Saturday, January 8, 2022

Aranyak on Netflix



I thought I would be one of the first ones to watch Aranyak but it took me a month to witness the show due to some glitch in my Netflix subscription. 

The feeling after binge watching the show was... Der aaye durust aaye types. The first time the credits hit the screen I was frantically looking for the Writer credit to pop up and when it did I had a grin on my face. Believe me I watched the writer part at the beginning of each episode and grinned 😁 Why? Because I have huge respect for this man Charudutt Acharya who is the reason behind my grin. 

This gentleman has gifted us a story so gripping and engaging that I didn't even press the pause button to attend nature's call during my watch at the wee hours of night. I was like bhai yeh khatam karke jayoongi as I didn't want to waste a minute. The way the story is spun in mystery, suspense, thril at the same time focussing on human emotions and relationships is commendable. 

It's the new generation that watch these shows the most and i think it's a responsibility of the writer and makers to focus such issues. The teenage issues of love, sex and  viral sex videos has been portrayed so well in Aranyak is another reason for me liking the show so much. Another grin follows 😁

A lesson on modern parenting and how we parents slip at times in our search of success, indolence is fantastically narrated by the man behind the grin once again 😁

Relationship between the husband and his succesful wife... That was superb! The scene where Hari tells Kasturi that there's no love left in their relationship was so hard! It really hit hard hain na? Yeh wala grin sochne wala grin hai mere liye 😬 Life mein kuch bhi ho jaaye Aisa loveless husband wife relationship nahi hona chahiye Bhai!

Raveena as Kasturi the cop is not perfect, neither is she perfect as a mother or as a wife... Yet she never gives up. She tries to balance and lives by them in spite of feeling lonely and unsuccessful at times. She's no super hero... Just a normal human being trying to play her part well faltering at times, determined otherwise. Isme Mera grin sabse zyada hai 😁

The character of Parambrata is portrayed humanly once again. A tough cop with a grey past which haunts him and weakens his psyche. But he doesn't give up .. He gathers himself and fights till the end. I am grinning again 😁

The nartendua angle in the series is so relatable naa! We have heard such folklores and stories as kids from grandparents and elders. As kids we believed in them but as we grew up we started questioning... The answers though seems  eons away to get. That's the magic of such stories! And that the magic behind my grin 😁

For once this series did not take help of the maa behen ki Galis or the sex scenes that mostly seems  zabardasti inserted to titillate the audience (does it even titillate or it cringes mostly ?) I am so glad that the story was so realistically written and directed. An honest effort that has not only seen the daylight but is shining bright even after a month. That's success you know! And I end my write up once again with a satisfied and happy grin 😁 Thank you once again Sir and congratulations 🎉🥰