Review: Dimple (Prajkata Koli) is still the damsel in distress only much worse this time around. Rishi (Rohit Saraf) has abandoned her for good but continues to be the reliable friend and a doting son. A range of other characters around them get a more detailed track this time around and the show definitely seems to move forward with their tracks. But even this time they entertain only in bits and pieces.
The overall treatment of this season too remains quite breezy and superficial with issues that are relatable for the youth while some seem like clichéd stereotypical situations that have been exploited far too many times before. A huge team of writers led by Gazal Dhaliwal include Aarsh Vora, Nandini Gupta, Sunayana Kumari and Akshay Jhunjhunwala struggle to give an assortment of their characters screen space and standalone stories. Despite their best efforts, it feels as if a few characters like that of Vidya Malavade and Rannvijay Singh just do not get a well-rounded execution with the conviction they deserve. Just like the track between Ayesha (Priya Banerjee) and Namrata (Devyani Shorey), the two deeply different lesbian women. While Ayesha is the openly gay and a vibrant young woman who wears her heart on her sleeve, Namrata is more demure and restrained but has potential to come into her own. There was so much scope for these two opposites to flourish. Some other characters like that of NRI Harsh (Vihaan Samat) and the perpetually angry and foul-mouthed Anmol (Taaruk Raina) are downright annoying because their characters are so one-note. We can say the same for the lead pair of Rishi and Dimple. While it’s natural for them to carry a sullen look because of the history in the first season, this time, these actors look purely disinterested and dull.
The narrative focuses on exploring a wide range of real situations like alternate sexuality, a middle-aged mother of two teenage boys exercising her freedom and right to be happy, sex before marriage and many such issues but it is all very cursory and by the way. Just like its first season, even here the writers do not find any real purpose to their storytelling other than creating a few moments of fun, entertainment and conflict between their characters that either gets resolved too quickly or stays hanging in the air.
Director Akarsh Khurana gets the setting of an upscale Jaipur based tech university quite right and it’s the kind of vibrant space you want to be in. The show’s affluence is heightened by a mix of young and experienced actors (like Suhasini Mulay, Jugal Hansraj, Aditi Govitrikar) essaying roles of rich and privileged people, who live a life of luxury but also have many unresolved issues. Frankly, it’s a full house of characters that are thrown into the campus, the homes and elsewhere. And while they all end up being interesting and entertaining in parts, the net result of such a heavily stuffed storyline feels more clunky than comical and engaging.
