Madhuri Dixit as they say debuts the OTT platform giving her ever craving fans more, but alas the makers go their way. When you have Madhuri Dixit on screen, just her presence brings a smile on your face. You Smile when she smiles. But when she cries; she cries alone. Why?

Because The Fame Game is lame take on fading Bollywood’s creativity who makes Bharta out of Paneer, forgetting what ingredient they had in hand.

As the makers get into the zone that Bollywood in enough exposed in the recent few years, Dharmatic entertainment go The Madhur Bhandarkar way. What Madhur Bhandarkar does is with real stories, He put up a strong perception toplined by entertainment and Milan Luthria had put it out loud and clear “Entertainment, Entertainment and Entertainment”. Makers with Madhuri Dixit at hand should have entertained than put us in a sob-mob of artists around Madhuri Dixit who only add to the misery of watching “ Finding Anamika” that was rechristened to such a lame name The Fame Game.

Madhuri on OTT in a long-driven series was much awaited because fans want to see her more, just her smile can make fans across the globe Dhak Dhak. Alas, as Anamika Anand there is very little ‘Anand’ watching this star who in entangled in the bad cobweb of the fame as created by the makers.

The Fame Game is elongated Kalank coming out on Netflix from Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Productions. With Director as Bejoy Nambiar not for all the episodes, the series lacks his style too and neither the mystery is mysterious enough to keep you hooked till the end.

Now why I call it elongated Kalank, as the makers not only make you watch a scene of Kalank integrated in the series they also make you go through one of the actors enacting the scene poorly. Double the torture.

Plus not only The Fame Game easily predictive, it is poorly repetitive too in its execution.

It gets on your nerves with the slow execution and poor editing. Long shots of Manav Kaul swimming to and fro in the pool, inconsistency in the character graph of Anamika Anand or say Vijuu. Lack of clarity on what they want to showcase. Seems like a short film is far stretched to a fit in a series, with the number of episodes. Hardly delivering the Magic of Madhuri Dixit is and such a stellar performer Manav kaul who in some his scenes brings much needed meat and depth to the character he plays. Sanjay Kapoor is poorly caricatured and the Lady Inspector who leads the investigation, OMG, her role is so poorly written and enacted, a better cast was needed she walks in a home reciting or rather mimicking dialogues the Gabbar way.

Thankfully, OTT is controlled by the remote in our hand. The makers have made “The Fame Game” considering we are locked up in a theater and can’t make an easy exit.

My opinion move on to inventing Anna on Netflix than reinventing Madhuri’s Magic on OTT. Rather watch her one of the blockbuster to give-in the Madhuri Dixit Craving. I will be revisiting Devdas to see the magic of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s cinema that celebrates Madhuri Dixit.

PK Verdict: Tin**

Short Ridiculous Review- Jhund
After a long long time I am back with my short ridiculous review, and its Nagraj Manjule’s Jhund, now you must be thinking its a Bachchan film then why I said Manjule’s film, its because Jhund is not a usual Bollywood film for a usual Bollywood audience, its something different, not typical Indian masala film but a BHARAT ka film with BHARAT ke actors apart for Mr Bachchan.

I would call it a 3 hrs Long MOVIEMENTRY- a combination of a movie and documentary on the life of Slumdogs.

Who should watch: People who have the patience to watch a 3 Hrs long film, yes you can take it as a binge-watch series, film Makers and enthusiasts

Why watch- Munjule’s Cinema, Acting of raw actors.

Ridiculous Rating: 3

GENRE

Comedy , Drama

RELEASE DATE

02nd Oct 2020

CAST

Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indira Tiwari, Nassar

Sudhir Mishra brings a satire that considers his audience too primitive for Serious Men to be taken seriously. He delivers nothing but a fake orgasm leaving you feel disgusted. The climatic theory that defines why things are the way they are, is nothing but fooling one’s intellect with a validation that is not a brainer.Entertainer? Serious Men does begin on a promising note, however once you are half-way through, they begin to fake it. Nawazuddin Siddiqui holds the premise tight for you to not quit but leaves you unsatisfactory at the end.

A story of Ayyan Mani, a Tamilian who is more Mumbaikar living somewhere in Bandra working at NIFR National Institute of Fundamental Research as a PA to a Brahmin Boss essayed well by Nassar. Everyone has a story to why they are the way they are; so does Ayyan; but by the time you know, you do lose interest in the progress of the film as it leaves you in a not so comfort zone. The execution at display seems too unethical to be real, be it at NIFR or be it Adi’s journey.

Living in a slum in Mumbai, Ayyan like any other father wants best for his Son, so much so that his parenting becomes questionable and this is where many would not strike a chord. The story that seemed quite inspiring and real, takes such a cinematic liberty that you feel Serious Men is not serious enough about its core story and takes the path that doesn’t leave you with any fascination to reach the end. You probably would sail through till the end only because you experienced the ray of intellect at display in the first hour.

The child artist Adi essayed by Aakshath Das has performed brilliant and at his age he has got quite a variation to perform. Nawazuddin is in his skin of the character and so is Indira Tiwari too. Though I’ve not read the book by the same name by Manu Joseph on which the film is based, the writing seems to be the culprit here to turn Serious Men not so serious about the RIGHT parenting than just parenting the WRONG way.

Serious Men is dark, engaging but not interesting and leaves you disappointed. The Logic fails to tantalize one’s intellect leaving you dull towards the second half. The end validation here doesn’t justify the plot. Aspiration here is a mere delusion.

PK Verdict: Just Silver 2.5*s