Most importantly, it takes enormous collective effort and time to create any show. A lot of creative people, who could've earned more somewhere else if it was all about money, work passionately to spawn a *TING* out of thin air. That *TING* is the notification you get when their show goes online. This *TING* can get you excited even on a mundane Monday morning. These guys are magicians in their own right.
We know the stage is set, with giants like Amazon & Netflix, for these magicians to blow us away. It's only the beginning, and I know the scene will soon explode with great original content for the Indian audience bored of the age old TV shows.
That being said, lets talk about the show:
WRITING: I've read a lot of screenplays, and invariably, all good films have a good screenplay. We Indians have a penchant for "cheesy" writing, *cough* Chetan Bhagat *cough*, which seems to be the case here. I learnt in a screenwriting workshop, it takes more than a dozen of drafts to get a presentable screenplay. With this show, I think they went ahead with the first draft. The jokes fall flat, consistently. Writing also lacks "Originality", which is ironic for a show about original music.
PLOT: It's all about intention and obstacle. I can see that they want to show their music to the world, but the lack of formidable conflicts makes you uninterested in the story.
CHARACTERS: Never bought their stories and their dreams. Characters are too cartoon-y (even for a comedy), cliched, one dimensional. They came off rather shallow, than being real.
ACTING: Even though there wasn't much scope for acting, in terms of challenge and originality, performances were lukewarm. Comic timing was off in some places.
PRODUCTION VALUE: Despite being an amazon prime show, the production value is not at par with productions like TVF. They have to "up" their game.
The show never seemed to work, in pieces or as a whole. Hoping for better content.
