BLUF

A man accused of a crime commits suicide in the prison. His son stumbles upon evidence that the death framed as suicide may be a murder instead. This is the story of how the son uses the intricacies of the system to get back at the culprits.

THE MEAT AND THE POTATOES

In Bicchoo ka Khel, Divyendu’s character seems to be an extension of his Munna Bhaiya avatar from Mirzapur, albeit less evil. In most scenes, also shot in Uttar Pradesh, the comparison is but evident, in his actions, accent, and depiction.

The story of a good for nothing guy, in love with a rich father’s daughter looking to figure out how to get to the criminals who staged his father’s murder and trying to ace the loopholes in the law to reach his goal, is fun in parts but clichéd in others.

The show has a 90’s feel to it and the background score is rehashed music from the same decade.

IN THE ZONE

Divyendu could by now be the resident UP Gangster of the entire Streaming universe. The story derides the legal procedures in India and also features Trishna Mukharjee, Anshul Chauhan, Mukul Chadda, Satyajit Sharma, and Rajesh Sharma in key roles. The series is directed by Ashish Shukla. The cinematography is great, though the feel is less of a show and more of a drama. The writing is made to order quirky given the UP gangster

FWAR

Nothing original. Ekta Kapoor School of Profanity is hard at work. The saving grace is the brilliant yet dangerously stereotyped Diveyendu as a Munna bhaiya avatar.

WHAT WE LOVED: Divyendu.

WHAT WE MISSED: The depth of the story to be an authentic loophole the law storyline. Bad research and really haphazard narrative.