An interesting battle of wits between a con artist and a badass cop
Evaluate: Because the title signifies, the sequence revolves across the ‘kaand’ (scams) pulled off by Matsya with the assistance of distinctive disguises in numerous essential conditions. And each episode has a particular title, in step with a mythological character or important scenario, particularly from the Mahabharata.
What can also be attention-grabbing is the best way Anand’s teachings from the nice epic are narrated in relation to Matsya. For instance, the primary episode referred to as ‘Abhimanyu’ attracts parallels to the 16-year-young son of Arjuna and Subhadra who fights his method into the Chakravyuha with out figuring out the best way out whereas Matsya is making an attempt to flee from jail disguised because the jail superintendent.
Though cliches are dime a dozen, Shiv Singh’s screenplay retains you hooked. And whereas there are occasions once you’re in a position to predict, the narrative does make you eagerly anticipate what’s going to occur subsequent.
Bollywood has made a number of big-budget heist movies and one which immediately involves thoughts with the protagonist’s completely different seems to be is Dhoom 2, wherein Hrithik Roshan resorts to a number of seems to be — together with an previous lady, a really previous cleaner to a dwarf and even a statue. Nonetheless, director Arun Bhuyan has finished an honest job of narrating this cat-and-mouse chase of a con artist working in locations like Meerut, Delhi and Jaipur and a badass cop on his heels.
At instances, the screenplay does really feel prefer it’s stretching, as within the case of the betting sequence. Credit score to the actors for guaranteeing that the onscreen proceedings at these instances don’t grow to be a yawnfest for the audiences.
Ravii Dubey does full justice to his function and performs Matsya with conviction. Whereas he’s unrecognisable within the varied disguises, his first getup appears to endure from a ‘Kabir Singh’ hangover. He has successfully introduced out the graph of his character, from his youthful days to the coaching years in jail and the sleek operator outdoors. Ravi Kishan does a nice job of enjoying Tejraj Singh and the entry of his character units the cat-and-mouse recreation into movement. Rajesh Sharma appears to relish his half because the crooked betting kingpin Suri Saxena who stops at nothing to recuperate his dues from shedding gamblers. Piyush Mishra, who’s performed a storyteller in Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha (starring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Paduone) is sweet as Anand Pandit, a Mahabharata preaching convict who trains Matsya to make use of his cerebral muscular tissues and grow to be a con artist to avenge the wrongs finished to him as a substitute of killing them and making it straightforward for them to realize salvation. Zoya Afroz and Madhur Mittal are first rate as Patsy’s allies Urvashi and Raju Rajeshwar respectively and lend due assist.
Manufacturing design by Saloni Dhatrak is sweet and cinematographer Manojh Reddy has aptly captured motion in the actual areas of Delhi, Meerut, Jaipur and Sambhar the place the story strikes. Micky Sharma’s enhancing might have been crisper to hurry up the lagging components.
The final couple of scenes of the present point out that there’s extra to Matsya Kaand, and the sport might get trickier and edgier within the subsequent season. To sum up, Matsya Kaand is an attention-grabbing look ahead to the participating storyline and efficient performances by Ravii Dubey, Ravi Kishan, Piyush and Rajesh.
