The political thriller web series Tandav Web Series Review’ on Amazon Prime Video was scheduled to be released on January 15, but was released a few hours ahead of schedule on January 14. The series is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, while several well-known actors including Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Kumud Mishra, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Sunil Grover and Gauhar Khan have played important roles in the series. This is also Ali’s digital debut.
Tandav Web Series Review is the story of adopting every tactic of sam-daam-dandi-bhed to achieve political ambitions. However, despite the huge star cast, lavish scenes and all the spices, the series does not get into the depth of politics that makes a political story a true thriller. Tandava is a superficial political thriller web series that fails to engage the viewer.
The fault is not even with the creators of the Tandava. In the last few years, the public has seen so many political debates in real life that both the understanding and the attitude of watching political-thrillers have changed and the same real events are spread in the series of 9 episodes. Interest incident is inevitable. Be it JNU under the pretext of student politics and mainstream politics or farmers’ dissatisfaction with the government or the role of media in the current political scenario. The slogans of freedom, left, right and we need, the people are constantly watching everything.
The orgy consists of two tracks running parallel to each other through the characters of the series. One track is of student politics and the other is mainstream politics. Writer Gaurav Solanki may not have had to work too hard on the track on student politics, as he has created scenes incorporating the major faces and developments of student politics that have been in the headlines over the years. However, writing certain scenes of mainstream politics has used some imaginativeness, but being unpredictable, they remain ineffective.
