CAST: Priya Bapat, Sandeep Kulkarni, Eijaz Khan, Atul Kulkarni.
DIRECTOR: Nagesh Kukunoor
Season 2 of the show picks up from the volatile climax episode of Season 1.
Amey Rao Gaikwad (Atul Kulkarni), the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, is now restricted to his wheelchair after an attack on his life.
His daughter Poornima Rao Gaikwad (Priya Bapat) makes herself the Chief Minister with the support of cop-turned-politician Wasim Khan (Eijaz Khan), and ex-Home Minister Jagdish Gurav (Sachin Pilgaonkar), after removing her druggie brother, Ashish (Siddharth Chandekar).
Season 2 sees the father-daughter go against each other to seize power.
City Of Dreams Season 2 is written by Nagesh Kukunoor and Rohit Banawlikar, directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, and produced by Applause Entertainment and Elahe Hiptoola.
Priya Bapat is the most prolific character arc of this series, and we love the way in which her character has been evolved this season.
As Poornima, she is calm yet sharp and effusively lethal when required. Priya Bapat elevates this character portrayal with grace and dignity. Atul Kulkarni‘s aggrieved ego act is similarly extraordinary.
Eijaz Khan is perfect as Wasim Khan and delivers an unobtrusive execution conveying his character’s flamboyance, sharp undercover aptitude, and overreaching political naiveness adroitly.
Sachin Pilgaonkar is excellent as the shrewd Jagdish Gurav.
Shriyam Bhagnani, as Tanya, and Addinath Kothare, as Mahesh, are great additions.
Shriyam, especially, is energetic as a character. Shishir Sharma, Sushant Singh, Flora Saini, Sandeep Kulkarni, Divya Seth, Ankur Rathee, all prop up the narrative at specific times.
New characters like Jagan Anna (Sushant Singh) and Arvind Mehta (Ankur Rathee) are like caricatures and totally irrelevant to the narrative so far. Similarly, Tanya Mehta, though an intriguing character, doesn’t bring much value to the basic storyline of the series.
The climax is and knocks the wind out of our lungs.
Time-tested sub-plots through the show like the quintessential Hindu-Muslim thread to trigger riots and score political points; secret temple marriages; etc. seem so 1970 Bollywood.
Sangram Giri does a nice job on camera capturing the sights and sounds of Mumbai. Tapas Relia’s background score does its work of augmenting the cinematography at the relevant times.
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