Feels Like Home Review: A fresh take on bromance of four different personalities living under one roof and dealing with different issues
Feels Like Home Web Series Review: 3 Stars
Just watched Feels Like Home 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 and Inayat Sood
Director: Sahir Raza
Release Date: 10th June 2022 (On Zee5 Premium)
Duration: 6 Episodes/ 30 Minutes
Story: Set in Delhi, India we have a Banchod Nivas which a house where a bunch of young men are in a daily hustle called life. Lakshay Kochhar (Prit Kammani) is raised by a single mother and believes in adding some levity to every situation to make it fun and bearable. He is someone who is the centre of every party, mess-up, break-up and hook-up. On the surface, he is quite a thick-skinned Delhi boy, but deep down he’s caring and sensitive.
His best friend Avinash (Vishnu Kausha) wants everything to be perfect. He is hyper, confused and doesn’t know anything until it is too late. He has been thrown out of the hostel and ends up with the boys in their home. Also had a breakup with his girlfriend Mahima (Inayat Sood).
Third roommate is Sameer (Anshuman Malhotra) who is the only voice of reason in this mad house. He is calm and collected, writes poetry but his personal life is in shambles; he hates his father, can’t admit to his girlfriend / friend that he is scared to perform in front of a crowd, and has an imaginary person with whom he talks and interacts.
Their crazy chemistry gets crazier when an under-19 budding cricketer from Ghana Akhil Gandhi (Mihir Ahuja) joins them as the fourth occupant of the home. He wishes to be the best cricketer of India and is a sweet and sensible boy, who slowly turns into the pet of the house. As he finds his place not just in Delhi but among the boys, we get to know him as the kind, loyal and extremely unfiltered person that he is.
Lakshya has a sister Biba (Dolly Singh) who is getting married to the love of her life and sets a benchmark with her journey that love has no gender. So, there is depth and sensitivity in the character and their relationship. While Sameer he has reservations about letting people in his life, he has mixed feelings for his friend (Himika Bose) and he just cannot seem to come around to admitting his real feelings through the season.
Each episode will be standalone, with moments of growth for the characters, etched into the themes that the makers have set out to tackle. The overall story arc of growth is well mapped out. Four different personalities living under one roof find themselves dealing with love, life, parents, education, relationships and learning some of the important lessons in life.
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 as it looks interesting and this comedy drama based on engineering life.
Four young boys living independently at a posh villa in Delhi struggle with the daily challenges of life during the day and party at night. But amidst free-flowing spirit, shirtless bonding, and heartbreaks, will they ever be able to turn their first house into a home away from home?
Feels Like Home is a bromantic hangover about four boys who move into their first house away from home together. We see them in their everyday lives, as they learn to balance everything around them, the parties, fights, drama and all the fun stuff that happen when you put four young boys together. But most of all, the show is about giving you a glimpse into what boys are. It is executed in a way that seems totally fresh and a large part of that is down to the easy-breezy humour, which never fails to tickle our funny bone. It boasts copious fun moments, but it’s also a heartfelt show, dealing with the insecurities, uncertainties and vulnerabilities that the four boys go through. That it does so sans ever going overboard or compromising on the fun vibe is a testament to the solid writing. Balancing the humour and emotions is the relatability aspect of the show. Think Dil Chahta Hai and the kind of impact it had on the youth back then only because of how well they identified with it, and then think it being reinvented for today’s young crowd.
It is third original series which is completely different from the last two. Each episode of this show is rooted in reality with certain premises built upon elements of farce. Parties with crazy settings, a pet iguana, a lesbian wedding, girlfriend and daddy issues, and a finale that celebrates friendship. It is a series about four boys who move into their first house away from their families. Each one has his fair share of reasons for doing so and they find themselves dealing with life without any support except from each other. At just 6 episodes of 35-40 minutes each, never overstays its welcome and is perfect to binge watch at a go. Believe it or not, in today’s fast-paced life, this matter a lot for shows that don’t have an in-built fan-base, especially those aimed at a younger demographic.
The characters are well written, and despite the superficial bravado, their quirks, insecurities, fear, dreams, hopes and desires, are obvious and the audience can relate. Best part of the series, there is no profanity in the series, which makes it worth the watch. Makers usually opt for tested and tried routine of drugs, sex, girls and profanity with such series, but Feels Like Home, does connect with you on a deeper level and allows you to re-live your college life which is fun to watch. My view on this series Recommended.
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