A syrupy take on corporate squabbles
REVIEW: ‘Cubicles,’ like its first season, makes you perceive the elemental ironies that exist in an IT worker’s life. Even though every cubicle seems to be practically an identical, with every worker performing the same sort of labor; this collection emphasises how each worker is, on the finish of the day, an individual with totally different backgrounds, targets, and philosophies. In a prequel, the story follows Piyush Prajapati (Abhishek Chauhan), an overenthusiastic first-time jobber, and this sequel picks up the place the primary left off, highlighting his gradual transition into a realistic and discrete working skilled.
Director Chaitanya Kumbhakonum and his workforce of writers (Arunabh Kumar, Amit Golani, Avinash Singh, Vijay Verma, Siddhartha Tiwari) efficiently painting the little moments within the lifetime of a company worker, from the Monday blues to bell curve gyaan on appraisal days to the pink slip, by the eyes of the protagonist, Piyush, who additionally serves because the story’s narrator. Because of its easy writing, the present does tickle the humorous bone (particularly when outlining the varied sorts of employee-organisation relationships and referring to them as hookup, delayed hookup, marriage, and extramarital affair) whereas exhibiting essentially the most annoying bits concerning the workplace grind. It additionally makes the entire setup look uncomplicated for even those that are unfamiliar with IT tradition and work.
Nonetheless, the screenplay often gives the look of being written in such a means that it portrays the company world in an excessively beneficial mild. When Piyush started getting repeated calls from the HR departments of different corporations, the entire course of began to really feel somewhat formulaic. It begs the query of why this doesn’t occur within the real-life, as a result of in actuality, for those who wait too lengthy to decide, you’ll miss out on the chance. General, deeper perception into the company jungle and the protagonist’s struggles would have strengthened the drama’s credibility.
The background rating by Anurag Saikia is hummable, particularly the title observe, ‘Mere Mann Mein Shor,’ by Karthik Rao.
Spanning 5 episodes, round half-hour every, what works in favour of the collection is the character arc and their tales which makes the viewers naturally really feel related to them. The entire characters appear plausible. Abhishek Chauhan portrays Piyush Prajapati convincingly. His honest efficiency brings to life the actual persona of a hard-working common Indian working man on-screen. Each Badri Chavan as Gautam and Niketan Sharma as Naveen Shetty aka Ghambir are endearing of their respective roles as teammates who’re extra like family and friends to Piyush. Nidhi Bisht shines as their boss Megha, who’s blunt however calm and supportive of her workers. Newcomer to the workforce Sunaina Chauhan, performed by Ayushi Gupta, gives some natural humour whereas establishing her price to everybody. CMC, which stands for ‘Chuko mat Chauhan,’ is her motivational mantra, which she makes use of to maintain her competitiveness up.
Each Shivankit Singh Parihar as methods man Angad and Khushbu Baid as HR individual Supriya are humorous. Within the scenes the place Supriya conducts interviews with the candidates, particularly throughout value determinations, her emphasis on cost-cutting is so relatable. Jaimini Pathak within the function of a middle-aged man Dilip aka RDX’s backstory is extra akin to a historical past chapter that we take heed to on repeat. It does, nevertheless, strengthen workers’ emotional bonds with each other in addition to with their cubicles.
This second season of ‘Cubicles,’ just like the earlier one, takes us down reminiscence lane with its sensible depiction of the ultra-competitive company world. Having mentioned that, this light-hearted drama is a breeze to look at.
