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Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein Season 2 review: Messy and Meandering!
What: The second season of ‘Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein’ meanders into a labyrinth of deceit and deceptions until it becomes a plodding mess where its hapless protagonist Vikrant must battle danger and evade his enemies.
Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein Season 2 synopsis
Somewhere in the thick of its twisty plot, Vikrant (Tahir Raj Bhasin) spurts out the anguish that his middle class self-harbours against the rich and the influential, insinuating his wife, Purvi (Aanchal Singh) and father in law (Saurabh Shukla), “ Yeh log kaisa na kaise nikal hi jaate hain kisi bhi situation se, Kismat toh hum jaise logon ki leti rehti hai” – a very valid point where I stand vindicated at this plight and his unending endeavours to battle the danger and deceit, and protect his family while hiding the shared secrets with his lover, Shikha (Shweta Tripathi Sharma). But when a deadly commando, Guru (played by Gurmeet Choudhary) enters the scene to protect the Purvi from the clutches of her abductors, the stakes get higher and the show snowballs into a high risky and complicated game.
Vikrant stands at the line that inhumanly divides these two strata of the society. In the first season of his Sidharth Sengupta (‘Undekhi’, ‘Aar ya Paar’) series, we saw streaks of love, but the new season offers bouts of unhinged obsession and betrayals. He is like a stray dog, if he walks by you and you ignore him, he is fine. But if you intimidate him or push him, he might turn manipulative and in a survival mode. He is what the circumstances have made him. Tahir imbues his protagonist with a striking vulnerability and layers which reveal his dangerous side when peeled off. He even turns into a ‘meaty’ butcher!
But the narrative snowballs into a slog after a certain point. It meanders into a labyrinth of deceit and deceptions – as if the writers are trying incorrigibly to milk it like a franchise. Introduction of new faces – Arunoday Singh as the abductor Aditya Hafeez, Gurmeet as the commando Guru and short-lived appearance of Varun Badola (who doubled up as a writer) turns it into a messed-up thriller deriving popcorn entertainment with chases and action amidst the snow, after graphic interludes of blood and gore. The action sequences remind you of Mithun's films of the 80s where he masqueraded as a combat hero decimating the enemies with brawn and bullets.
Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein web series Season 2 review – final words
To give credits where due, YKKA is sumptuously shot – the cinematography is impeccable, with a wide coverage of the snow and forests which gloss over the tiring drama and numerous convenient plot points. Amidst the exhaustion, it was fun to watch an equally hapless Golden (Anant V Joshi) suffer at the hands of his ball-busting, nymphomaniac wife – a gliding performance that redeems the insufferable lot – Saurabh Shukla, Brijendra Kala, Hetal Gada.
I go with 3 stars out of 5 for Yeh Kaali Kaali Aankhein Season 2. The six-episode series is streaming on Netflix from 22nd November 2024.
Ahwaan Padhee, is an IT Techie/Business Consultant by profession and a film critic/cinephile by passion, is also associated with Radio Playback as well, loves writing and conducting movie quizzes. More By Ahwaan Padhee