Directed by : Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9544034/
Inhe bas ek baar jeetna hota hai, aur humhe har ek baar.. aur woh bhi sahi tareeke se.
Spoilers ahead..
Story of a middle class man Srikant (Manoj Bajpayee) who has a field job working for NIA along with his partner JK Talpade (Sharib Hashmi). They find out about a mission called 'Mission Zulfiqar' and start tracking clues that lead to it. But Srikant also has to manage his family, a wife and two kids, whom he has been giving very less time.
Series begins really well with the starting four episodes engaging you throughout, there's a question lingering over mind what exactly this 'Mission Zulfiqar' is, and there's Moosa (Neeraj Madhav) who appears to be always more than he is trying to show. But I started losing some interest when the narrative shifts to Kashmir. A special mention to the excellent visuals and the use of kashmir folk song 'hukus bukus' (You may recall it was used in 'Hafiz hafiz' of Laila Majnu movie).
Usually the answers to the questions in mind from earlier episodes should make you happy but in here it felt like a let down. Also, Sajid (Shahab Ali) been a main character, never worked for me which was a miscast issue, rather the short role Kareem (Abrar Qazi) plays worked brilliantly. I did like the open ending, with lives of some officers unknown whether they will survive or would Delhi as a whole survive the attack, which hopefully a better season2 will tell us.
Liked how they used the 'national anthem' and 'anti-national' sub-plot without going overboard. And same with the 'beef incident' or the sarcasm at the tourists in kashmir referred with the police all over.
What fully worked was Manoj Bajyapee's performance, his scenes with his kids, Dhriti (Mehek Thakur) and Atharv (Vedant Sinha), both of whom acted wonderfully and gave some lovely comical moments. Priyamani (Suchi, wife of Srikant), Sharib Hashmi and Kishore Kumar G were solid too with their given screentime. Suchi's character has lot more scope in next season, keen to see where they take it. Would had liked more scenes of Darshan Kumar who was effective in the role of Major Sameer.
'The Family Man' is certainly better than the total disappointment 'SacredGames2' was, but the way this series starts and builds up to a great finale, it can be said that the series just misses out to be a lot more.. I did like it, but the high ratings at Imdb gave me a feel of something really good which it wasn't. Still a enjoyable series, with solid performances from Manoj (he is just too good) and rest.
My Rating : 6/10
Imdb link -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9544034/
Inhe bas ek baar jeetna hota hai, aur humhe har ek baar.. aur woh bhi sahi tareeke se.
Spoilers ahead..
Story of a middle class man Srikant (Manoj Bajpayee) who has a field job working for NIA along with his partner JK Talpade (Sharib Hashmi). They find out about a mission called 'Mission Zulfiqar' and start tracking clues that lead to it. But Srikant also has to manage his family, a wife and two kids, whom he has been giving very less time.
Series begins really well with the starting four episodes engaging you throughout, there's a question lingering over mind what exactly this 'Mission Zulfiqar' is, and there's Moosa (Neeraj Madhav) who appears to be always more than he is trying to show. But I started losing some interest when the narrative shifts to Kashmir. A special mention to the excellent visuals and the use of kashmir folk song 'hukus bukus' (You may recall it was used in 'Hafiz hafiz' of Laila Majnu movie).
Usually the answers to the questions in mind from earlier episodes should make you happy but in here it felt like a let down. Also, Sajid (Shahab Ali) been a main character, never worked for me which was a miscast issue, rather the short role Kareem (Abrar Qazi) plays worked brilliantly. I did like the open ending, with lives of some officers unknown whether they will survive or would Delhi as a whole survive the attack, which hopefully a better season2 will tell us.
Liked how they used the 'national anthem' and 'anti-national' sub-plot without going overboard. And same with the 'beef incident' or the sarcasm at the tourists in kashmir referred with the police all over.
What fully worked was Manoj Bajyapee's performance, his scenes with his kids, Dhriti (Mehek Thakur) and Atharv (Vedant Sinha), both of whom acted wonderfully and gave some lovely comical moments. Priyamani (Suchi, wife of Srikant), Sharib Hashmi and Kishore Kumar G were solid too with their given screentime. Suchi's character has lot more scope in next season, keen to see where they take it. Would had liked more scenes of Darshan Kumar who was effective in the role of Major Sameer.
'The Family Man' is certainly better than the total disappointment 'SacredGames2' was, but the way this series starts and builds up to a great finale, it can be said that the series just misses out to be a lot more.. I did like it, but the high ratings at Imdb gave me a feel of something really good which it wasn't. Still a enjoyable series, with solid performances from Manoj (he is just too good) and rest.
My Rating : 6/10
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