Nikhoj

When you see police officer Samanta who's is apparently a DCP( equal in rank to Brinda Basu, DCP, DD, whose daughter Diti goes missing) , you know the director doesn't have an eye for detail. ( on the collar there's no black gold arrow insignia) and the blood on the only white shirt of Romit Sen, the TV journalist is even more fake. The police department can afford to have such unfit DCPs? The six episodes are not taut. . Nothing exciting. Acting wise, Koneenica was the best. Only good thing about Tota was his salt n pepper 'daadi'. Swastika is her usual. All in all, didn't quite like Nikhoj. Hope the denouement will be better.

Who doesn't like a thrilling chill? The answer is obvious. It's simply all irrespective of identify affiliations or age. But all look good on the Silver Screen or rather on Mobile Screen; catharsis indeed. After all, both revolution and evolution in the Social Media have not only broken traditional perspectives but introduced more powerful and conclusive tools which have become inseparable parts of live. This is nothing new. But important point is use of Social media in different sectors more importantly entertainment enterprise. Naturally, it includes films which has yet been the most rejoiced means of entertainment. The new age technology has impacted film making. It is not exaggerating that technology has helped Movie enterprise to survive. But this has failed to restrict the decline of playback singing; an august arena of film making in India. After all, who can forget the icons like Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Rafi, Asha Bhosale and others? But this is really unfortunate that today's singers have miserably failed to preserve the unique gharana of Indian Film Music.

But in this age if a Movie or Web Series makes effort to make song relevant in a content dealing with crime, the Movie maker deserves credit. The Second Series of Bengali Crime Thriller Nikhoj-2 has made that effort. However, is it right to preceive Web Series dealing with crime and intrigues because of inclusion of a song? Certainly not. Songs are and should be second fiddle. The Web Series Nikhoj 2 has not compromised with anything related to narrate a crime thriller. The Series has every element needed to present crime and sustainement of suspense to entertain the viewers. But the most important aspect is: Nikhoj 2 narrates tender emotion and it deals with humanistic aspects as priorities. This is a tale of a helpless mother, degraded reputation of a public figure, loss of values, fragile family bonding, solitary, victim of destiny and such others. This is may be one reason the Web Series doesn't depict death after death. The murder scenes are also metaphorical and this is where the song really matters- Nikhoj Tui written, composed and performormed beautifully by Rupam Islam. The tactical use of the song in the Web Series makes the narrative more impacting. Naturally, apart from Tota Roy Chowdhury, Swastika Mukherjee, Pratik Dutta, Koneeka Banerjee, Saoli Chatterjee, Rajatava Dutta and others, Rupam Islam's music plays an important role here. This is true that Rajatava Dutta is not getting roles as per his potential these days. Reason may be Rajatava has become a bit stereotypical with passing time. But the important point is proper mingling of a Crime Thriller and music making Nikhoj 2 more appealing. The song in the Crime Thriller proves one thing; there is space for payback singing even today. However the need is to compose and sing as the narrative needs. This message is larger for the today's Film Music Fraternity.

Web Series Review: Nikhoj ( Season 1&2) streaming on Hoichoi!! A treat for my Bong friends!!

Nikhoj , directed by Ayan Chakraborti is a tightly scripted crime suspense thriller which will definitely hold u in rapt attention all throughout.

The story starts off with the disappearance of Diti , the daughter of decorated police officer Brinda Das (Swastika Mukherjee) . The very next day Rohit Sen (Tota Roy Chowdhury) , a celebrated news anchor is found blood-drenched and drugged in his car right in the middle of the road. During interrogation, Brinda and her team get to know that Diti and Rohit, along with others, were partying the previous night.

Is Diti dead or alive? What exactly happened that night ? Why doesn't Rohit remember how he got in the car ? Will the perps be brought to justice ? This series, divided into 2 seasons attempts to answer all the questions.

ABT the cast- Swastika as the protagonist delivers a stellar performance which perfectly balances the emotional trauma of a mother whose only child has gone missing & her responsibility as a bad ass no nonsense cop who has to solve the case. Brilliant indeed.

Tota Roy Chowdhury as the accused/ victim too delivers a solid performance whose investigative skills are seen more in Season2 in order to prove his innocence.

Brindas face offs with her fellow pollice officer Samantha too have been very well showcased. The title track Nikhoj Tui by Rupam Islam is truely haunting and compliments the narrative perfectly!!

Overall Nikhoj is a tightly woven taut thriller with a lot of twists and turns . The climax too has been well conceived leading to a logical conclusion!!

Definitely bingewatchworthy!! Going with 4/5 for this one .. Adios🙂!!

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Poor acting of DCP character - Brinda Basu / Swastika Mukherjee.

The acting, bold character as a DCP, her body language, responses ........ Everything is missing. Her role as a DCP didn't suit and didn't enjoy watching, felt like lot of things are missing.........like bold character, attitude, smart personality as a DCP rank. The story is good and all other actors did a wonderful job. When a single mother lost her only child daughter, it definitely freaks her out and she looses her control but don't expect from a DCP rank officer as IPS officers are trained for their emotional and physical strength. Since DCP s daughter is missing and it seems only DCP herself is concerned for her missing, what rest of all other police colleagues are doing? Didn't enjoy and didn't like the part 1 .

This web series is hard to watch due to its poor execution. First the screenplay is total rubbish. The story is average at best. But then acting, dialogues and direction sinks the ship completely. Too many untidy and purposeless sequences. Weak dialogues. Too many novice actors who are difficult to hide.

On the positive side, Swastika, Tota and Koninia has acted a little bit what was possible in this poor script.

Rajatabho was fully wasted. His character was just added somehow. Same for Paran. His character was such a waste. These powerful actors should not act in these kind of crappy scripts.

Writer and director Ayan Chakraborty should not get more chances.