Review of Human

Human (2022– )
9/10
My goodness Shefali...My goodness!
15 January 2022
First of all, , internet doctors, please dont go into post-mortem mode to find inaccuracies in these shows they are solely made for entertainment purpose and is not a documentary that you are looking for accuracies. Please for love of god, read the disclaimer that makers put an effort to write at the beginning of the show where they clearly mention "This show is a work of fiction solely for entertainment."

This show completely belongs to Shefali Shah, who plays a pyscho doctor. My goodness you must witness her performance. Haunting and Terrifying! At times, her character literally sends shivers down your spine while most of times she successfully brings out the anger out of the audience. This has got to be the toughest character she has ever played in her career. Her character is not a simple one, rather a complex mix of varying emotions, mostly negative ones.

The story is not only about the wrong human trials of drugs, but also deals with human poverty, human emotions, human relations, human trauma and what not, hence the series is named "HUMAN". This series belongs to a very small category of audience that have the patience to digest slow burners so if you see anyone saying it is boring, probably they are those masala lovers so you just ignore them. Believe me, the series is quite a complicated one as more and more weird and complex characters find their way in. So, if you are a fan of slow complicated interesting films, this series is for you and you will get to witness a lot of different stuff related to a "Human".

Other than Shefali, the other stand out performer is undoubtedly Vishal Jethwa, the dude we last saw in a terrific performance in Mardaani 2. Here, he gets much more screen space to display his talent and boy does he excel like anything. He shows a wide range of emotions from being happy to raging to breaking down in emotional scenes to his helplessness in situations due to his financial condition, this boy literally steals everyone's heart. If Shefali excelled from the negative side, Vishal excels like anything from the positive side. Not only him, his family consisting of his sister and father played by Sudhanshu Pandey also excel. This boy should get more chances.

Kriti Kulhari is just too ordinary. Her role itself is not anything as special as the other two i mentioned. Seema Biswas, oh how could i forget her. The 2nd most haunting performance after Shefali comes from her. She is just too good. She and her screen time with the girl named Deepali (she is too cute :)) towards the end were some highlights.

The climax is a mix of tragedy and happy ending. Trust me, the satisfaction you get from the happy ending is 100x larger than the heartbreak from the tragedy. In fact, i was hardly heartbroken actually from the tragedy but the happy ending, it filled my heart with joy and satisfaction.

Negatives - yes definitely there. Dealing with so many topics in one series kinda makes the execution falter at several places. The LGBTQ angle was absolutely unnecessary as it adds nothing to the main plots rather it creates a subplot of its own that only increases the length of this series unnecessarily. Could have been wrapped up in 8 episodes. The bhopal Gas tragedy scene in ep6 is incorrectly represented and the makers happily chose to ignore the fact that in 1984, today's rajdhani express coaches were not there xD. Indra Chakrabrorty as Neil is wasted.

Watch this series but dont expect it to be a regular straightforward series. Choose wisely, it is slow paced but worth your time.
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