Adapted and Directed by: Pawan Kumar
Created and Written by: Ram Vignesh
Streaming on Aha.
It's a time loop based show, where two characters find themselves waking up on the same day with the memory of the earlier days. They slowly open different stories that happen within that day as the show progresses. It's well written and executed. With this premise (or genre rather), the show can be anything. They chose to put this in the setting of a thriller. Kidnapping children. Murders. Investigation. It dips into other territories too for a bit, but it mostly stays on the plot heavy thriller space where there is high tension throughout. Durga is played well by Amala Paul, there is a bit of character exploration too, and it's done in a way where there's some mystery there too. The track of her husband being dead is played out in an interesting way, and it's used as a nice cliffhanger to the show.
One issue I found with the narrative was that, after a point, it just felt like a game, especially when Durga gets to know that she failed saving the kid. So they get to a state where they are okay with losing because they know that they have another chance. The time loop and the entire premise felt a bit futile and purposeless at that moment. I just wish there was a deeper meaning explored for the tool of time loop. Having said that, the show keeps us intrigued and it's binge-able because of the consistency in character and tone, which I think is the most important quality for a show.
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