I had read a few social media posts praising about Rudranil's character and the character named Jhontuda and his garage.
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Honestly, I was disappointed with the season 1. It seemed average to me, like visual version of Sunday Suspense. Average thriller/suspense stories with predictable endings.
But wait.
Then I tried the season 2.
What a smart touch!
Inception and prequel of the character Jhontu! Then the legacy of Jhontu da started building up like The Phantom (Choloman Osoriri)!
And, you cannot stop praising the commercial nail-biting element like Kalo Nekre (reminds me of the cheapt yet super-popular legacy of the Bengali thriller writer Swapan Kumar)!
With twists in the plot, and controlled burning in the execution, I had to salute the character Jhontu Da. Maintining dual life, protecting family, double-crossing, fatherly-revenge - there are multi-point entertainment quotients.
It might really not be such an enormous detailed work like Breaking Bad. I agree, it may sound little silly to compare Jhontu Da with Walter White.
But, if you compare existing Bengali thriller/crime series' we have available on our plate in current time, I will not shy away to call it Bengal's Breaking Bad.
Rudranil - you have ensured that you will be now considered immortal with this character. You can now ignore the silly race of becoming Felu/Byomkesh. You have secured your immortality.
And finally, the director Abhirup Ghosh - you are ready to rock. Bring us some more. Maybe this time you can spend more time to take it to the national level. Just imagine, if SRK plays the role of Jhantu da!!! Goosbumps!
