Rocket Boys 2 Review: Series allows you to experience the life of two greatest India’s genius individuals who have contributed so much to the nation
Rocket Boys 2 Web Series Rating: 3.5 Stars
Finally watched Rocket Boys 2 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: Jim Sarbh, Ishwak Singh, Arjun Radhakrishnan, Saba Azad and Regina Cassandra
Director: Abhay Pannu
Release Date: 16th March 2023 (Sony LIV)
Duration: 8 Episodes/ 35 Minutes
Story: Season 1 revolves around Homi Bhabha (Jim Sarbh) came to be known as the father of India’s nuclear programme and Vikram Sarabhai (Ishwak Singh) steered the country’s space programme. Flamboyant and witty, Bhabha romanced a vivacious lawyer Parvana Irani (Saba Azad) and the sombre Sarabhai married the ambitious classical dancer, Mrinalini Swaminathan (Regina Cassandra). The season builds upon their friendship, sacrifice, and great determination and how everything led to India’s first rocket launch; its emblematic of the journey of India as the country emerges into a new, post-war world.
Season 2 picks up the issue of nuclear proliferation and India’s need to be a strong power between the US, the USSR, and hostile neighbours China and Pakistan. In quick succession, India loses two strong prime ministers Nehru (Rajit Kapur) and his successor Lal Bahadur Shastri (Vijay Kashyap), while Indira Gandhi (Charu Shankar) slowly gathers force while in office.
The CIA was already sniffing around to nip any risks to America’s world domination; spies in the form of a devious journalist Prosenjit Dey (Namit Das) and Mathur (KC Shankar), his mole in Bhabha’s team. Their conspiracy hatched by the CIA results in Bhabha’s death in an air crash. Sarabhai, who launched a satellite mission to take television to the masses, is hesitant about signing a one-sided treaty with the Americans.
Later he decided to help develop nuclear power in India once he got to know that Bhabha death was planned murder, and Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (Arjun Radhakrishnan) is an Indian aerospace scientist, managed to complete the mammoth task that could redefine India’s international standing. We know what the outcome will be, but how it was achieved keeps you interested throughout the series.
Positives
1. Excellent Performances
2. Direction
3. Story
4. Screenplay
Negatives
1. Length
2. Unnecessary Sub-plots
3. Slow & Boring at few places
Durgesh Tiwary’s View: When I have watched the trailer of this series planned to watch on its premiere day because of it is based on real life in incident of incredible life and times of Dr. Homi J. Bhabha, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, as they wade through challenges and difficulties on their mission to make India a nuclear nation.
It is the story of independent India’s formative years, as the country is amidst turbulence with belligerent political hostility, changing hands of power within the country and international agencies keeping close watch on the country’s ambition. The second season of Rocket Boys takes place during the early years of independent India when the nation was experiencing political unrest, internal power shifts, and international organizations keeping a close watch on its aspirations.
Rocket Boys Season 2 continues to focus on the two remarkable scientists who laid the foundation of India’s space and nuclear programmes, occasionally opening out on its flanks to take in the political developments of the era and illustrate their ramifications. In another key respect, the second season of Rocket Boys is no different from the first – it banks heavily on fiction to reimagine what might have gone on in and around the sphere of Bhabha and Sarabhai’s activities as they went about their missions with single-minded dedication. The depiction of the events leading up to the India’s emergence as the world’s sixth nuclear power lends dramatic power and suspense to the eight-episode series. The scientists scramble to achieve their goal as American surveillance, inclement weather conditions and technical glitches threaten to knock them off their path. As the crisis spirals and the narrative hurtles towards its climax, the show loses neither focus nor restraint.
The narrative spans from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, when India detonates its first atomic bomb, and banks upon dramatic events (mostly drawn from facts) and tragedies that deal massive blows to the nation’s ambitions. The mission goes on because the spadework the pioneers did put strong mechanisms in place. It also touches upon a marriage under severe strain due to Sarabhai’s long absences from home, on perfidy, guilt and forgiveness, on Mrinalini Sarabhai’s assertion of her right to pursue her dreams as a classical dancer and on the succession war that erupted in the Indian National Congress in the aftermath of Nehru’s passing. It covers a lot of ground with impressive control.
Overall, Season 2 is a well-executed saga that makes for a good watch because of its relatable yet layered narrative. The series is a compelling drama that works because of its well-written screenplay. Jim Sarbh and Ishwak Singh’s earnest performances do justice to the inherently engaging plot. Series allows you to experience life as one of these genius individuals who have contributed so much to the nation. While being enriched with content, this biographical drama is both engaging and thrilling at the same time. My View on this web-series Highly Recommended.
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