This episode felt like watching an hour long movie that was packed with content and was sprinting at the speed of light. I didn't even realize that an hour had gone by, that's how engaging it was. There are shows which move at a snail's pace because they barely have any story to tell, and then there are Raj & DK, who stack up so much content in one episode that an average filmmaker would use up to create at least three episodes. Technically this show falls under the genre of drama and thriller, but it also qualifies as a comedy, because of the amount of humour every episode has. The whole sequence where Firoz and Yasir set up MKG Publishing was absolutely hilarious. 'Farzi' turned into a full blown comedy for the next few minutes. The subtitled conversation between the old man and Firoz and the job interview session were insanely funny. That was just genius level writing and very entertaining to watch.
Finally we get an insight into the life of Michael, which is very similar to the kind of life Srikant Tiwari has been living. Also we get a glimpse of the lovely Regina Cassandra, an actress whose name had piqued my interest ever since the announcement of this show, but I was surprised by her absence from the trailer and promotions; perhaps she is not playing a very prominent role in the show, at least not in this season. I loved it when they switched the conversations to Tamil as soon as Michael came in touch with his family, it makes perfect sense for a show to do so but unfortunately it wasn't the case earlier. During Michael and Rekha's conversation, Michael was talking in Tamil while Rekha kept replying in Hindi, which felt odd initially, but then I realized that perhaps it was reflective of them not being on the same page, and also because she had a North Indian boyfriend now, so she may have been trying to adapt to a different kind of life. It was a good scene but since we have seen this kind of storyline so many times, it didn't really impact me that much.
Normally female characters exist in a show or movie only to be the love interest of the lead character or for the sake of glamour, it's not every day you get to see a smart female character with aspirations of her own, so it feels wonderful when something like that happens because it comes across as a breath of fresh air. Raashi Khanna is doing a fabulous job as Megha in this show and she shines once again in this episode with her confident act. Raashi's voice, talking style and body language is reminiscent of Taapsee Pannu, but there is more sharpness in Raashi's performance.
The scene where Megha and Shinde end up at Kranti Patrika office for investigation had an insane amount of tension in it and kept me on the edge for it's entirety. What made things worse was that Firoz and Sunny kept shouting throughout, giving me even more anxiety. That was an amazing scene because you just didn't know where was it going and how it would end. Frankly speaking, I did not expect to see a clash of their worlds so soon, but I guess while watching a Raj & DK show, one must expect the unexpected.
This was once again a fantastic episode that did not limit itself to one particular genre. The story is moving ahead at an incredible pace with unexpected twists being thrown at us every now and then. Also, it's not just trying to entertain us but also delivering a message through Sunny in a very subtle way; this business was started to fulfill a need, that need turned into greed and that greed has starting to take control of Sunny's mind. What kind of person will Sunny ultimately become, that is the big question.
