‘Journey’ Review: Director Cheran’s web series is a disappointing watch – India Today

Director Cheran is a Tamil filmmaker recognized for his sensible portrayal of complexities in human relationships in his movies. His final directorial enterprise was ‘Thirumanam’ in 2019, which ended up being a failure. After 4 years, Cheran is all set to make his OTT debut with ‘Journey,’ now streaming on SonyLiv.

The story revolves round 5 characters — Ameer Sultan (Kalaiyarasan), Divya Bharathi (Latha), Raghav (Prasanna), Nitesh (Kashyap Barbhaya), and Pranav (Aari Arjunan) — who’ve reached the ultimate spherical of interviews at an vehicle firm. The corporate’s proprietor (Sarathkumar) can choose just one individual for the job, which affords a month-to-month wage of Rs 4 lakh. The 5 candidates have completely different motives for securing the job, and their backstories unfold over the nine-episode collection.

‘Journey’ is a present about these 5 completely different characters who undergo difficulties of their respective lives. Nitesh is ousted from his residence for a mistake he dedicated. Latha realises her potential when a person teaches her agriculture, whereas Pranav is a social activist, who takes a leap into politics. In the meantime, Ameer is preventing a case through which he has been falsely accused. Raghav, who’s employed within the US, is compelled to return to India resulting from sudden coverage adjustments.

Here is the trailer of ‘Journey’:

The collection goals to discover the themes of ambition, perseverance, battle, emotion and oppression. Whereas the intention of ‘Journey’ stays pure, director Cheran does a half-baked job of exploring the matters intimately. As a substitute, the present is filled with too many stale concepts, which makes it a tedious watch. The episode the place Latha learns agriculture reminds us of the umpteen movies the place we’re compelled to study agriculture.

Raghav’s life within the US and the problems he faces resulting from visa coverage adjustments ring a bell. Nonetheless, this portion is shoddily made and barely scratches the floor. Although it portrays the struggles of migrants, it hardly affords a nuanced take. The identical goes for Nitesh and Pranav’s parts. Ameer’s life touches on some essential matters, nevertheless it will get buried within the bigger scheme of issues.

Nonetheless, probably the most absurd sequence is when actor Jayaprakash turns into a low-budget Sherlock Holmes to spy on the 5 interview candidates on the pretext of analysing their true capabilities.

‘Journey’ may have been an impactful collection had it integrated some new concepts.

2 out of 5 stars for ‘Journey’.

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