Nirmal Pathak Ki Ghar Wapsi Review: One of the best series that captures the essence of rural India in delightful manner
Nirmal Pathak Ki Ghar Wapsi Web Series Rating: 4 Stars
Just watched Nirmal Pathak Ki Ghar Wapsi web series on Sony LIV. So let’s analyze the cast, release date, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this web series.
Cast: Vaibhav Tatwawadi, Akash Makhija, Alka Amin, Pankaj Jha, Kumar Saurabh, Garima Singh and Ishita Ganguly
Director: Rahul Pandey and Satish Nair
Release Date: 27th May 2022 (Sony LIV)
Duration: 5 Episodes/ 40 Minutes
Story: Set against the backdrop of Buxar, a small town in Bihar, the entire village is in a festive mood as Nirmal (Vaibhav Tatwawadi) returns to gaon after 24 years of living in Delhi. His family and fellow gaonwalas regard and treat him as if he were a celebrity in his own right. He is here to attend his younger brother Aatish (Akash Makhija) which is set to happen with local minister (Vineet Kumar) daughter.
There he met his mother Santoshi (Alka Amin) who is patient wife who has waited decades for her son and husband to return to her while quietly performing household chores without complaint. Apart from his younger brother Aatish hee has Genda Bua (Garima Vikrant Singh) and Aatish’s sister Nibha (Tanishq Rana) who welcomed them in home with warm heart. But his uncle Makhan (Pankaj Jha) didn’t like him at all due to his father leave the village forever.
Nirmal is appalled by the blatant discrimination prevalent in the town, from caste to gender to social discrimination. As Nirmal seeks to uncover the truth behind why his father renounced his home and town, his interference in the age-old practices of the town’s caste ecosystem increases. It doesn’t take Nirmal long to figure out that the place still follows the old rules. Will Nirmal Pathak be able to make a difference in his birthplace, or will he take off like the rest?
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Direction
3. Dialogues
4. Screenplay
5. Story
6. Cinematography
Negatives
1. Slow & stretched at few places
2. Music
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I have watched the trailer of this series planned to watch on its premiere day because of it promised to be feel good rural India story which story narrated in realistic way.
After 24 years, Nirmal Pathak, a young man returns to his native village Buxar situated in Bihar. The series follows his search for his roots as well as the other cultures of the village, which he may find absurd to relate to as a city slicker but are real.
Streaming platform Sony LIV has dished out some great shows over the years. From Scam 1992 to the Gullak series and the most recent Rocket Boys this year, the streaming platform has engaged the audience with a variety of content. Its offering is an earnest but adequate attempt at a small town drama. The show kicks off on an interesting note as he gets abducted while reaching his hometown in Buxar, Bihar. It keeps shifting between comedy and a heartwarming story of a city boy exploring his roots. The show unapologetically explores a landscape that is niche and might even turn some off. Of course there is an abundance of heartland content and that some are just surface level. It is a universal story about a family that once was glorious but is now partially nuclear. The coming home and realizing there is a family that was waiting, is an emotion Indian cinema has used for years.
The series starts off really well. The world-building in the first two episodes is detailed and fun to watch. The interactions amongst the family members and friends, the bickering and bantering, the cracking of jokes and leg-pulling, the communal cooking and relishing of ‘litti chokha’, all of it takes the viewer straight to the heart of the real India and the India that exists in its towns and villages. It is delightful to watch and savour and quite refreshing. From the third episode onwards, the series changes gears all of a sudden. It enters into harsher, graver, and dare we say, messier territory. The spectre of conflicts raises its ugly head, to mar the happy-go-lucky essence of the story until now. Nirmal takes in all that is happening around him from patriarchy, to misogyny to caste discrimination, and plunges headlong into the politics of it all. The show seems heartwarming, authentic and rooted in its story. However, it pales in comparison to some of the recent web series releases that have gone on to become a household name. Overall, The praise-worthy performances to the realistic approach to the show make it a must watch. My View on this web-series Highly Recommended.
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