Feels Like Home Season 2 Review: Show has bromance written all over it in a more matured way as compared to previous season
Feels Like Home Season 2 Web Series Review: 3 Stars
Just watched Feels Like Home Season 2 Web Series on Lionsgate Play. Let’s analyze the cast, release date, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this web series.
Cast: Preet Kammani, Anshuman Malhotra, Vishnu Kaushal, Mihir Ahuja, Himika Bose, Akshay Oberoi and Inayat Sood
Director: Sahir Raza
Release Date: 7th October 2022 (Lionsgate Play)
Duration: 6 Episodes/ 30 Minutes
Story: The first season of Feels Like Home felt like one big bachelor party but this time things are different. The four roommates, who are also best friends, start discovering the real challenges of love, life and career, as they live and hustle together.
The party hard and carefree Lakshay (Preet Kammani) has gone from being the quintessential shirtless party boy to a passionate lover, who has to tread the path of friendship and love very carefully, or he could lose both. Avi (Vishnu Kaushal) continues to be the annoying cry-baby but this time he has his reasons to be so. After all, his problems with his now ex-girlfriend Mahima (Inayat Sood) are only getting worse.
Sameer (Anshuman Malhotra) is the Sasta Ghalib makes no real progress as an artist, but at least this time, we see the reason why. He has his own moments of madness with his BFF Dhriti (Himika Bose) who cannot complete any conversation without calling him out in the most offensive way. And the youngest member of the house, a self-proclaimed NRI from Ghana Akhil Gandhi (Mihir Ahuja) is finally making some headway in love and life. So, there is an earnest attempt to make the boys become men.
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Climax
3. Direction
4. Story
Negatives
1. Length
2. Stretched
3. Unnecessary Sub-plot
4. Screenplay
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I watched the trailer planned to watch in my free time because loved first season and new season looks interesting, and this comedy drama based on engineering life.
The new season continues to explore the lives of four young roommates who juggle friendship, love and passion at a home away from home. College life is considered one of the best times of our lives, there is something new happening every day, new people, new experiences but the same old buddies, it’s an ode to those golden years. It is fun, hilarious, relatable and mapped out in a perfectly balanced way.
It is set around college boys, which is a perfect opportunity for random, raw, real and yet relatable moments in life and writers have explored it all. There is less of gaali-galoch and sex-comedy in the series, which is refreshing to watch. It starts many stories but doesn’t necessarily conclude them, because it doesn’t need conclusion, it’s just about coming to terms with certain issues. The slice-of-life show where young men address their vulnerabilities, feels real and refreshing. Friendship being the core of season 2 once again, the makers have ensured the storyline moves and the ‘boys to manhood’ journey is captured through the season. The first episode somewhere makes you feel there has been no movement, but it rapidly changes. There’s something new to look forward to in each episode.
The show’s strength remains its relatability with the youth and how it depicts their everyday challenges along with broader issues in their lives. And this time, we get to see glimpses of the past, the characters and their relationship dynamics within their own families. It’s still a touch and go but does add some heft to all the fluff that is going on in their lives and thus in the show as well. It’s more serious this time, but some moments like Gandhi trying his hand at art are hilarious. While there is a genuine attempt to tone down the theatrics and loud, over-the-top reactions, the characters could have had a better arc.
Each episode has a small story nudging along events concluding with some sort of life lesson for one or all of the housemates. These boys are never short on the next big problem, be it a party, girlfriend, career, life, money, emotions, and more, they are all out to experiment, but not without moving a step closer to maturity, which is something refreshing to watch. Overall, Season 2 is a coming-of-age drama with some stellar performances, and most importantly beautifully transitioning characters. It comes of age and concludes the open ends of the stories it left hanging in its first season. While it is an engaging and entertaining drama series, it can do more to connect with its characters and audience at a deeper level whilst keeping it fun and breezy for an easy binge. My view on this series Recommended.
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