Candy review: Ronit Roy, Richa Chadha bring alive a dark, psychological thriller veiled under a rural legend | Web Series News

Sweet internet sequence

OTT platform: Voot Choose
Director: Ashish R Shukla
Forged: Richa Chadha, Ronit Roy
Rankings: 3.5/5 Stars

Directed by Ashish R Shukla, Voot Choose’s unique internet sequence Sweet starring Richa Chadha and Ronit Roy within the lead will shock you with its gritty narrative intertwined with a homicide thriller, medication and trauma.

Get able to dive deep because it’s an immensely layered and twisted storyline.

The thriller begins with a ugly homicide of a college scholar Mehul in a village named Rudrakund, positioned within the scenic hills of Uttarakhand. Though, at first, it could come throughout as a basic whodunnit homicide thriller, ‘the reality is larger than it appears’, fairly just like the makers foreshadowed within the eight-episode sequence.

Ronit Roy as Jayant Parekh and Richa Chadha as DSP Ratna Sankhwar are launched as two separate however sturdy entities, effortlessly capturing your consideration.

Whereas Jayant is a college instructor at RVS who deeply cares for his college students, particularly Mehul, the homicide sufferer, DSP Ratna is a no-nonsense cop who heads the police division within the village.

As we dig deeper, Ratna is uncovered as a corrupt cop in a love affair with a drug peddler Vayu Ranaut whereas Jayant is a grieving father attempting to resolve Mehul’s homicide as redemption for dropping his daughter.

There’s a operating supernatural theme within the present as nicely, of Masaan, a red-eyed demon or a rural legend that haunts villagers? It’s laborious to inform.

Mehul’s shut buddy Kalki Rawat performed by Riddhi Kumar is hellbent on Masaan being the killer however the perpetrator appears to be residing among the many residents of Rudrakund.

Shrouded underneath this supernatural story is a darkish story of medication, bullying, damaged household relations and sexual assault. Every episode unveils a distinct chapter and each time you suppose you’ve solved the puzzle, a free strand emerges.

The setting of the sequence is within the stunning hilly areas of the North with breathtaking valleys – a spot which might by no means be suspected to be a murderous haven or centre of drug manufacturing. This completely symbolizes the darkness residing inside stunning issues – one other theme foreshadowed by the makers.

Coming to the story which is written by Debojit Das Purkayastha and Agrim Joshi, because it broadly revolves across the drug ‘Sweet’, the visuals have a psychedelic tint to them. This exhibits how the cinematography brings alive the core of the story, which is spectacular.

Because the thriller progresses, we notice that everybody within the small metropolis is hiding secrets and techniques from one another, besides, Professor Jayant.

He’s the voice of motive, fact and justice within the sequence and has a comforting presence not only for his college students but additionally the viewers. However he is additionally helpless when confronted with lies and deception. Solely the viewers is fortunate sufficient to study the reality and be burdened by the whys and hows.

All in all, Sweet isn’t a PSA for medication however a narrative of a corrupt system that was uncovered after the demise of a younger life.

In truth, it’s additionally a narrative of trauma and complicated psyches, one which is able to stick with you after the present ends.