edited by: Bohni Bandyopadhyay
Last Update: January 26, 2023, 2:36 PM IST
Web series often delve into stories of terrorism, with the usual suspects being RDX, bomb blasts, killing political leaders and killing dozens of men and women. It is getting a bit tiring and even boring. Can’t the producers, writers and directors think of something more enjoyable: a love story for example. Or a bank robbery in which community bashing is not necessary. I am tired of one episode after another with agencies like police or NIA trying to nab terrorists planning big blasts. And, what’s more, we all know how the series will end with the culprits being caught.
Srijit Mukherjee’s Jaambaz on ZEE5 is a classic example of Hindustani trying to sell old wine in a new bottle, only that this concoction never gets old. And on the part of Mukherjee – who gave us some interesting and new things like autographs, Shahjahan Regency and Da Vinci – I was very disappointed.
Well, what about the brave Hindustan? It is about two female investigating officers: Regina Cassandra’s Kavya Iyer (don’t ask me why she would play a Tamil girl), who has a young son Reyansh Gupta (Jihaan Hodar) and a single mother. The only Tamil words they speak are “amma” and “patti” (grandmother)! The other officers are Mahira Rizvi, Mita Vashisht is the head of the NIA in Guwahati. For some strange reason, she talks through clenched teeth!
Together they track down a criminal who is in possession of a cache of RDX and has carried out two blasts in Assam that killed a chief minister. He is planning a third plan in Kerala, and Kavya is desperately trying to stop the third in Kochi. The range runs north-east and from Rajasthan to Kerala.
Of course, it doesn’t take long to guess how Jaambaz will end. However, Cassandra is interesting as a police officer who is posted on deputation to the NIA in Guwahati. She shows her steely side to tackle an outstanding terrorist. The cat-and-mouse game she plays is amusing, and the series is well-mounted and perceptive.
The finale is played out on the backwaters of Kochi with a thrilling boat chase that is not to be missed.
But I hope next time Mukherjee doesn’t get on the same old bandwagon of terrorists and cops chasing each other. We need novel ideas and stories, please.
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