Chakravyuh: An Inspector Virkar Crime Thriller

Simple,Normal,Repititive,Average Acting ,weak dialogues....with same stories.

Review By Kamal K

It is a thriller with a straightforward story following all the formulas of the genre. To be more precise, it is on the lines of Luther. It is not a copy, but it is a routine line that one might have seen many times.

The opening of the series is instantly intriguing and takes us in to the narrative very quickly. We are then brought back to our senses soon as the tackiness take over. The one on one conversation between the inspector and his superior officer is an example. Then there is the pizza-eating forensic expert.The characterisation is not wrong, but the way it's executed is the problem. It is a visible formula in such thriller narratives involving police and crime. But, the presentation is where it all differs.

The second half of the eight-episode series is comparatively better concerning the story, but the persisting issues with tacky execution and lack of gripping quality never let us feel the impact.

The ending is alright and on an expected line. But, the interest is lost at that time. The feeling one gets at the end is that the whole narrative could be made compactly into a movie as a thriller. The extra length only highlights the weak suspense.

Overall, Chakravyuh is a routine thriller that has a decent premise. But, it fails to engage due to weak execution and writing. Give it a try if you like the genre and don't mind watching anything using fast-forward option.

Lead role character acting is so weak.. overall all show is just okay.

The character vir is running from one pillar to another

The series is of 8 episodes and it is fully stretched with only dirty killings...the direction was just ordinary the story is nothing new

Pratik babbar could not carry the series in a lead role he was looking very fluppy and was walking like Robert some scenes he dint act and in some he has overacted

Watch it only if u have no other option

The worst thing about this web series was Ashish Vidyarthi being wasted. Such a talented and legendary actor should have been given more space.

And good thing about the show? Perhaps nothing.

Chakravyuh is not actually a bad web series but pretty average one. It would take real effort to go past first couple of episode.

It's a story about serial murder and Virkar(Prateik Babbar) is a hot-blooded cop and is investigating the case.

Sadly the execution of the murder mystery is not done properly. Many scenes are too predictable. There were things present, characters etched well and couple of good actors but the execution falls flat. There were so many elements like hacking, digital currency which should have been dealt with better screenplay and writing. If properly executed, this web series could have been much superior.

The visuals in the web series seems dated to me as well as the body language of actors.

Prateik Babbar, the main lead appears so stiff and can hardly gives any expression. He tried so hard to appear different but is not totally convincing. He delivers an okay performance.