Kaun Banegi Shikharwati

The concept of the series is good, though it's hardly engaging. Naseeruddin Shah disappoints while Soha Ali takes the cake. With unfunny dialogues and poorly timed sequence, the stoy gets unnecessarily stretched. The only good thing is when games are on, rest of the times you can just nap.

Good for kids to show them how to love and support each other.

This Web Series Did Very Good Performance. Specially Naseeruddin Shah & Raghubir Yadav & Lara Dutta & Kritika Kamra & Soha Ali Khan & Anta Singh & Cyrus Sahukar Dig Outstanding Acting.

Anwar Says: Bollywood has been working on dysfunctional family since last few years and some products are excellent like Dil Dhadkne Do and Piku but some couldn't reach upto the expectations, in spite of the top star cast and Kaun Banegi Shikharwati is the latest addition. A dramedy or an emotional drama, the writer and Co- director Ananya Banerjee tries to find out till the end .

Naseer Saheb as delusional King , who wears track suits and funny night suits,tries to hook to his comical role throughout but looked interesting in patches. The character becomes repetitive and that makes this ten episodes long series unnecessarily stretched. Raghubir Yadav as King's aide played a pivotal role . Lara Dutta played her character with ease and looked real heir of Shikharwati . Soha Ali Khan got a tailor made role for her . Kritika Kamra also did well besides looking gorgeous.

Why do the producers not stick to six , half an hour episodes and tell the story, probably channel owners pay them for more episodes. This could have been better if trimmed properly. The hue and cry started because of Wealth Tax demand for 2005 to 2010 , a law which no longer exists since 2002 , a big technical lapse . Still watchable. 6 out of 10.

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Its an amazing written story ,good direction , great acting from lara d , kritika k ,anya s , soha k, varun t, cyrus s , anurag s but as always naseerudin s and raghubir y did outstanding job . It was comedy , a bit emotional and spoofy series . Beautiful locations and sets ,nothing looked fake as it was shot in a real palace in rajasthan i guess . Music was really catchy nothing repetetive all 10 episodes are catchy ,good dialouges , comedic punches , jokes were funny . This web series can relate to every generation from a childhood guy to an old uncle. It teaches you alot of things about how to be happy ,how to be patient , good parenting , good relations , not to be greedy not only for money but to get into a high post in respective work.

Raja Mrityunjay (Naseeruddin Shah) is an aged royal who has lost touch with his subjects, his four daughters have deserted him and his estate owes the exchequer Rs. 32 crores in taxes that he hasn't paid over the years. He is virtually a pauper except for the mansion he lives in, and is absolutely adamant that he won't turn it into a hotel for the sake of revenues. The king, along with his manager Mishraji (Raghuvir Yadav), hatches an outlandish plan to fake the former's terminal illness and invites his daughter's back to the estate to compete among themselves so that a suitable successor to the throne can be found. The four daughters, Devyani (Lara Dutta), Gayatri (Soha Ali Khan), Kamini (Kritika Kamra) and Uma (Anya Singh), each having a compelling reason to return to the dysfunctional family home, agree to givecitva shot at inheriting a Rs. 200 crore property that can ease their own financial woes.

The premise is lame enough to evoke any excitement, but the lure of the talented starcast keeps one hoping that the story will create some magic. On quite the contrary, Kaun Banegi Shikharwati goes from here until the very end as a banal, slapstick comedy that fails to amuse. The princesses have to indulge in a competition called Navrasa, translating into 9 different rounds of skill exhibition that turns the series into an unexciting, repetitive and ridiculous storytelling. The idea behind all this is for the king to reunite his children through mutual love and affection, but he has absolutely no idea how they will change the fortunes of the beleaguered estate. Add to all this confusion is an undercover tax officer impersonating the prince of neighbouring Mewad and living in the mansion with the hope of discovering undeclared wealth of the royal family.

It's a bizarre story and concept. Soon after the family reunion we realise that the original objective of the Raja is not likely to be fulfilled through his daughters and therefore, the narrative goes off into a hundred different directions resulting in shallow character sketches and lack of sympathy for either situation or any of the protagonists. The multitude of talent is largely wasted, although Lara Dutta and Kritika Kamra do light upna few sequences, the former with gravitas and the latter with her clueless nature. Naseeruddin Shah is grossly over the top and appears haggard. The only sensible execution comes from Raghuvir Yadav as the King's confidante and assistant, but then you wonder why has he been serving the estate so loyally when there's nothing left in it.