I usually feel that barring Amazon, Hotstar and TVF, so far no web channel as been able to bring great content based web series, more so when it comes to something to watch with family like Kota Factory, Yeh Meri Family or Criminal Justice. So I had no expectations from MX player either.
However, Thinkistan changes my that view for MX. Right from first frame, the series looks creative. However, the first episode was a bit vulgar and going a bit over the top to show how open minded Ad world people are. It can make you uncomfortable while watching with family. But thereafter the show starts moving on conent.
Its a story of two different men who join an Ad company the same day. One is from Bhopal, Amit (Naveen Katuria), who is assigned a job of Hindi translator..a quite low profile simple guy with having arrays of family and financial problems back at home in Bhopal. He has to sleep on roads after office hour, eat vada pao as lunch while hiding from colleages who go to costly restaurents. And is a bit introvert and awed by smart people around. Another is a junior trainee, Hema(Shravan reddy), who is a Bombay local, but belongs to Andhra. He is good in English and has good presentability. On entry day itself despite of being a trainee, he wins hearts of all, while no one cares about Amit. But who cares about Amit, the trainee guy, Hema, himself.
The show uses an Ad agency office in the backdrop but reveals lots of human emotions and character, their behavior and the hidden humanity and sensitivity among them to help each other...how friendship grows between two drastically opposite individuals and beauty and unconditional affection of friendship, and also later jealousy.
The best thing of the show is the sensitive and pitch perfect performanc of the two protagonists, Hema and Amit. Naveen Kasturia's laughing style is infectious and he will make you life. His character holds peculiar innocence, so does Hema's. Rest of the actors are just OK.
This is a show to watch with family. But just due to some really vulgar or explecit scenes (mainly in 1st Episode), it can't be watched with your kids or parents around. Otherwise, this one is another winner of Indian web series world. People r seriously gonna stop watching TVs in few days.
Having said this all, the weakest point of this series is that it ends very abruptly at the moment where you expect Amit and Hema life taking turnaround. You are left high and dry with this abrupt ending and story looks incomplete. Indian people still love conclusive style, not open endedness that of this incomplete sort of.
However, Thinkistan changes my that view for MX. Right from first frame, the series looks creative. However, the first episode was a bit vulgar and going a bit over the top to show how open minded Ad world people are. It can make you uncomfortable while watching with family. But thereafter the show starts moving on conent.
Its a story of two different men who join an Ad company the same day. One is from Bhopal, Amit (Naveen Katuria), who is assigned a job of Hindi translator..a quite low profile simple guy with having arrays of family and financial problems back at home in Bhopal. He has to sleep on roads after office hour, eat vada pao as lunch while hiding from colleages who go to costly restaurents. And is a bit introvert and awed by smart people around. Another is a junior trainee, Hema(Shravan reddy), who is a Bombay local, but belongs to Andhra. He is good in English and has good presentability. On entry day itself despite of being a trainee, he wins hearts of all, while no one cares about Amit. But who cares about Amit, the trainee guy, Hema, himself.
The show uses an Ad agency office in the backdrop but reveals lots of human emotions and character, their behavior and the hidden humanity and sensitivity among them to help each other...how friendship grows between two drastically opposite individuals and beauty and unconditional affection of friendship, and also later jealousy.
The best thing of the show is the sensitive and pitch perfect performanc of the two protagonists, Hema and Amit. Naveen Kasturia's laughing style is infectious and he will make you life. His character holds peculiar innocence, so does Hema's. Rest of the actors are just OK.
This is a show to watch with family. But just due to some really vulgar or explecit scenes (mainly in 1st Episode), it can't be watched with your kids or parents around. Otherwise, this one is another winner of Indian web series world. People r seriously gonna stop watching TVs in few days.
Having said this all, the weakest point of this series is that it ends very abruptly at the moment where you expect Amit and Hema life taking turnaround. You are left high and dry with this abrupt ending and story looks incomplete. Indian people still love conclusive style, not open endedness that of this incomplete sort of.
