Life Hill Gayi

Prem Mistry, the director of the show, was the only reason why I was looking forward to this show. He has previously worked in TVF and has proven his worth as a director. I was hoping to see another comedy show filled with jokes that would actually make me laugh, but unfortunately this show turned out to be nothing more than an advertisement for Uttarakhand Tourism.

WHAT'S GOOD :

1. The visuals of the show are spectacular. The entire region where the show has been filmed looks extremely beautiful and the cinematographer has done a splendid job in capturing the beauty of Uttarakhand. Perhaps more shows should be filmed in the hill stations and mountains as these kind of atmospherics add a lot of value to the story but are unfortunately very rarely used in movies and web shows these days.

2. All the supporting actors have acted very well in the show but Atul Srivastava and Annapurna Soni deserve a special mention as they managed to add some profoundness to the show with their fantastic performances.

3. The ghost episode with Badri was actually quite enjoyable to watch. It once again proves that horror-comedy is a genre that has a lot of potential but is not being explored properly by filmmakers.

4. Mukti Mohan has done a splendid job in the show as Hima. She has a charming screen presence and has portrayed her character with a lot of warmth. I just find it shocking that an actress of her caliber, who is so talented and looks gorgeous doesn't have a lot of projects in her filmography. Mukti Mohan brought life to every scene she was a part of and it goes without saying that among the three main protagonists of the show, she has delivered the best performance. I really hope some filmmakers come out of their bubble to see how many wonderful actresses are out there waiting for the filmmakers to notice them and give them an opportunity.

WHAT'S NOT SO GOOD :

1. The first episode is quite enjoyable thanks to a well-knit screenplay about a killer on the run and the jokes filled with satire, but after that the show just runs out of things to say. The show became extremely slow paced after the first episode with pretty much nothing happening anywhere most of the time, in fact all the content that was spread out in the last five episodes could have been shown in just about two or three episodes. It seems as if Prem Mistry and his team of writers did this show just for the sake of money, they weren't really excited to be a part of this, which is evident from the lackluster writing of the show.

2. There was hardly any comedy in the show, which was quite disappointing considering the director has previously directed 'Immature' (first season) and 'Campus Diaries'. Clearly not a lot of time or effort went into creating the screenplay as almost all the jokes were rather lame and the episodes were not engaging at all. I kept hoping for things to get better but they never did.

3. After a while in the show, the main lead Dev starts spending all his time with Hima, so much so that he starts working for her, completely oblivious to the fact that he has a hotel to run ! I understand the writers wanted to show two parallel tracks and they also had to develop a romantic relationship between Dev and Hima, but how could they forget that Dev needs to spend some time at the Hotel as well ?

4. Divyendu Sharma is a fantastic actor but I just didn't like the way he was acting in this show. He may have been trying to experiment a particular style but unfortunately it failed to intrigue me. His style of acing just came across as extremely casual in the show and I kept wondering why is the director making him act like this ? Kusha Kapila was acting as if she was making an Instagram video; you won't find any difference between the Kusha Kapila of social media and the character that she was portraying in the show. Filmmakers need to realize that Kusha is not an actress as she keeps repeating the same act in every single project of hers. I was quite surprised when I found out about her association with the show, not so much by her performance though. I wish the creative team had chosen a more deserving actress for this role. There is also a guest appearance by Aditi Govitrikar in the show and watching her performance would clearly explain to you the reason why her acting career went nowhere.

I had high expectations from this show but was utterly disappointed after watching it. This show is just an advertisement and a boring one at that. I won't recommend it to anyone.