PAATAL LOK REVIEW
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Paatal Lok is a nine-episode series, adapted from Tarun Tejpal’s critically acclaimed book 'The Story of My Assassins'. Paatal Lok is constructed as an investigative thriller. Paatal Lok is the first series by Clean Slate Filmz, the production house run by Anushka Sharma and her brother Karnesh. It’s been created by Sudip Sharma, who wrote NH10 and Udta Punjab. Sudip has also co-written the series along with Sagar Haveli, Hardik Mehta and Gunjit Chopra. The show has been directed by Avinash Arun, who made the National Award-winning Marathi film Killa and Prosit Roy, who made the horror film Pari. This is a crew brimming with talent and their collective skills create fireworks on screen.
main cast-
jaideep ahlawat as haathiram chaudhary
neeraj kabi as sanjeev mehra
abhishek banerjee as vishal tyagi
niharika lyra dutt as sara matthews
gul panag as hathi's wife
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about the characters -
Haathi Ram is a man who has spent his life dealing with
violence and vice and yet he retains his honesty. His inherent dignity and
sense of righteousness might be fatigued, but it refuses to fade. Haathi Ram is
up against formidable opponents, including the murderer Hathoda Tyagi, named so
because he prefers to kill with a hammer.
There’s also Neeraj Kabi, pitch perfect as Sanjeev, who is
by turns, arrogant, afraid, entitled. In a rare moment of vulnerability,
Sanjeev says: "We used to be heroes, people like us. Then something about
this country changed. Now we get trolled, killed, fired."
Watch the small
slights that Ansari must endure at the station because he’s Muslim. Ansari is
smart, brave, clearly headed for a bright future, and yet, within the majority
Hindu force, he is a second-class citizen, and he's reminded at every turn
about his status.
Gul Panag breaks the bleakness with her feisty presence as
Haathi Ram’s wife. Swastika Mukherjee is also lovely as Sanjeev’s
long-suffering spouse. These actors leave a mark in the little screen time they
have.
story -
Four killers have been arrested for trying to murder Sanjeev
Mehra, the head of a leading news channel and one of the country’s most
high-profile journalists. The case has been assigned to a washed-out, mediocre
cop who works in the Outer Jamuna Paar police station or what he calls Paatal
Lok, jismein keede rehte hain. But the rather unfortunately named Haathi Ram
Chaudhary, whose life has been a series of slights and failures, instinctively
understands that this case can be a game-changer. Because it involves Sanjeev,
a man from the upper echelons or what he calls Swarg Lok. Who lives and who
dies in this strata of society actually matters. Aided by his fresh-faced
junior Ansari, Haathi Ram tries to uncover the motives of the four assassins.
Of course, little goes according to plan and even less is what it appears to be.
watch trailer -
is it a family show or not ?
the answer is definitely no because of lot of abusive word, violence and adult scenes.
is it worth to watch it ?
The answer is yes if you are 18+ then watch it as Paatal Lok showcases caste, corruption, greed, dirty
politics. It explores the backstories of the lead characters, revealing the
cauldron of poverty and hate that creates killers. A key character explains
that what everyone thinks of as a rotten system is in fact a well-oiled machine
in which every part knows his job and anyone who doesn’t is just replaced.Haathi
Ram belongs to the pantheon of memorable investigators that streaming platforms
have given us, like Sartaj Singh in Sacred Games and Srikant Tiwari in The
Family Man. There’s plenty of violence in the show.
Abhishek Banerjee’s pitiless, furious gaze is guaranteed to
give you sleepless nights.
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