Criminal Justice Season 3 Review: Just two episodes are not enough to form any opinion but it’s definitely a great start
Criminal Justice Season 3 Rating: 3.5 Stars
Just watched Criminal Justice Season 3 first 2 episodes in on Disney Plus Hotstar. Let’s analyze the cast, release date, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this web series.
Cast: Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Basu Prasad, Purab Kohli, Swastika Mukherjee, Gaurav Gera, Aditya Gupta and Deshna Dugad
Director: Rohan Sippy
Release Date: 1st and 2nd Episode on 26th August 2022 (Disney Plus Hotstar)
Duration: 10 Episodes/ 40 Minutes
Story: It is 3rd season of Hotstar specials popular criminal series. Series The begins with a bickering family that lives in South Bombay and sits on a mountain of wealth. Zara (Deshna Dugad) is a pre-teenager and a famous child actor and already famous. She keeps extremely busy with her shoot schedules, public appearances, interviews, endorsements, and more.
She is managed by her step mom Avantika (Swastika Mukherjee) who she is quite close to, and her father Neeraj (Purab Kohli) handles her finances. While things look perfect a distance, such is hardly ever the case up-close, as Avantika’s 17-year-old son Mukul (Aditya Gupta) feels overshadowed at home due to his step-sister’s success.
The Ahujas go to Madh Island for a weekend for Zara shooting and there she gets brutally murdered. Her body is found wrapped in tarpaulin in the sea, with disturbing evidences of torture and acid attack. When cops Gauri Kamarkar (Kalyanee Mulay) and Prashant Waghmare (Adinath Kothare) began investigating this heinous crime and every shred of evidence pointed to Zara’s brother Mukul
Thus Mukul becomes the prime suspect in the case. The evidences found against him and his history with drugs does not help his case either. While Neeraj is no longer certain about his step-son’s innocence, Avantika knocks the doors of the simple-minded yet witty, humane, and sharp lawyer Madhav Mishra (Pankaj Tripathi).
For the prosecution, Lekha (Shweta Basu Prasad), this is an open-and-shut case. Whereas defence counsel Madhav Mishra believes that “seedha aur simple toh mere syllabus mein hai hi nahi.” As a result, he and his assistant Deepu (Aatm Prakash Mishra) are convinced that there is more to it than meets the eye. What happens next is all about this series. As of now only 2 Episodes are premiering and need to wait for further episodes.
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Climax
3. Direction
4. Screenplay
Negatives
1. Story
2. Length
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer planned to watch this series on premiere day because loved last 2 seasons and another reason is Pankaj Tripathi.
The Ahuja’s lives are upended when 14-year-old Zara Ahuja, the nation’s beloved child star is ruthlessly murdered. Things become much more complicated when her 17-year-old step brother Mukul becomes the prime suspect in the case. Some lies, some half-truths, and a few revelations come to the fore when lawyers Madhav Mishra and Lekha represent each side and meet at court.
Season 3 does not waste time but propels the viewer into the story right from the word go. Screenplay is quite engaging and keeps the viewer hooked at almost all times, except the scenes involving Mishra’s sex-worker client, which felt poorly-executed. Performances are also excellent. One striking thing about this season is its theme. It’s not shocking anymore, but still a new subject. We have seen shows and films based on adolescents falling prey to substance abuse, but there is a distinct innocence about Adhura Sach that makes it believable. The makers, thankfully, haven’t gone overboard with the wild teens idea. The Indian society is still far away from what we have seen of the American teens and their issues and it shows in the writing. This makes the show relatable.
Just two episodes are not enough to form any opinion, but it’s definitely a great start. This may turn out to be a binge-worthy show. Overall, the first two episodes of season 3 make for a gripping watch with a good screenplay and tight performances. Not sure why the makers have adopted for such streaming strategy because if they release all episodes in one go then it would made the better impact. My view on this series Recommended.
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