पाताल लोक (2020)
Directed by: Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy
Cast: Jaideep Ahlawat, Neeraj Kabi, Ishwak Singh, Gul Panag, Jagjeet Sandhu, Aasif Khan, Bodhisattva Sharma, Swastika Mukherjee, Aakash Khurana, Vipin Sharma, Loveleen Mishra, Maerambam R Singh, Rajesh Sharma, & Abhishek Banerjee.
Dark, gripping, thrilling and expectedly disturbing, that’s what Paatal Lok is all about. Right at the outset the protagonist played by Jaideep Ahlawat as a righteous cop explains to his subordinate about the three Loks humankind belong to viz; Swarg Lok inhabited by God, Dharti Lok by common men and the dreaded Paatal Lok for which the viewers have to take a ride through the nine chilling episodes to get acquainted with the rotten reality of our mere existence in a hollow world.
The plot centres around a failed assassination on a leftist liberal media personality, the attempt thwarted by the cops get the four assassins arrested. The cop assigned the case starts investigating and soon realises there’s much more mystery than what meets the naked eye. Background verification of the four assassins reveals shocking details and soon begins a dirty game of intrigue, deceit, leading to violent and gripping revelations.
A brilliant product of the amazon studio produced by actor Anushka Sharma and her team, much credit goes to the director duo who have handled a complex script with utmost sincerity and consummate professionalism. The way the plot thickens with mystery and how the suspense is meticulously revealed in the finale, it’s good to see how various red herrings finally amalgamate to a realistically content driven climax. One must appreciate the no holds barred statements put forward by the makers to expose the spineless hypocrisy in our media, politics and law.
On the acting front it’s a Jaideep Ahlawat show altogether, he gets a deliciously meaty central role. Neeraj Kabi, Ishwak Singh, Jagjeet Sandhu are in good form, and the lovely Swastika Mukherjee is so adorably brilliant in her role. Whoever has written the dialogues has done a good job, the sarcastic banter between Kabi and Khurana is like music to the ears, not to forget the deadly murderous look in the eyes of Abhishek Banerjee(playing the dog loving cold blooded assassin Hathoda Tyagi who hammers his victims) will haunt you long after the series is over. There is graphically disturbing violence, generous expletives and if you can’t digest violence(picture a school boy’s brains hammered out in one scene) then kindly skip.
Moral of the story- love the stray animals, why? Watch to know more.
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