The Whistleblower

In the lines of a big hit on Sony Liv- Scam, whistleblower draws audience attention towards how a huge scam in education department took place. Well researched story, pacy music, catchy dialogues, decent direction has given an edge to this show. Must watch for all.

Not too engaging, but some good performances. Ritwik Bhowmik is good, Ravi Kishan is entertaining too. Good series but too streched, could have been finished in 5-6 episodes.

This show is definitely a must watch for those who want to know what exactly a "Whistleblower" is and how the Vyapam scam happened in Madhya Pradesh.

The series is undoubtedly quite interesting thanks to an interesting topic and an interesting and medium to fast paced screenplay. Next good thing is the performance. Ritwik Bhowmik and Ravi Kishan are the highlights of this show. Others too have done a fair job. A good BGM also helps elevate the interest of this show.

However, this series is not perfect as it is filled with numerous flaws.

1. Tends to unnecessarily drag towards the end.

2. The drag is further helped by the presence of an unnecessary love angle.

3. Witnesses get killed and we only see a glimpse of it. A full sequence showing how they get killed would have been better.

4. Not the best in detailing as compared to Scam 1992.

5. A somewhat weak 2nd half of the series

6. Last but not the least, weird half hearted narration in the background with very ordinary dialogues. Also, quite some episodes cut off to the next at abrupt points that are not highs (I mean to say episodes should end at points that leave viewers desperate for the next one).

Overall, an easily bingeworthy series thanks to an interesting plot and screenplay but get ready to come across some easily visible flaws.

Anwar Says: Sonyliv has developed trend of producing Originals on the Indian Scams and here is Whistleblower on the 2013 Vyapum Scam in Madhyapradesh . Definitely not as well researched as Scam , 1992 but surely enlighten the headlines of impersonators caught in the scam .

The protagonist Sanket played by Bandish Bandit fame, Ritwik Bhaumik is as adequate as the show. Requisite skills and good intentions are evident but sub- standard dialogue could not make the character as strong as of Pratik Gandhi in Scam, 1992. The pick of the show is the meatiest role of Ravikishan , and he played it smartly, several notches low than his usual pitch. Good to see Sonali Kulkarni as an honest journalist.

The series is overburdened with sub- plots and could have been trimmed and shortened to six episodes. Some of the issues were left unresolved. Politicians nexus in all such crimes are a must and role of electronic media has been highlighted. A must watch, if you really want to understand the meaning of WHISTLEBLOWER.

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Sameer Lodaya

Sony liv have pledged to show all scams of india and this time it was vyapam scam of Madhya Pradesh

The story is about malfunctions in doctors, police admissions and how Ritwik becomes the whistle blower..the direction was not up to script as what we had seen in scam 1992 a lot could be shown..the series goes on a good pace but the middle episodes were stuck and made the series slow and dragged..Ritwik with kishan played their roles accurately..the series has been given good dark effect with all the other elements like youthfulness background scores love triangles etc

The climax was rushed to conclude thus did not give that ending punch and some segments were kept unfinished probably for a another season to follow

Good title to watch.