Sunny is a skilled artist, abandoned by his father and raised by his maternal grandfather, his beloved Nanu. Nanu also took under his umbrella, the homeless and family less Firoz, both on their early childhood. Firoz was a street boy, who befriended Sunny at the time his father abandoned him. They grew together as Nanu raised them and bonded as brothers more than as friends. Their Nanu had a small press that published a daily, a dream that Nanu pursued to revolutionise society through his writing. Alas, ideas remain but funds and well wishers dry up. That was what happened to the press and suddenly Nanu was distressed to find the press in financial crisis. Situation worsened as loans piled up while time to repay the debts ran scanty. Desperation ran high while resources were limited. But just as necessity breeds invention, need of money, this time, bred counterfeits. The artist in Sunny designed the notes while the technician in Firoz implemented them. Though the initial batch was a failure bur a quick revision soon brought fruit. Clients were found in the underworld and profit was amassed. The loan was easily repayed and the press saved.
But the tale of the twisted mind was yet to begin as money was raining in quickly. Sunny, tasting blood in the fortune amassed, wanted to continue. Clients were already in the queue, infrastructure was already built, but there was Nanu too! Any inkling of the ill practice and he will be heartbroken! But again fate played a strange twist. Nanu contracted a threatening disease of memory loss and Mansoor appeared with promises of further fortune. Mansoor was a high rolling flamboyant international kingpin of the counterfeit business. So police was obviously on his trail. But the ambitious Sunny seemed least bothered about that. Thus, as stakes ran high, so did the risks. With Firoz trying to bring sense to Sunny, police hot on the trail to trap them and Mansoor rolling the dice of life, it remains to be seen what climax the series presents.
With a slower start at the beginning that gathers pace from episode 5 onwards, the crime drama is a must watch. Not only because the drama is intense but there is a promise for a future that will be top of the class if the tone remains uncompromised in the season that must follow.
Debuting in his OTT appearance, Shahid Kapoor acts but sometimes feels a bit off the mark. Hope he proves convincing throughout in the follow ups. Amol Palekar plays his low profile part to perfection and supports the stage for the young brigade with maturity! But the best three roles are played by Bhuvan Arora, Kay Kay Menon and Vijay Sethupathi, presenting their respective portrayals to perfection. Arora plays the faithful friend with a heart, Menon is the coldly unmerciful criminal while Sethupathi sets his heart as the stubborn law enforcer with his crusade to bring down the racket he is after. But what separates them from the others are the realistic touch sprinkled with natural relief that they infuse in the characters that eases out tensions as they heighten yet keeps the perspective gripping. Raj and D K directs this action packed drama that shares a character with The Familyman, a surprising yet appropriate insert, giving the required touch of gifted espionage while winding up in a cliffhanger that promises at least another session of redemption and revenge in the coming years!
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