They have shot the web series in prestigious Officers Training Academy which became world's most difficult military training establishment in 2011.
Though, the story revolves around the training life of Gentleman Cadets and Lady Cadets in OTA, Chennai, the director has failed to understand the life at OTA.
The senior are inviting junior to gym to workout together, first term gentleman cadets freely roaming around cadet mess are not practical and doesn't happen like that. Certain cadets have psychological setbacks from past life which cannot be true because psychology of every individuals are checked in Services Selection Board and such psychologically depressed individuals cannot be selected. My intention to highlight all these is that the story and direction is far from reality and the reality of OTA Chennai is adventurous. To me their failure to showcase the real OTA world is quite disappointing.
Good thing is that Colonel Thapa's role is inspired by real life Colonel Thapa of Punjab Regiment who is also a war hero which the plot doesn't highlight.
Lead actors have overacted. Only the demeanour of Varun Sood is precise and onus goes on because he is son of an Army Commissioned Officer and he knows how officers eat, walk, talk, sleep, look and behave. His facial expression as GC Yuvraj is bang on.
Poor story writing is fallout for this web series. Rather than showcasing the royal life of Army officers, responsibility they hold, the way they are trained in OTA, the plot has missed the bus.
I was hesitating to give 5 stars but crew efforts and Varun Sood's bang on acting made me to rate them 5. I hope in 2nd season, they come back with a better script.
