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A scene from Tandav (Photo Courtesy: Amazon Prime Video/ Indian khabarr.blogspot.com)
For the latest film interviews, reviews and everything making news in pop culture, Now, tandem begins with a quote by renowned Polish philosopher laissez Kerlikowske, who said that in politics being deceived is no excuse. A few hours later Saif Ali Khan playing the Machiavellian mastermind and heir to the throne. Summer Pratap Singh explains to a friend that having power is like having an extra penis, which is so long and throbbing that inevitably even the best women succumb to it.
He explained some of this in Hindi so you can imagine how it sounds. Between this range of high and low director Ali Abbas Zafar and writing or have Solanki attempt to create a sweeping saga of politics and contemporary India. It's an intriguing combination. Ali is best known for larger than life salmaan con movies such as Sultan and tigers in the God of rose to fame with grittier material like article 15.
Together they construct a twisted deal of ambition, betrayal, deception, corruption, and the evil that men and women do in the quest for power. God takes his cues from headlines we see dynastic politics and farmer protests. a chunk of the narrative is set in a politically charged Delhi University clearly modeled on JMU there are it farms to create Twitter trends, chance of Azadi, deeply entrenched bigotry and sexism, and draconian laws which are misused by so loud cops, but this deep dive into the heart of darkness doesn't chill your bones in the way that Partha loved it.
Because Thunder is written in broad strokes and plays out like a pulpy soap opera at its best, which is episodes two to five Thunder with a delicious Lee wicked tail, and at its weakest, which is pretty much the rest of it. It is a patchouli written smorgasbord of terrible people doing terrible things. The star cast is instantly sexy surf becomes the silky devious summer with ease.
The character doesn't have the vicious force of law Tyagi or his more recent or the avant and tanhaji the unsung warrior, but the actor rebels and summers sophistication his ruthlessness, his bouts of insecurity and weakness. The same for Dimple Kapadia, who plays summers Nemesis Anuradha Kishore, she has a steely beauty of brittle exterior hints at the many games played and compromises me to arrive where she is, which might remind you of her stellar turn as the aging standing Alia enjoy actors luck by chance, but again, Tonto isn't interested in that depth on one's mama Zhi Shan or YouTube doesn't have the youth of a university student but he plays Shiva with blazing eyes and insistent integrity.
And the scene stealer is Sunni Grover as good pa summers right hand man for whom nothing is out of bounds. With a thick accent in poker face, Gopal carries out the dirty work that must be done to keep the wheels of democracy turning. Good. Paul is the ultimate stoic bad guy. Someone asks him in one episode if the dark deeds ever Weigh Down his soul, and good Paul replies that he deals with it by keeping a pet politics might be dirty business but Ollie and DLP Carol Stadnik showcase that with a glossy sheen.
Nothing looks grimy not even murder. serfs ancestral home pataudi Palace us here as summers home becomes a symbol of status and authority. The lifestyle is lavish with close ups of these gleaming glasses of whiskey, and some are stylish Lee grilling meat on his expansive lawns and a scene between him and his wife in a pool which is no sensible purpose. Except to make safe and Sarah Jane dice look attractive. The women dressed in gorgeous handloom saree style by subarna. Rachel three seemed ready for a fashion magazine shoot in one scene, Anuradha is wearing pearls and toss herself to dine alone. South block and India Gate I used recurringly as backdrops perhaps to lend authenticity. The founder doesn't offer much in terms of perceptive political commentary. There are some lines about the fight for the soul of the nation, but mostly Ali and gore have prioritized plot.
Ever episode is chock full of twists and turns. There's literally room for the characters to breathe or evolve. In the later episodes as subplots are added the story scatters bodies pile up, the scenario becomes increasingly far fetched and moments that seem pivotal or forgotten. Additional narrative threads are tacked on rather than being organically stitched into the tapestry. So suddenly, a love angle develops or a character sister emerges, or two characters are seen in bed, but when anything is possible, nothing seems urgent. editor Steven h Barnard ramps up the drama by cross cutting between the many stories.
At one point he skillfully juxtaposes the idealism of the students. With the awful opportunism and deal making of the people in power. The irony of where it begins and what it becomes a stop, but later in the series, the editing becomes a band aid which barely holds the many strings together. Julius Beckham's background score is solid, but use much too often to infuse suspense into scenes which ranged from bland to downright silly. fandom has way too much Bollywood masala and its DNA.
Which makes it intermittently entertaining but also shallow and not very smart. You can see the series on amazon prime video
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