Sunflower

#sanjuzzreviews A web series in the Dark Comedy, Murder Mystery & Thriller Genre, Sunflower is about a murder that happens in a housing society & how a simpleton resident Sunil Grover unwittingly becomes a prime suspect.

What Works for this: A different kind of script, not often seen in Indian Web Series. Hats off to the makers for attempting something different.

The cast is stellar with known faces like Sunil Grover, Girish Kulkarni, Ashish Vidyarthi, Ranvir Shorey. Works well & keeps viewers engaged.

There are some genuinely funny moments where the hospital staff who have come to collect the murder victims body wrap it and use it as a pillow to rest while having their cuppa tea.

Earnest effort put in by Sunil Grover, Girish Kulkarni and Ranvir Shorey. Ashish Vidhyarthi is sadly wasted in an inconsequential role.

What Doesnt: Too many unnecessary sub plots cause the story to deviate from the primary storyline. These have no relevance to the story and look as if they have been added as fillers to increase the length of the episodes.

The Story doesnt reach a conclusion (a la Samantaar or the Raikar Case), perhaps to pave the way for the next season. Not ending the story after 8 episodes is criminal indeed.

Whether to watch or not: I liked it for the innovative thinking on th part of the makers, quirky storyline & smartly introducing genuine laughter invoking moments in a story of a truely dark nature.

Could have been better though. Watch it if you like something thoda hatke !!

Adios ...🙂

Story holds you until 5 episodes, then it starts streching with out any big reason, dont tell you what happens with Sunil Grover in the end. I cut 1 for editing to strech with no reason, 2nd slowness which bore you in many parts and 3rd for incomplete and bore climax. 4th One time watch for sure.

Couldn't stand more than 3 episodes. What is it? What is it being praised for?

This series is slower than the slowest slow. Some times it just meander along pointlessly. Had to fast forward and skip like 25-30% part which made no sense at all. But the remaining part is intresting and good. There is no suspense and viewers know right from the first episode who is the culprit. But its not a whodunit so its fine. Ending is ambiguous and without any conclusion which is frustrating because series felt like a long long watch (because its too slow). In summary 1 hr plot is stretched to 5 hours.

8/10 ..(-2) for bad ending .. really suddenly ends up without closing all the related stories ..