Directed by: Sajit Warrier
Streaming on : mx player
Cast: Prateik Babbar, Ashish Vidyarthi, Simran Kaur Mundi, Gopal Dutt, Shiv Pandit, Urvashi Sardhara, Anjali Shivaraman, Ayesha Kanga, Twinkle Tshering, Ruhi Singh, Rajesh Khera, Rohan Joshi and others.
If successful this series could turn into a franchise chronicling the adventures of inspector Virkar( Babbar). This particular season deals with cyber crime and sex racket. And how Virkar with his intelligence and wits unravels the mystery. That’s what we are made to believe.
There are a series of serial killings in Mumbai that give sleepless nights to the crime bureau. The beefed up inspector Virkar is assigned the responsibility to track down the serial killer. The victims are all young teenagers, it starts with the brutal murder of a young boy where he’s castrated and stabbed to death. Then another boy is murdered brutally and his eyeballs are sucked out of their sockets. The third victim is a young girl murdered on a train and her fingers chopped off. The investigators and forensic team conclude that it’s the common killer in all these cases and soon the killer starts challenging Virkar to nab him/her. 
Though the story is like any other serial killing concept that we’ve seen in countless Hollywood slashers and so many crime TV serials on the idiot box, it’s quite fast paced and racy. In fact it’s only the pace that’s the winner here. Things keep happening on screen leaving no room for boredom, but that’s enough to hold your attention in a mystery thriller. The treatment is quite amateur and has that college diploma film making kind of feel to it. 
The director relies more on fast racing bikes, chase, the hero exposing his ripped off muscles and abs, sex scenes and unwanted martial art sequences. So not needed. If that focus and intent was targeted more on the storyline and its effect on screen then perhaps the series would’ve reached a better satisfaction level for the viewers. 
Pornography, sex scandals, youth issues, money laundering, substance abuse all these issues are rolled into one here. There’s also a subtle reference to child sexual abuse which isn’t referred further, unfortunately none of the issues get appropriately highlighted. It’s half baked treatment given to everything including the characterisations. 
Prateik gets the lead role, he shows off his well toned body, well proportioned body structure and plays his part well focussing more on riding bikes on the highest speed, fighting the villains and speaking with a falsetto voice which sounds like a poor imitation of Amitabh from Agneepath(1990). Simran an ex miss India is tall, elegant, sexy but her acting needs a lot of polishing. Vidyarthi is typecast and looks bored while Gopal Dutt is delightful as the pizza munching forensic officer. 
The viewers certainly need more content that is a novel storyline, interesting direction and unexpected twists. Man’s abs and woman’s cleavage display are not guarantees of higher viewership, high time these stereotypes are broken. ⭐️⭐️
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