Unpaused: Naya Safar

Consists of 5 short films. And all of them were decent with a little emotional touch and every story revolves around pandemic. And IMO gond ke laddu was the best.

Nagaraj Manjule! What acting. Without much in terms of dialouges, he conveys so much. Truly the hallmark of a great actor. Warroom was another touching story with excellent acting by Geetanjali Kulkarni. Other stories were ok too i guess. But for me, Vaikunth was the best.

Other episodes are fine but last episode was so close to reality.

Nagraj Manjule is actor, writer and director of the episode and he has done a brilliant job.

If you haven't watched it yet, no need to read the reviews, just go and watch it because it's beautiful, it's sad, it's lovely, and it's enjoyable.

Many anthologies have been made in the last few years. Ankahi Kahaniya, Ajeeb Dastaans are two examples. But Unpaused: Naya Safar eclipses them all. The last story is the best by far, but it is best to watch it in sequence to set up the aura, the depth of the issues, to dive deep in the times of early 2021.

The stories are very real and are depicted in their full reality without adding dramatizing elements. The direction is great (no overuse of portrait mode) and many many new actors are shining in great roles!

In Unpaused Naya Safar, there are total 5 episodes/stories which are not connected with one another. The only thing common between them is that all of these stories has taken place in the current COVID pandemic situation. Like all other anthologies this suffers from the same thing. This has also some good but forgettable & some great segments. So, the 1st, 3rd and 4th segments are not that good. Among these 3rd one is quite enjoyable, others are just okay.

Now come the 2nd one (War Room), the concept of this segment was very good and Geetanjali Kulkarni acted brilliantly as always. Now come to the best among all, the 5th one, Vaikunth shows the real picture of India during this pandemic. Nagraj Manjule not only directed it beautifully but also acted very well. The climax will make you emotional and smile at the same time. So, I'll recommend only these 2 shorts to watch.

Available on Amazon Prime Video.

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