The Office

There is zero dialogue delivery. Amit, the Jim doppelgänger has zero expressions on his face unlike John Krasinski. Then there is a mix of politics of putting nationalism, politics and hidutva that the Dwight character plays... and this haryanvi character on Pam's fiancé, Parmeet... is like a gunda and his behaviour would not even survive in any office place.

And then there is a confusing culture that is incorporated in the show, its a mix of american and indian.

One can relate to this, because they have the US show... otherwise it is a pretty hopeless

When i heard about the Office being remade i was a 100% sure that they were going to ruin it ( The trailer did not help). The script writing is actually good in my opinion , They have done a great job of taking inspiration from NBC's office and adapting it to the Indian scenario . Some of the casting and acting is really good , but the rest unfortunately , not so much . Here are the main things that i felt actually ruined this remake :-

1. Michael Scott - The guy playing him is a good actor , no doubt , but he cannot pull Michael Scott . This makes soo many of his moments downright cringey , and not the funny cringe that NBCs office had , just cringe.

2. Jim and Pam - Again both are doing a great job, but just cant live up to the high expectations . Jim does not feel like Jim , and there seem to be a very forced chemistry between Jim and Pam

So it boils down to this , if you haven't seen the original Office , you might actually like this show but if you have , you may not have a very good experience.

While this is a re-make, I believe that in later part of the series... episode 7,8 onwards, there is considerable improvement in the series. In the dialogue quality, in acting, and directing There is quite a good character development. Earlier I had given it 3 stars... now changing to 8 stars.

So far watched 13 episodes... looking forward to more.

A great remake, the best you could have asked for. I am fan of the US version, and I love this Indian version. They have done a brilliant job, to give it a Indian style. MUST WATCH!

Watched an episode and a half, couldn't go any further. It's a half-decent attempt to recreate the magic that the good folks of Scranton once created. I'm not sure whether they would be able to recreate the same magic if the makers ever decided to come back for another season.

Someone who has even watched the whole series (multiple re-runs in our case) or even snippets on youtube, may not find this version amusing. The jokes and situations are literally translated and Michael's unintentional humour has been replaced with lazy Hindi/Punjabi jokes which very rarely land. The actors, especially the ones who play Michael's, Jim's & Pam's character, have put in a lot of effort, but the glue that binds the whole show, i.e. the legendary Dwight Shrute, is MIA. Gopal Dutt is without a doubt a great actor, but in this case he seems to be a miscast.

I'd rather watch another re-run of the US Office than going through the Hindi translated version of it.