I had at one point loved fresh series then stopped watching once it turned soap opera. After Ritu was exposed killed and Capt Abhimanyu entered competing Rajveer as Naina mentor, the series slipped from mission. I stopped watching. Missed track end when new batch came amidst reports the stars of this story had become too big and demanding falling out with producers. Sadly the producers had once killed a fresh series on youth and college in Banegi Apni Baat repeated same mistake here. It was an anti climax. Read years later on internet Rajveer was killed off lamely.
The new cadets, teachers had en extended run with the main villain Lala Gehlot. They killed him after another extended soap opera. Just like fan fav classic Star Trek and The Next generation, this transition was too sudden unconvincing. One actually wished characters behaved more like real people in this run and there was a more satisfying end to Rajveer-Naina track instead of ending it abruptly in Devdas like tragedy! Rajveer character was too strong and smart to end in such an amateur joke. Couldn't producers have used his set deadline to exit better?
Cadet Alekh was the best character of younger lot whose background story as a juvenile prisoner needed some time. He was the Jai in any Jai Viru scenario with loud mouth Huda. The series suffered due to surrealness. No Army Captain will tolerate a wreck like Huda long before kicking him out of Academy. A cadet who uses public announcement system to defame his colleague cadet and a captain teacher accusing their relationship, like he owned the girl after being an emotional wreck will not be in campus a second more for creating such bad situation. Women have served forces for long and MCPs like Major Nair with their full anti-women bias to women would never be an Academy teacher. In retrospect find it much juvenile. Stand out is Priyankaa Bassi's intense acting, strong, determined, emotional, vulnerable. She deserved a better in Bollywood. How I wish Indian TV show makers learnt to end storylines in time logically than make a stale soap opera stretching and destroying it.
Synopsis/Review by Vikas Bhatt!
The new cadets, teachers had en extended run with the main villain Lala Gehlot. They killed him after another extended soap opera. Just like fan fav classic Star Trek and The Next generation, this transition was too sudden unconvincing. One actually wished characters behaved more like real people in this run and there was a more satisfying end to Rajveer-Naina track instead of ending it abruptly in Devdas like tragedy! Rajveer character was too strong and smart to end in such an amateur joke. Couldn't producers have used his set deadline to exit better?
Cadet Alekh was the best character of younger lot whose background story as a juvenile prisoner needed some time. He was the Jai in any Jai Viru scenario with loud mouth Huda. The series suffered due to surrealness. No Army Captain will tolerate a wreck like Huda long before kicking him out of Academy. A cadet who uses public announcement system to defame his colleague cadet and a captain teacher accusing their relationship, like he owned the girl after being an emotional wreck will not be in campus a second more for creating such bad situation. Women have served forces for long and MCPs like Major Nair with their full anti-women bias to women would never be an Academy teacher. In retrospect find it much juvenile. Stand out is Priyankaa Bassi's intense acting, strong, determined, emotional, vulnerable. She deserved a better in Bollywood. How I wish Indian TV show makers learnt to end storylines in time logically than make a stale soap opera stretching and destroying it.
Synopsis/Review by Vikas Bhatt!