Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega

Jamtara introduces us to a new but half-baked world of phishing fraud. But at the same time it introduces us to some new raw talent of actors who give compelling performances.

The phishing fraud is touched only on a peripheral level with a group of village kids calling gullible customers from metro cities and asking for their credit card details to make fraudulent purchases. In reality, am sure, the phishing fraud has more to it. However this aspect doesn't hurt much as phishing is only used as a backdrop to this crime caper which has the regular trappings of ambitious kids hoping to make quick money, a corrupt politician, a new cop trying hard to cleanse the village, gang war between rivals, et al. In that respect the show creates a crime world of its own like 'Mirzapur' though the treatment is not pretentious like 'Sacred Games'. While the makers do not break new grounds in coming up with a crime world which we haven't seen earlier, they do present what they have with grit and conviction.

Most episodes of around 20-25 minutes are an easy watch and have interesting hook points ensuring you binge watch to an extent. Unlike other shows that come up with superfluous subplots to fill up runtime for around 10 episodes, here the narrative doesn't stray far. The main characters are well-etched. The pace drops and the flow goes a little abrupt in the last couple of episodes. And just when you start rooting for the protagonist despite him being an archetypal anti-hero, the show ends with an abrupt moral tone of 'crime-never-pays'. The end however is more conclusive as compared to other shows in the genre that end midways to make route for a second season.

Technically the show is well-crafted and the performances are a major highlight. Sparsh Srivastava as the lead is superb. Anshuman Pushkar as his rival has a hangover of Vivek Oberoi in his looks and Manoj Bajpai in his acting. His character however doesn't get much scope after the first few episodes. The female cast have strong characterization with Aksha Pardasany and Monika Panwar giving nuanced performances. Amit Sial glides smoothly through the role of a corrupt politician. Dibyendu Bhattacharya as the conflicted cop is also good.

Jamtara is a show that you will enjoy while you watch but might not stay with you long after.

The characters completely betray their build up in first few episodes and act opposite to what they were shown as, towards the end. Apart from cashing on the sensation of the subject of Phishing scams, you realise there is not much to it once you finish watching the whole season.

Worth a shot... Dont keep expectations but it's good acting show... But seems something is missing at the end little bit of incompleteness.

I think after Season 1, the way season 2 progresses and ends, it is safe to say, Jamtara is no more a series based on phishing but rather a political / relationship story set in the backdrop of these scams.

S2 starts off from where it left with Sunny injured on the leg following the S1 climax night. This time they introduced few new characters, including Seema Pahwa who is against the wicked Brajesh Bhan (Amit sial) in the elections. What follows is a lot of madness, murders, kidnappings, scams and a search for who scammed the CM wife of 23 lakhs, the biggest ever done in Jamtara.

This season too is very interesting thanks to the very interesting screenplay which rarely dips. But this time they packed in sooooo many subplots that it is sometimes not easy to keep track of what is happening. A lot of commotion starts as the season progresses . What i dont like is the series starting to take the political route too much deviating away from scams as its major plot. The scams basically drive the political plot forward and also the CM scam one which forms another plot of investigation.

Point to note, this time, a lot of interesting scams are shown but in a shallow way but its ok i can understand now this series is no more to show you scams in detail (maybe it was never). Nevertheless, you will be invested in the proceedings despite flaws.

Performances. I hope Amit Sial doesnt get type casted into these villianish political characters (like his character from Maharani). But Amit Sial is just terrific. The hatred for his character is fanned so well, i cannot imagine anyone play this role other than Amit sial. He is a gem of an actor. Sparsh Shrivastava gets little screentime this season as compared to previous one but Monika as Gudia gets more screentime and she does a very good job. Aksha as inspector Dolly too does a great job as a non nonesense cop. Anshuman Pushkar gets an interesting role this season and he becomes the point of interest for S3 later. Others have done a fine job too .

Loved the series. couldn't stop myself to complete in single day. Very well acted. Specially by Bhaiyaa jee "Amit Sial". I think no one can act better then him when it comes to an role of an "Bahubali politician or Upper caste in society ". He really brings acting into reality. And i also loved the part of those two friends telling Mahabharat story Every time, they acted like catalyst.