I really didn't like this BL series at all. The story was weak, the timing was all over the place, and I just couldn't connect with any of it. Everything about how it was made felt totally mechanical. To be fair, I'll give credit where it's due—the idea behind the show was actually pretty interesting, and I'm sure some people might like it, but it just didn't work for me. The series is 10 episodes long, and each one runs for about 50 minutes. The main story is about two guys named Punn and Ramil. Punn runs a shop where he fixes up old antiques, and he gets hired to restore a painting in a gallery. Without knowing it, his blood actually ends up freeing a vampire named Ramil who has been trapped inside that painting for 100 years. Ramil comes out without his full powers, so he’s hunted and really vulnerable, which means he has to depend on Punn for help. Punn isn't sure about it at first, but he gets pulled into this secret world of vampires and old feuds, rea...
Veer and Mansi meet at a low key LGBT party. Veer left his fiancé realizing that he can't go on lying about his sexuality. He is in love with his best friend who lives in Delhi (who also happens to be married to a woman because of social pressure). Mansi has also run away form home because of marriage pressure. Her lover lives in Delhi and she decides to go live with her, but turns out she is on a family trip to McLeodgunj. Mansi decides to take a road trip to surprise her and Veer also joins in as her chauffeur, but also since he desperately needs a break after his lover decided that he can't be out socially to be with him. Here starts a road trip of self discovery and revelations. They both realize they enjoy each other's company. When Mansi finally meets her girlfriend, she also cannot make a move because of her parents pressure. Dejected Mansi and Veer decide that this society will not let them be who they really are and maybe they can live together. In a twist of events, Mansi's girlfriend comes around but Veer's future is not that bright.
The story of a lonely and single gay man and a lesbian girl going on a road trip could have been filled with lot of fun elements but here the film's biggest flaw is the pace. It moves very slowly, clearly beach there isn't much to say. The actor south their dialogues so slowly that no one in normal life talks like it. It's like they have all the time in the world and they are enunciating every single word. It started to get on my nerves. The film is also filled with stereotypes. Mansi's parents tell their friend she always wore pants as a child, she is shown to be carefree and messy. Veer on the other hand is quiet, shy guy who happens to be a cleanliness freak. The climax also comes out of nowhere and just doesn't go well with the overall theme of the film. The characters have a back story but its very one-dimensional. Also the way Veer just blurts out the truth about his lover to his wife, was just not done. That was very insensitive and cold. Equally, Mansi’s reconciliation with her parents feels sudden and unearned. On a bright side, the film is shot beautifully in some very calm natural surroundings. It explores notions of self-assertion, platonic love and charting one’s own destiny, a subject that is not very common in Indian films.
Overall, the film ends up being dull and boring and lethargic after a point. You want to play it at double the speed, because trust me you won't miss out on anything. (3.5/10)
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