Watched The Great Indian Murder on Hotstar.
Not family friendly.
Tigmanshu Dhulia has directed the adaptation of Vikas Swarup's murder mystery 'Six Suspects'. I haven't read the book, so can't compare.
The series - season 1 - is watchable. But if you are expecting Gangs of Wasseypur level stuff, you will be sorely disappointed. It keeps you engaged, and is pretty decent. But GoW it's not.
A rich business man and third class human being - Vicky Rai - is killed at a party thrown at his own farmhouse. The list of suspects is long. But mainly there are 6, which include his own father - played by Ashutosh Rana.
The bonus for me came in the form of Raghubir Yadav. What a delight to see him in action again! Ashutosh Rana and Richa Chadha are good in their respective roles as father of victim/suspect and Police inspector respectively.
The CBI officer leading the investigation has his own agenda and no morals. Played by Pratik Gandhi, this was a disappointment. No pizazz.
Shashank Arora as one of the main suspects was much better.
Jatin Goswami as the victim is decent. Could have added more flair, but was ok.
The main grouse with this series is that I am used to the Hercule Poirot kind of direction where the audience is also presented with the same set of clues as the detectives. And then you also get to do your own detection. You fail often, of course, but that's not the point.
Here you are shown things very late. So you can't even begin to try and deduce anything. It might be that way in the book, but surely there's room for improvement when the medium changes.
Some of the episodes are much better than the others and give a glimpse of Tigmanshu that we love. . Even with this unevenness, it still is watchable.
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