Teenage years normally carry a raging volcano of complicated feelings, new aspirations, dilemmas, self-doubt, and way more. And that is exactly what Prime Video’s newest unique collection Dil Dosti Dilemma tries to faucet into. The collection encompasses a younger lady known as Asmara (Anushka Sen) as its protagonist; a typical teenager from an uber-rich household, whose total existence revolves round her finest pals’ validation.
She wears trendy garments, speaks vogue, loves to buy and celebration, and is embarrassed by any facet of her actuality which may not align with the rigorously crafted persona of a cultured lady that she has constructed for herself. She will get embarrassed by uncool items from her grandparents and can not seem to share her actual feelings in entrance of her equally pretentious pals.
When her mom realises that Asmara might need grown into an entitled, thankless grownup who has misplaced all respect for her roots, she decides to cancel her two-month-long journey to Canada and ship her to her grandmother’s home in a small city as a substitute, as a punishment.
Revathi Pillai’s character is sort of gullible within the present and has a variety of self-worth points
What follows subsequent is a predictable sequence of occasions the place the spoilt lady has a tough time adjusting to the small-town life, solely to finish up loving it there. The present evokes tales that we have all heard and seen many occasions. Do not be too shocked if it reminds you of the ethical tales of childhood, as a result of it’s equally sugary, if no more. The occasional display screen presence of Shruti Seth, taking part in Asmara’s mom within the collection, whose performing abilities nonetheless appear to be caught in time, would possibly remind you of the favored 90s present Shararat, when you had been an ardent fan like me.
Whereas the present makes an attempt to superficially painting advanced feelings that youngsters expertise, it barely offers off the style of actuality. Everybody is just too loving, understanding, and accommodating – the collection typically finally ends up feeling just like the Sooraj Barjatya model of coming of age. It is a world the place nothing as darkish as HBO’s Euphoria would possibly exist. On this Toyland model of the world, an adolescent can simply turn into a torchbearer of morality, and the adults not solely silently comply with, but additionally bask in frenzied celebration of the individual. It is just like the present has been written by an adolescent hell-bent on spreading goodness on the earth.
Tanvi Azmi performs Anushka Sen’s grandmother in Dil Dosti Dilemma
The present does attempt to contact upon teenage relationships when it exhibits a boy making an attempt to govern Asmara’s finest pal Naina into considering that he likes her, solely to make use of her to get to her father, who’s a famend tennis coach. Though he feigns curiosity in her for his ulterior motives and is an professional at gaslighting, the character continues to be handled in a saccharine method.
The one factor that stood out in regards to the present was the honesty with which it makes an attempt to point out the sense of self-doubt that seeds deep contained in the hearts of youngsters. It superbly captures that candy spot in adolescence the place innocence and sinfulness co-exist.
Anushka Sen’s character continues mendacity to her pals about being in Canada whereas being in Tibbri Highway
The collection, nevertheless, fumbles the place it ought to point out related care to its different characters, egregiously portraying Hindi audio system as uncool and outright silly. Vishakha Pandey’s character, for example, comes off as a loud idiot with zero widespread sense, simply because she is from a small city and blurts out incorrect English phrases. Equally, Arjun Berry’s character is regarded down upon simply because he has a wealthy Hindi vocabulary. He and his language are lampooned only for a couple of laughs, none of which ever really feel earned.
In case you are searching for one thing that treats its material with the seriousness and care it deserves, I might advocate you skip this one. Nevertheless, in order for you one thing working within the background whilst you wrap up your pending assignments or different chores, you possibly can tune in to this no-brainer collection — or maybe if you take care of a delusional tackle teenage utopia, the place fortunately ever after exists.
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