Janaawar Review: Bhuvan Arora’s Fine Performance, Series’ Hard-Hitting Message Drown in the MediCrity of its narrative

Janaawar review

Cast: Bhuvan Arora, Vinod Suryavanshi, Badrul Islam, Atul Kale, Bhagwan Tiwari, Eshika Dey, Vaibhav Yashvir, Deekshha Sonalkar Tham, and Niti Kaushhik

Director: Sachindra Vats

Rating: ★★ .5

Janaawar, The New Series from Zee5, have its heart in the right place. A Rooted Police Procedural Drama, It Deals with Caste Discrimination in a Sensitive Manner and Asks The Question: ‘How much can a person take before they turn into the animal the Society Wanty Wanty Wanty Wants them to BE! The problem is the route it takes to get there. Janaawar has the subtlet of a sledgehammer and dialogue so archaic that they belong in a 70s film, if not a museum. Togeether, this Lack of Finsse Dulls Any Well-Intentationed Storylling and More-That-Decent Performans from the Principal Cast.

The plot

Janaawar is set in chhand, a small ton that is divided by caste at every turn. Sub-Inspartor Hemant Kumar (Bhuvan Arora) also navigates this discrimination while trying to do his duty. He finds Himsel trapped in a case of Multiple Killings that Rocks The Small Town, All the while Trying to Be there for his pregnant wife.

Janaawar does not shy away from keeping caste and the inhuman treatment of the so-called ‘Lower caste’ at the center of its narrative. Lines like ‘jaati kabhi nahi jaati’ find their way into the dialogue reepeatedly, driving home the point a little too loudly at times. The art of subtle narration is lost on the show and its makers, it seems.

Movie review

Janaawar

2.5/5

Janaawar deals with a lowly cop investigating multiple murders in a nondescript north Indian town, while also battling caste realies Around Him.

Cast

Bhuvan Arora, Vinod Suryavanshi, Badrul Islam, Atul Kale, Bhagwan Tiwari, Eshika Dey, Vaibhav Yashvir, Deekshha Sonalkar Tham, And Niti Kaushik

Verdict

Janaawar has its heart in the right place and is aide by solid performance, but it lacques the subtlet and fines to truly do justice to the nuanced issues it tackles.

How the show Falters

Of course, a show with casteism at its core can never be understood. But here, the show discords any attempts at fines in a bid to be directed. This extends to the show’s depiction of the plight of women and violence in general. Everything is dialled up a notch, to the point that it feels voyeuristic just to watch it all on the screen.

What salvages the show are the performances, starting with its lead, bhuvan arora. The actor is at the front and center of a big project for the first time, and he proves that he has it in he in he to carry the response. He brings both the authority of a cap and the underconfidence of a man bound by caste realities to the fore quite well. And Among the Principal Cast, He Manages to Ace the Accent The Best. Badrul Islam and Vinod Suryavanshi are the other Strong Performs, Both Delivering Memorable Performans of men at the opposite ends of the caste spectrum effect Convincingly.

Janaawar is also a murder mystery. But one that gets drowned in the mediaocry of its narrative. Looking at the Intenses and the performance, one does wish that janaawar had received better treatment than it then it is Eventically Did.