A Potpourri of Vestiges Feature
The web has really changed people’s
daily intake of entertainment. The platform not only allows for greater scope
for creativity to the writers and the actors but it also allows the makers to
create content that’s most targeted as opposed to movies and television. While
a majority of the content on the web is curated keeping the youth in mind there
is so much that’s yet to be explored since the platform is still in its early
days. Campus based stories is one such area. While we have had a lot of
interesting campus films over the years the web somewhere hasn’t captured the
space in the same way. However, one exception that comes to mind is Sharan
Kopishety’s The
Grill web series which is streaming on VIU.
The Telugu language series
has everything that one can expect from a campus based series and so much more.
The major challenge with any series is that either the plot is wafer thin or
the characters are not well etched out. So there is always an ongoing tradeoff.
Whether to invest in the plot? Whether to invest in the characters? As
discerning viewers it can be a little frustration as we need both. That’s
precisely where The Grill scores heavily. The ten-episode series is rife with
the kind of content that’s both highly inspiring and immensely relatable. It is
also full of human drama whether comedy, romance or thrill. The series stars Santosh
Shoban, Maira Doshi, Viva Harsha, Sunny K, Sri Ram, Kathyayini, Mirchi Kiran,
Maurya Siddhavaram, RJ Hemanth, and Thagubothu Ramesh.
The VIU original series has
a very interesting premise to begin with. It follows the life of Arjun who is
trying to get back to his mother. Now, his mother is a teacher at a college and
so he joins the very college as an engineering student. There he becomes a part
of a rather odd group of students and gets involved in a series of comic
episodes with his roommates. But things go awry when Arjun and friends get
caught in a bitter rivalry between the college juniors and the seniors. Arjun
subsequently learns that his ex-girlfriend also studies in the same college
which makes the things even more complicated. Will Arjun finally succeed in
uniting with his mother or will the life eventually get the better of him?
Well, you will have to watch the series online to find that out!
The various acting
performances in the series are solid all around and full credit for the same goes
to The Grill web series cast. Santosh Shobhan as Arjun, Maira Doshi as Aaradhya,
and Viva Harsha as Ganesh deserve a special mention for their brilliant performances
which help bring the series to life. The Telugu web drama has something for
everything but the youth will certainly devour the ten episodes in no time. Here
it is also important to highlight the great work done by director Sharan
Kopishety who is best known for his Telugu film Kirrak Party. He not only
deserves credit for eliciting convincing performances from a young cast but
also for succeeding in telling an engaging story with great conviction. If you
are a college student, or would soon be joining college, or miss your college
life then The Grill web series is just for you.
Readers, please feel free to share your opinion by leaving your comments. As always your valuable thoughts are highly appreciated!
People who liked this also liked...
0 comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for sharing for valuable opinion. We would be delighted to have you back.