Thursday, August 31, 2023

City of Dreams.... and trials!

The Gaikwads are back in business. But with hearts grieving for their irreparable losses, the beginning had not been so easy! Rumours prevailed, scandals reigned and the oppositions exploited while media played their own trial games. Recuperating from her severest of losses, as Poornima Gaikwad tries taking the responsibilities of the state she was elected to minister, she also patches up with her father, the bitterest enemy that she had ever needed to fight. But threats were lurking both near and outside her locale. A political party set to destroy her father, a rich media to do the evil reckoning, a dangerous enemy of old set to avenge their loss with the life of Poornima, can she hold the leashes and save her state and her self? With Wasim Khan as her ever trusted friend, Poornima must keep her wits at bay as even though the enemies strike from outside, the internal ills too seek justice. Alliances are negotiated and trusts seem fragile as comrades fall apart while scheming opportunists unite. While the oppositions play the scandal game and arranged for coup, can the disgraced Gaikwads regain their glory and might or is there bigger challenge ahead?
Interesting revelations await for those who see as terrifying surprises will be there in store to shake the faith. Gaining momentum gradually from the rather gloomy start, the sensationally climactic 30 minutes will be a thematic reminder of The Godfather awakenings where desperation plays the pivot and revenge hammers in the needed justice.
Nagesh Kukunoor directs the enigmatic political drama, which is compelling to watch, not only due to its necessarily inherent guilty pleasure, but instead for its contrasting attempt to shift focus partly towards the risky maneuvers of honest politics. Priya Bapat effortlessly continues playing her part as the unwavering and strategic Poornima Gaikwad with superb elegance, humbly supported by Eijaz Khan and Atul Kulkarni, reprising their roles with their fascinatingly deceptive simplicity that augments their characteristically natural smartness. As each season closes and a new one begins, the only thing that remains constant is the signature opening score by Tapas Relia, a melody that is pleasing to the ears yet haunting to the soil, one of my favourites in the series, composed as if to align the mind for the thrill to behold!