Family Man Season2: Reviewed Differently.

For every north Indian Chennai was never a dream destination. An alien land, someplace you were never welcomed. Somethings changed after watching Family man 2, Chennai is next on my itinerary. Family Man second season is trend breaking in other ways too, it finally broke the jinx of second seasons in Indian OTT space which faltered in much hyped and most awaited Sacred Games and Mirzapur.

Protagonist!

The first episode starts with a 'One shot' take, quite uncommon in Indian cinema, as the camera moves along with the character of Bhaskaran in the opening scene for quite some time. The plot for whole season is basically defined here which I feel is the turning point for ingenuity of season 2 of Family Man, totally divorced of previous season, giving proper space for the upcoming characters. As you have experienced with previous OTT series its quite difficult to merge new characters with previous plot.

Prabhakaran, The leader of LITTE movement Sri Lanka.

Acting of all the characters is appropriately balanced. Kudos to the Srikant Tiwari who juggled between a common man and a secret service agent, showing reality of a captured common man. Manoi Bajpayee couldn't be more praised for portraying a character such diverse. His wife Suchi should be credited for portraying herself as one of the most hated characters of OTT (Memes on the way).

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I believe it is rare in Hindi film industry that characters far away from the Hindi mainland speak a  different language continuously, otherwise they have to do with a broken or accented hindi (We have seen Arabs speaking fluent Hindi in our movies). This aspect was totally catered to in this season, the Tamil characters spoke natural Tamil and we were happy with the subtitles which we usually are with any Hollywood produce. The addition of Tamil actors in their original sense should be treated as a leap of faith in the current monolithic casting scenario, which will pave way for a more diverse film industry.

The action in the series was most meticulously planned and directed. Whether guns or fistfight everything seems real. A major credit should be given to Raji (Samantha), carrying a grim look and willing to sacrifice everything for her mission. Her live or die by the mission attitude is reflected in the fighting scenes.

Another amazing aspect is the use of southern India's landscape in the web series whether natural or social. You will be in awe with the architecture especially Davidian temples. The use of Evergreen forest is not just refreshing but add to the mysteries of the plot.

Meenakshi Temple.

The sanjeevni character of the show was no doubt Chellam Sir, which I believe was nonetheless as omnipresent as are some beings in all of our lives whom we recall for any kind of help when we are in need.

The end fight scene is something which I will rate amongst the best ever created in Indian Film Industry. The single shot take, the natural progression of things, the exasperation, the exhaustion, the commitment of actors, all happened at once. It is difficult to imagine that such direction would happen twice in Hindi film industry. At the end I could not credit the series enough for taking me to an India which I had never visited but was dipped in its spirit completely while watching the show.

Nagaland next.