pcsarkar

This episode has elements from Bond's story, well played (the children acted really well), together with a lot of extra baggage like a supposed Kashmiri terrorist, heavily armed security forces, a ghostly red Volkswagen, a dead British couple flitting about.. All these just don't add up - they merely extend the running time and increase the irritability of the viewer

I bought Zee 5 subscription for a month (with it's associated issues), just to see Ruskin Bond's stories come alive onscreen. To say I was disappointed would be an understatement. I was angry, disgusted and irritated. No doubt Bond's stories are too short to suffice 45 minute episodes, so they have to be padded up. But here we are not talking about padding, we are talking about interpretation. The series makers have totally failed to grasp the ethos of the published work, and have depended on B-film type jump sequences, props, prolonged, senseless dialogue delivery, glaring loopholes and sub-plots which never come to any fruitful conclusion. Some of the episodes have no connection at all with Bond's stories, other than the title or perhaps names of lead characters.

Cinematography is excellent, and it is obvious that a lot of money might have been spent on making the series. The selection of the actors / actresses is also commendable. Most of the locales are fine. But it all seems such a big waste.