Samantha Akkineni, Manoj Bajpayee pack powerful punch in this brilliant web show

The Family Man 2

Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha Akkineni, Sharib Hashmi, Priyamani

Creators: Raj and DK

If The Family Man season one was an out and out Manoj Bajpayee show, this season Samantha Akkineni stands beside him as a fiercer, extra poignant and ruthless soldier. She is remarkably reticent about her thoughts and you can not decide what she’s able to till you set off her the fallacious manner and comply with her to the darkish alleys. More so, Samantha’s Raji is the yin to Manoj aka Srikant’s yang.

With controversies, drama and social media traits, Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni’s show launched amidst a lot hype and fanfare. Months earlier than the show launched, it obtained folks speaking concerning the good and dangerous. Samantha Akkineni’s addition simply obtained this Amazon Prime Video’s hit a good deal of eyes down south too.

However, The Family Man 2 is just not about household anymore. There’s extra to it. It covers important floor this season stifling over delicate and debatable subjects. Season 2 picks up proper after the occasions of season one. Srikant nonetheless has an aching again with the guilt of aftermath at Orion Chemical Factory and he’s taken up a secular job at an IT agency. He’s attempting to make up for the misplaced time together with his household nevertheless it has been 16 years this manner and issues gained’t be easy as ice in a snap. He tries exhausting however can't dissociate himself from TASC. As he and Suchi (Priya Mani) ‘take a break’ from marriage, he ultimately joins again and heads straight for a mission in Tamil Nadu’s Chennai the place all of the motion takes place.

The new season is aptly detailed, sharp, thrilling and far more witty and enjoyable however after the primary episode. The first one is perhaps a uninteresting and gradual begin for a lot of however the makers are solely organising the tempo for what’s there to return. You have to take a seat and sail by the primary one as a result of the show picks up from the second episode and it will likely be troublesome to not binge watch it (until you had a very lengthy tiring day).

Multiple causes make it binge-worthy. If by any likelihood you’ve stumbled upon Stree, Go Goa Gone or Shor In The City, you in all probability know the way these movies discover humour in the oddest locations and make you are feeling a bit responsible about that pure laughter. It is one thing, I'd name a Raj and DK flavour, added simply sufficient right here to make issues participating. There are sharp jibes taken so subtly that you just perceive the underlying sarcasm however the good humour leaves you in splits. 

For occasion, there’s a quick scene between JK (Sharib Hashmi) and Muthu (Ravindra Vijay), when the officer from Mumbai says “I love South Indian food.” Without losing a second, a seemingly aggravated Chennai officer asks him, “Which state? There are five in ‘South India’.”

Likewise, when Samantha challenges Manoj Bajpayee to uncuff her and struggle like a person, he retorts saying, “I have no interest in proving my masculinity (to you) in this moment”.  There are a number of recurring scenes like that which solely pronounce the brilliance the director duo holds. 

It’s an ideal steadiness between sensitivity and humour. To steadiness each punch line by Srikant, there’s an intense Raji scene and to counter JK’s delusional ‘South Indian’ notions, there’s Muthu. In addition, Raj and DK’s solid make every scene price a body. From little one artists to senior actors to fashionable faces on the display, every considered one of them will get to shine in their respective scenes. Though, Priya Mani continues to be underutilised. 

To sum up, The Family Man 2 is a up to date concoction of comedy, motion and drama in a homegrown spy franchise that effortlessly relays between Hindi, English and Tamil. Most of what the viewers liked in the primary season, will get them on the sting this time too. There’s an on-foot chase sequence, a bloody showdown between native police and insurgent sympathisers, unanticipated deaths, and Manoj Bajpayee and Samantha Akkineni, two gems of actors that sweep you off the ground with only one intense look of theirs. And sure, there’s a cliffhanger too in the season finale. 

Can you ask extra from a nine-episode web show?

Rating: 4/5