Charlie Chopra & The Mystery of Solang Valley

Well I criticized the first episode and wrote...

Hopefully the upcoming episodes have something good to offer. This review is based on the pilot episode.

Since I am a fan of Agatha Christie's work, I could be over critical.

But now after watching the complete season 1, I must say it's a good watch. Acting is good but some scenes are very fast paced, but that I think is because of the six episode limit of the season. The only thing I wanted a clear answer of was how did the killer was identified, that was not hinted properly. Otherwise a good one time watch. Priyanshu is a good actor, hopeful to see him in the upcoming seasons too.

Announced somewhere into the pandemic, vishal bhardwaj's adaptation of an agatha christie whodunnit, the sittaford mystery is not a let down nor a terrific work.

Charlie chopra and the mystery of solang valley is good in parts and far fetched in others. The first episode is the best and most fast paced. The quirky series is definitely worth your time.

A first, the entire shah family dominates the cast.

Wamiqa gabbi as the protagonist charlie chopra is a delight. Carries the show on her new to acting shoulders. Her speaking to the audience bit is funny and witty.

Neena gupta, gulshan grover and lara dutta also play pivotal roles with finesse.

The classic teesri manzil, a vijay anand whodunnit is not so cleverly weaved into the plot. How on earth could one of the suspects get the murderer wrong?

Overall ccatmosv kept me guessing and intrigued till the end. And yes, i was almost correct.

Overall a good show, but I believe that Jimmy doesn't deserve Charlie at all. From what's shown.. Sitaram bisht, o sly yet relatable character had way better bonding with her. They were one who went through all sort of odds together with each other, like a true story needs to infold unlike charlie agreeing to marry 'Crybaby Jimmy' just because he's 'Cute'. I wonder if all she felt towards Jimmy wasn't love but pity and compassion for how dumb he was? Haha. She needs to understand how understanding Sitaram was.

Now some people would argue how he was helping her just to get promotion but COME ON guys! That's what Jimmy did in his initial days too leeching off charlie, taking her help and making her his personal emotional support.

In the end all Jimmy did was screw himself up lol(Go on write answer on quora if you disagree, since we can't reply here)

A good story let down by weak screenplay and direction (expected much more from Vishal Bhardwaj). Dont know why in order to turn series classy, makers had to add so much melodrama and poetry. It was a common man story and should have been told like one. In order to make it something great director robbed it of simplicity which the story begged and deserved.

Ever wondered why old DD series Byomkesh Bakshi worked so well and subsequent moder adaption on TV/films bombed? Its because of simplicity. In the guise of 'Art' unnecessarily making story slow and complex will not work ever. Period.

Detective stories works when they are fast paced and not when actors are staring at sky for hours unnecessarily.

A great 6 episodes suspense thriller having great stat cast, well made episodes and a new detective character Charlie Chopra ,a bubbly & master spy . Off course good old Hercule Poirot is missed.

Sets, story telling, direction and acting are top class with old time suspense thriller having story of a fascinating hill station.

Feels like suspense of a english classic spy thriller in the class of Christie & Sherlock. A fascinating presentation by the director & producers. Indian audience want more of such adaptation . May be some of the actors are not utilised fully like thespian Naseer. But overall all the actors chipin with mature performance. Charlie rocks.