Yeh Meri Family Review – Rediff.com movies – Rediff.com
Yeh Meri Household is rescued by the actors.
All of them have delivered on the heat and crankiness of a close-knit household with out placing on any hum saath saath hain fakery, observes Deepa Gahlot.
It’s a good factor that the second season of Yeh Meri Household simply has 5 episodes as a result of as soon as the cuteness of bizarre household squabbles wears out, there’s not a lot to carry the eye of the viewer. Even nostalgia — if it may be strongly evoked — can go simply this far earlier than crashing into tedium.
5 years after the primary season of this TVF present, the main focus is on a unique household, the Awasthis, dwelling someplace in Uttar Pradesh.
The narrator is disgruntled 15-year-old Ritika (Hetal Gada), who has the standard teen issues: Lack of privateness, unrequited love, examination stress and a stalker.
Within the first episode, when Ritika is demanding a room to herself, as an alternative of getting to share along with her messy youthful brother Rishi (Anngad Maalolay), their grandmother (Veena Mehta) descends and he or she has to now share her mattress with two individuals, as an alternative of 1.
The tagline of this Amazon miniTV sequence is ‘Winter of Nineties’ which simply means quilts and winter clothes; the point out of bonfires, roasted peanuts, revdis, and so forth is wrapped up within the title monitor, Dekho thand ka mausam aaya, however the highs and lows of the bitter north India winter don’t kind a part of the narrative.
The episodes given names like Apna Kamra, Cable TV, Mum or dad-Trainer Assembly, Occasion, Clean Calls, may have taken place in any decade of the present century, however for the absence of computer systems, cell telephones and OTT.
The period, for many who would possibly keep in mind, is marked within the present with a number of mentions of Aishwarya Rai (who had win the Miss World crown in 1994), Doordarshan, cable TV, Banegi Apni Baat, Chitrahaar, Agneepath, Ruf and Tuf Denims, cassette gamers, push button telephones and newly launched caller id gadgets; the automobiles are Fiats and scooters Kinetic Hondas. The costumes, nonetheless, could possibly be from a small city as we speak.
The mother and father are Neerja (Juhi Parmar), a strict faculty instructor, who has been nicknamed Kiran Bedi, and Sanjay (Rajesh Kumar), a mild-mannered telecom engineer, typically harassed by the town’s useless cellphone traces.
The occasions that transpire within the 5 episodes — Director Mandar Kurundkar is given flimsy materials to work with — aren’t overly dramatic however strengthen the bonds between Ritika and others within the household.
Just like the rebuff from the boy Ritika has a crush on reveals her mom’s softer aspect, as an alternative of the impression that she is at all times consistently fuming ‘ek thappad doongi‘ and at all times saying ‘no’ earlier than even listening to the request.
Her concern of Maths — and who does not have examination nightmares effectively into maturity? — ups her affection for her father.
The mother and father aren’t intentionally discriminatory, however it’s at all times the daughter who’s requested to do family chores, and the 10-year-old brother flashing machismo at that age is just a bit bit discomfiting.
Apart from the clean calls and stalking episode, that may nonetheless recall to mind the phobia each adolescent lady should have suffered previously, the others tales are bland and simplistic.
Everybody feels nostalgic for various issues relying on their very own experiences, except it’s an occasion sufficiently big to induce collective nostalgia. It’s unusual that the put up Babri Masjid turmoil is blanked out, possibly as a result of it interferes with reminiscences of innocence.
The present is rescued by the actors. All of them have delivered on the heat and crankiness of a close-knit household with out placing on any hum saath saath hain fakery.
However it is time to drop the fats greatest good friend stereotype.
Yeh Meri Household streams on Amazon miniTV.
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