JioCinema’s newest medical drama Doctors takes place in the high-stakes environment of the Elizabeth Blackwell Medical Centre in Mumbai where personal and professional issues create a thrilling environment for its doctors to navigate. Following Dr. Nitiya Vasu, who is starting her medical residency there, she joins the team with a shocking vendetta against her mentor Dr. Ishaan Ahuja. However, as she learns more about Ishaan and the circumstances in the hospital, she starts to have a change of heart and starts a torrid relationship. On the other hand, several situations catapult the lives of the doctors into disarray.
The series has 8 episodes, each with a runtime of around 30 minutes.
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Doctors JioCinema Cast
Sharad Kelkar, Harleen Sethi, Aamir Ali, Viraf Patell, Vivaan Shah
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Doctors Series Director
Sahir Raza
Doctors Review
2024 series Doctors is a messy, MESSY show full of messy people who make everything around them messy. In an already difficult situation of an emergency room where people are constantly being wheeled in with different problems, the personal lives of these doctors seem more entangled and problematic. However, the series’s constant need to throw some sort of a googly into the mix becomes evident and stale quickly and viewers will be able to catch on to what’s going on pretty quickly.
The series has a core storyline of fixing Dhaval’s botched surgery years ago by Dr Ishaan, played by Sharad Kelkar. The former’s sister Dr Nitiya arrives at Ishaan’s hospital with a clear mission to get revenge for what Ishaan did to Dhaval, but it becomes evident early on that these two are totally gunning for each other from the moment they lay eyes on the other. The revenge plotline falters and feels half-baked from the start because Nitiya doesn’t seem like she’s too interested in revenge. The trickle truthing of what happened to Dhaval is also extremely cliched and annoying, not to mention unnecessary.
Their romantic relationship also feels forced a bit odd and considering the timeline of the series feels both slow and fast, it’s difficult to understand and relate to their relationship because it feels extremely expedited. I also felt that the series adds too many health topics that are “trending” right now but doesn’t give it the proper space to breathe. The conclusions are rushed and a little blinding and don’t impact you in a way that feels relevant.
That being said, Doctors is so thoroughly bingeable. Although every few minutes feels like you’re in a never-ending rollercoaster, the series goes by in a blur with so many different things happening at the same time that we don’t have the time to mull things over. Consequently, it’s thoroughly entertaining and delivers one twist after another, taking you on a wild ride full of intrigue. The relationship between the doctors is also a point of both confusion and entertainment – the series forces everyone to get into relationships with each other, and it almost feels incestuous at some point. However, it also turns out to be quite entertaining in a way where you don’t really have to think too much about anything.
In the end, thus, the JioCinema series is surface-level and doesn’t truly explore the themes that it brings forth. It’s 30-minute episodes rush by like a breeze but nothing really sticks. It’s good entertainment, sure, but that’s about it. Kelkar is great as Ishaan, but I didn’t get the same from Sethi, whose performance is extremely hot and cold. Aamir Ali is fine as Dhaval, but his character is rotten and makes you furious more than anything else. The problem in this, however, is that we don’t get to see Dhaval more than whatever surface-level revenge thing is going on, although the entire series hinges on his relationship with Nitiya and Ishaan. The others are fine as well, although most of the characters are there to add drama more than anything else.
Final Thoughts
Doctors on JioCinema is fine, but nothing spectacular. It’s a lot like those medical dramas that go on for years and add as much drama into the mix with the most bizarre storylines as possible. It’s entertaining and fast-paced but thoroughly forgettable… maybe that’s what will make it work for many viewers.
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