| Director | Rahool Mukherjee |
| Writers | Rahool Mukherjee, Aritra Sengupta, Sreejib |
| Cast | Paran Bandopadhyay, Anashua Majumdar, Satyam Bhattacharya, Shantilal Mukherjee, Srijla Guha, Rwitobroto Mukherjee, Chandreyee Ghosh, Kanchan Mullick |
| Episodes | 6 |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama |
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When the patriarch of the Choudhury family decides to fake an illness to get his scattered family together at their mansion-like home he dangles an old treasure hunt to reel them back to the family. However, what starts off as sceptical improbability soon turns into a serious race to the top. However, will the family find real treasure in the midst of all of this mess?
Bengali family dramas are always fun to watch because they are relatable in more ways than one. A dysfunctional family with skeletons in their closet, thus, makes for an entertaining watch but one that is not without its flaws.
There are several members in the Choudhury family and everyone has a different story to tell – the series puts forth everyone’s story in front of the viewers, with a clear goal from the first episode that the main motive is reconciliation. From episode 1, the storyline is put forth in such a way that you know exactly where this is going and the creators have made the conflicts in such a way that we start to rush towards that reconciliation ending after the first few episodes.
With such a big cast of talented actors, adding stories for all of them feels like a gigantic affair. With only 6 20-minute episodes to tell that gigantic tale, it obviously feels forced and without depth. Plus, the conflicts aren’t just petty fights among 4 adults – they are important, complicated stories that need a good amount of time to breathe. With such a short runtime, all of these stories, thus, feel half-baked and somewhat unnecessary as well because we aren’t able to see any of them find a conclusion in an organic way.
Moreover, Dadur Kirti ends up feeling like a sum of these short, half-baked stories strung together oddly with different things happening randomly without much rhyme or reason. And I get it, a seemingly happy family from the outside can have many secrets hidden behind the scenes. But the problems showcased in this series require care and attention; you can’t just brush these traumatic events under the carpet with one tearful hug! The convenient conclusions are unsatisfying and best and take away from the nifty treasure hunt and the humour in that storyline.
Speaking of the treasure hunt – we could’ve done away with that as well. Considering the massive issues that all of these people seem to face, it feels like an afterthought and another unnecessary plot point that everyone seems to forget. The treasure hunt pops up here and there and after a while, viewers will find themselves getting annoyed whenever it comes on screen because the tone in those moments clashes with the other serious moments. Most of the time I was confused about what I was expected to feel – should I laugh at Paran Bandopadhyay’s silly antics or be alarmed by domestic violence? Because both of these things happen one right after another, leaving us confused.
Unsurprisingly, and following the path of every other Hoichoi series nowadays, this ends on a cliffhanger that no one wanted or needed. After rushing for 6 episodes, we don’t stop to show the conclusion that we have been teased with since episode 1 and the series cuts off suddenly with no thoughts spent for the viewer’s sanity, leaving us even more annoyed than before. It’s like watching a therapy session, being privy to a person’s issues and being burdened with them and then not knowing whether or not the person got better or not. That’s great.
Dadur Kirti Review: Final Thoughts
This odd series is an amalgamation of a lot of feelings and maybe that’s why it isn’t able to make us feel something. It’s not funny neither is it thrilling. It’s a little melodramatic but quite confusing nonetheless because the overarching story has no conclusion, the smaller stories are conveniently forgiven and forgotten and we just sit there being burdened with those heavy thoughts without knowing the point of it all. Thank god for Paran Bandopadhyay and his cute presence – the actor always finds a way to win our hearts.
Dadur Kirti is streaming on Hoichoi.
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