Gram chikitsalay review
Cast: Amol Parashar, Vinay Pathak, Akansha Ranjan, Anandeshwar Dwivedi, Akash Makhija, Santoo Kumar
Director: Rahul Pandey
Star Rating: ★★★
TVF’s New Show Gram Chikitsalay will most definitely give a sense of déjà vu for viewers who love panchayat. These stories of India’s heartland, told with a mix of humor and satire, never hurt. I want to see more of them, Told with Nuance and Heart. However, the problems arise when the same template becomes a bit too visible to the eye of the Viewer, which is just the case with the new show Gram Chikitsalay. You know how this going to go even in the first episode. That sense of predictability is the main symptom of this new show created by Deepak Kumar Mishra and Arunabh Kumar. Turns out, it is bot a blessing and a curse. (Also Read: Like Mcu, Why Not A Village Cinematic Universe?: ‘Panchayat’ Director)
The Premise
Gram chikitsalay begins on an ardent note, as the first episode places the Viewer in the Village of Bhatkandi. People have their own rules here, that our city-bred protagonist Dr. Prabhat (Amol Parashar) will have to Learn Rather Quickly. Dr. Prabhat is here on a mission, Driven by the Hot-Blooded Conviction of Doing Something Noble for the People of Bhatkandi by Making Sure the Local Healthcare Unit Runs Smothly. His high hopes mouted on a high pedestal songs when he sees the condition of the unit- where the blood pressure pressure cuff has become a teeing toy for rats, the equipment for opening of the right, and the same Government-PRESCRIBED Medicines Missing Entrely from the registry.
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Compounder Phutani (Anandeshwar Dwivedi) and Ward Boy Govind (Akash Makhija) are Dr. Prabhat’s Local Wing Men. They inform dr prabhat of his main adversary- Vinay Pathak’s Chetak Kumar, the ‘Jholachap’ Doctor Who Confidently Runs His Medical Unit Without Having Any Clue of Medicines. Prabhat will realize that he needs to gain the trust of the villagers. Only then will they Trust a new doctor.
Then there is Dr Gargi (Akansha Ranjan Kapoor), The Other Resident Local Doctor who serves as an Occsyional reminder for Dr Prabhat that there will no end to his problems About how bad things are here. HIS dimaag ki batti Moment needs that push. Thankfully, the makers don’t add an unnecessary romantic angle here and keep the bond strictly professional. The Solo Voice of Reason and Duty Comes With Nurse Indu (Garima Vikrant Singh), but things get complicated when her son Sudhir (a Terrific Supporting Turn from Santoo Kumar) The Mix.
What works
Gram Chikitsalay is boosted with a Winsome Sense of Tone. The screenplay and dialogues by Vaibhav and Shreya Find a Specificity for how the conversations unfold in a place like bhatkandi, where solutions are never found in a day. The plot mechanics might feel stretched, but it is available mirrors the EveryDay Realities of this Rural Socio-Economic Fabric, Where Dr Prabhat will truly Need to Shed His Inhbits and Prejudices, and Try to Place Himself in the context of these underprivileged people. Girish kant’s lens finds the right distance in place Prabhat Amid these distant surrounddings, which chandrashekhar prajapati’s editing Never Betrays the unhurred tone of the show.
Amol Parashar is unsurprisingly Sincere and wonderful as the man trying to makecommodate his sense of Ambition with his status as an outsider. He injects life into a role that is slightly underwritten, which becomes an issue for the show’s overall impact. Vinay Pathak is given too less to make a mark, while akanksha Ranjan kapoor’s supporting turning satlayyly exists to show prabhat how unprepared he is to factor the reality of his situation.
The Missteps Arise in the Meandering Subplots, One Involving Rival Local Politicians, and Another in the search of a Missing box of vaccines. The show seems to have been envisioned in a compartmentalized fashion, where one episode deals with one issue and then moves on to the next episode with another thread. Gram chikitsalay suffers from a case of narrative inrtia, where the show thinks through every detail but rarely acts upon it with a stricter gaze. Why Hurry, then? Good Intenses Alone Cannot Supice for a Show Like this. This is a diagnosis the makers need to take into account if gram chikitsalay aims to make a second run at prescibing good, wholesome television for viewers.
