A raw, sometimes random yet relatable show about boys
REVIEW: Whoever stated mid-life disaster is essentially the most difficult clearly hasn’t watched ‘Feels Like Residence’. Welcome to Banchod Nivas – it’s a home the place a bunch of younger males are in a day by day hustle known as life. Whereas Lakshay’s (Prit Kamani) reply to each drawback is partying, his BFF Avi (Vishnu Kaushal) can’t appear to recover from why his girlfriend Mahima (Inayat Sood) is so over him. Then there’s Sameer (Anshuman Malhotra) – the ‘Sasta Ghalib’, however is the one voice of motive on this mad home.
Their loopy chemistry will get crazier when an under-19 budding cricketer from Ghana Akhil Gandhi (Mihir Ahuja) joins them because the fourth occupant of Banchod Nivas.
At an idea degree, it is a excellent recipe to create random but relatable moments within the life of those younger males. And all through the present, it stays a little bit of successful or a miss, as their conditions vary from banal to weird. Whereas the premise of the present is closely borrowed from cult originals like ‘FRIENDS’, the subplots are distinctively desi and unique. Phrases like pencho and OG are generously used together with informal gaali-galauj as a part of the pleasant banter.
That the present is completely from the male perspective is refreshing however it does handle to throw in an episode or two devoted to what ladies need too.
Efficiency-wise, it appears the temporary for the boys, no pun supposed, was to drop their shirts and be over-the-top, at most occasions. Whereas it really works in most conditions there are occasions it feels overdone. Prit Kamani has essentially the most tough position, to be unreasonably loud always, and as Sameer places it, his issues really really feel ‘privileged and first world’.
Anshuman Malhotra could be very aptly solid because the sane and sorted Sameer (for essentially the most half) and so is Mihir, because the younger and susceptible Akhil Gandhi. Vishnu Kaushal’s heartbreak child act stretches effectively past its welcome. Particularly, as a result of we by no means actually get to see the issue between his girlfriend and him. Dolly Singh’s half is fascinating in the best way it’s tackled and it’s heartening to see creators dealing with such tales with out stereotyping the characters.
In its first season, ‘Looks like Residence’ begins many tales however doesn’t essentially conclude them, leaving a cue for extra seasons. It’s a slice-of-life present the place younger males and their vulnerabilities take the centre stage. Whereas it doesn’t at all times really feel prefer it’s actual, there are a lot of moments that appear uncooked and refreshing – one thing that makes this present harmlessly entertaining.
