CAST: Abhishek Bachchan, Nitya Menen, Amit Sadh, Naveen Kasturia, Saiyami Kher
DIRECTED BY: Mayank Sharma
The second season starts exactly where season one ended. The Ravan killer will be kept in a mental asylum for treatment for three years. When things are going fine, another guy named Victor (Naveen Kasturia) helps the killer escape the asylum. He again starts his killing spree, which becomes a headache for the police department. Kabir Sawant (Amit Sadh) takes charge once again in this case.
Abhishek Bachchan continues from his previous season and aces the variations required for his role. He gets to play two characters without any mask. While the transition on paper is absurd and at not point seems like an authentic mental disorder, the actor does well with what he is given.
The show pretty much retains the old characters barring the amazing Naveen Kasturia. The actor gets the best storyline this season. Team Breathe manages to create ultimate drama considering the mystery around him and also succeed in making it all look convincing. There is no denial that there is unbelievable drama around his past but it isn’t as bothering as the rest, so it all works in the favour of just Kasturia.
Nithya Menen opens the season like she is about to own it, but ends up being nothing more than that. So does Amit Sadh, who is just running behind the criminal without any personal growth or progressed character arc. Saiyami Kher is forgotten half of the time but has a good arc which should have been explored.
Breathe: Into The Shadows in both the seasons with its twist set a new benchmark in demanding suspension of disbelief from the audience. When Abhishek Bachchan gets caught, he explains how he got himself caught to execute his plan but then you realise how it is nothing but a convenient plot twist. Nithya Menen ‘s character says that she is against the idea of the alter ego killing people, but is now ready to kill someone. Because family. huh. But there is no struggle or meltdown she is having at her sudden change of character. Also, what’s going on with the absence of CCTV’s in 2022? And why are cops and docs in love with a man who has obviously killed four people. Hard to digest.
It also seems that no psychologists were consulted in creating the split personality disorder characters. The ease with one one character emerges from the other is actually mind bogglingly dramatic.
Naveen’s character at one point is sending pieces of picture which is a proof against Nithya commiting a murder, to the CBI as a puzzle. There is even a CBI officer sitting an tracking that puzzle. How do you expect people to respect a respected agency like the CBI if they are shown not being able to even have the tech to build the missing peices.
The story also does not know where to stop the confusion.
On the whole, quite disappointing.
