*SPOILER ALERT (but wait a minute, is it really a spoiler?)
The syntax and the language of a book is absolutely different than that of a film or web series. This is where the writers Tigmanshu Dhulia, Vijay Maurya and Puneet Sharma fail miserably. In adapting a book to a visual medium.
The non-linear narrative is something I truly admire personally but a non-linear narrative too, has to have its own cohesiveness.
A murder mystery or whodunit genre requires a certain amount of fast paced narrative. This is another drawback of this web series. It lacks pace and those sharp cuts. The writers fill in the gaps with unnecessarily long scenes of characters walking from one room to another, characters getting down from the car and entering their home and many more of these. This kills the flow. And as a writer I am left wondering, why would Tigmanshu Dhulia do this to a script that he has contributed too.
There are 9 episode, each more than 40 minutes. So to say, around 360 plus pages of screenplay. It is obvious that the material and plot points are only for 7.
Most of the times the dialogues are like simple conversations and whenever there is a dearth of creativity the writers fill it with an easy and lazy crutch of expletives. For certain characters neither does it justify nor it appears natural.
Episode 3 to 6 are stand alone stories in themselves and writers indulge in these with such undeserving length that the viewer is likely to forget what the real mystery is. Again, reading it in a book would have been a pleasurable experience but the same in a visual medium required certain amount of technique and tweaking.
The entire track and explanation of Eketi makes no sense when seen from the point of view of Ashok Rajput’s revenge plan.
Some characters like that of Prateek Bhardwaj simply appear to be existing in the entire scheme of events only to justify some plot points later. I cannot make up my mind if The Mohan Kumar track is genuinely delightful or Raghuveer Yadav’s presence makes it so.
If you sustain this never ending saga, you shall be further let down by the climax. OTT platforms, the makers of web series and especially writers need to stop fooling around with the audience and dish out more meaningful culminations to a season.
ON THE SCRIPTOMETER
There is nothing Great about the Great Indian Murder. It is simply a BAD ADAPTATION.
Doesn't deserve a season 2.
NOZZER PARDIWALA
*Since my reviews are from the perspective of the SCRIPT alone, I may not comment on the acting, music, and other aspects of the film, however exceptional they maybe.
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