a whole picture change for this net collection that appears to be on the traces of Ekta Kapoor’s Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, what with gangsters, their rivalry and an actress within the midst of all of it. Patralekha [Citylights, Love Games] is the main woman on this out and out masala net collection with Arslan Goni enjoying one other key protagonist. If you favored Mum Bhai [Angad Bedi, Sikandar Kher] then you’re the viewers for this one.
On the opposite hand Hello Mini 3 is for individuals who dug upon the primary two seasons of the net collection. As a matter of truth the third season is coming in document time because it was lower than a couple of months that the second season had streamed. It had concluded on a cliffhanger and people accustomed to the core storyline would know that the identification of the ‘stranger’ would lastly be revealed this time round. The Anuja Joshi starrer began as an erotic thriller within the first season which was performed down within the second. Now within the third, the core could be drama and thrills.
Release dates (for subsequent week)
Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu – ALT Balaji and ZEE5 – twentieth April
Hello Mini 3 – twenty third April
