Parampara Season 2 is a sequel to the Telugu-language crime drama series released on Disney+ Hotstar on 21 July 2022. It is directed by Krishna Vijay L., Viswanath Arigela and Hari Yelleti, who also wrote the screenplay. There are 5 episodes in total with a runtime of about 35-37 minutes.
The cast includes Jagapathi Babu as Mohan Rao, Sritej, R. Sarath Kumar as Nagendra Naidu, Prawin Yendamuri, Naveen Chandra as Gopi, Ishan as Suresh, Aakanksha Singh as Rachana, Naina Ganguly, Aamani, Kasthuri, Murali Mohan, Thotapalli Madhu, Surya, Jogi Brothers, Arjun Ambati, Kedar Shankar, Kamalakar, Teja, Praveena, Divi, Shreya Navile and Rama Devi.
Disney+ Hotstar’s synopsis of the series reads:
The power conflict escalates when Gopi returns with bigger and smarter moves to trump over Naidu. Will Gopi’s ruthless uncle finally get his comeuppance?
-Parampara Season 2 Review Does Not Contain Any Spoilers-
Gopi Comeback with Bigger Guns
The series starts off right from where it left us in the last season, where Gopi tried to kill Naidu at Rachna & Suresh’s wedding. This time as well, the episodes signify what the plot of each episode will be. Episode 1 is titled Gamanam which means movement or progress, the next episodes are Kriya (action), Sthaanam, Chathurangam (army) and Moolyam (price).
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Gopi is then sentenced to 3 years in jail for using an unlicensed weapon and creating a ruckus, has a hard time adjusting to prison life and often gets into fights with the jail officers and even other inmates. He is in turmoil where on one side he blames Rachna for marrying Suresh and on the other, he blames himself for tricking a nice person like her.
But even life in prison is no different from the outside, where the one with power dominates the other. Gopi takes a stand against the workshop supervisor who extorted half of the wage of the prisoners. By tackling him, he wins the trust of a powerful man named Ratnakar who offers him a good position and bail in exchange for Gopi’s services.
When Gopi gets out of jail is when the real game starts, where he tries to win over Naidu at every step. Be it big business deals or upcoming elections, he is always trying to outdo him and stay one step ahead. But will he be able to succeed or get trapped in Naidu’s web again? Honestly, at the end of Parampara season 1, when Gopi says that the game has just started, I had high hopes.
I thought that maybe the next season will show us that Gopi is a bigger mastermind than any of us know and has tricked us all. But no, he is just a man blinded by the rage of revenge and fueled by his out-of-control anger. Sure, he does triumphs over Naidu many times, but he has no strategy or a plan to gain power.
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Fortunately, the episodes aren’t 50+ minutes this time, since there isn’t much to show or keep the viewers engaged. But even the 35-minute episodes feel like a drag. The characters just keep on talking and talking about what they will do and what will happen to the person opposite to them, but it doesn’t transcend into equally thrilling action.
It is like a daily soap opera that is running for years and just trying to stretch the scenes with unnecessary slow-motion scenes & long pauses after every sentence to match the runtime. Gopi says he is doing everything for his father, but it looks like he is just disguising his ambitions of power behind it.
He claims his father would be the best leader who would work for the welfare of the people but when Gopi has that kind of power, he is no different from Naidu and does the same things. How is he different then? He should have rather strategised to win over Naidu’s trust and get everything ready-made for him.
Final Thoughts: Stream It or Skip It?
Parampara Season 2 on Disney+ Hotstar is a skip if you weren’t eager to watch to know what happened after Gopi’s arrest. The sequel doesn’t add anything else to the series, which should have been included in the first season only. I believe the whole series should have been completed in 10 episodes without another season.
We do get to know some more about Rachna’s parents and the reason for their death but the story is still incomplete, as there has been no resolution to Gopi and her relationship. I guess the creator has plans to tell the story in small parts through many seasons.
Parampara Season 2 is streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
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