Teenage years often convey a raging volcano of complicated feelings, new aspirations, dilemmas, self-doubt, and way more. And that is exactly what Prime Video’s newest unique collection Dil Dosti Dilemma tries to faucet into. The collection contains a younger lady referred to as Asmara (Anushka Sen) as its protagonist; a typical teenager from an uber-rich household, whose total existence revolves round her finest pals’ validation.
She wears trendy garments, speaks vogue, loves to buy and get together, and is embarrassed by any side of her actuality which may not align with the rigorously crafted persona of an aesthetic lady that she has constructed for herself. She will get embarrassed by uncool items from her grandparents and can not seem to share her actual feelings in entrance of her equally pretentious pals.
When her mom realises that Asmara might need grown into an entitled, thankless grownup who has misplaced all respect for her roots, she decides to cancel her two-month-long journey to Canada and ship her to her grandmother’s home in a small city as a substitute, as a punishment.
Revathi Pillai’s character is kind of gullible within the present and has lots of self worth points
What follows subsequent is a predictable sequence of occasions the place the spoilt lady has a tough time adjusting to the small-town life, solely to finish up loving it there. The present evokes tales that we have all heard and seen many instances. Do not be too stunned if it reminds you of the ethical tales of childhood, as a result of it’s equally sugary, if no more. The occasional display screen presence of Shruti Seth, enjoying Asmara’s mom within the collection, whose performing abilities nonetheless appear to be caught in time, would possibly remind you of the favored 90s present Shararat, in the event you have been an ardent fan like me.
Whereas the present makes an attempt to superficially painting advanced feelings that youngsters expertise, it barely offers off the style of actuality. Everybody is just too loving, understanding, and accommodating – the collection typically finally ends up feeling just like the Sooraj Barjatya model of coming of age. It is a world the place nothing as darkish as HBO’s Euphoria would possibly exist. On this Toyland model of the world, a young person can simply turn out to be a torchbearer of morality, and the adults not solely silently comply with, but additionally take pleasure in frenzied celebration of the particular person. It is just like the present has been written by a young person hell-bent on spreading goodness on this planet.
Tanvi Azmi performs Anushka Sen’s grandmother in Dil Dosti Dilemma
The present does attempt to contact upon teenage relationships when it reveals a boy making an attempt to control Asmara’s finest pal Naina into considering that he likes her, solely to make use of her to get to her father, who’s a famend tennis coach. Regardless that he feigns curiosity in her for his ulterior motives and is an skilled at gaslighting, the character remains to be handled in a saccharine method.
The one factor that stood out in regards to the present was the honesty with which it makes an attempt to indicate the sense of self-doubt that seeds deep contained in the hearts of youngsters. It superbly captures that candy spot in adolescence the place innocence and sinfulness co-exist.
Anushka Sen’s character continues mendacity to her pals about being in Canada whereas being in Tibbri Highway
The collection, nonetheless, fumbles the place it ought to indicate related care to its different characters, egregiously portraying Hindi audio system as uncool and outright silly. Vishakha Pandey’s character, as an illustration, comes off as a loud idiot with zero widespread sense, simply because she is from a small city and blurts out incorrect English phrases. Equally, Arjun Berry’s character is appeared down upon simply because he has a wealthy Hindi vocabulary. He and his language are lampooned only for a number of laughs, none of which ever really feel earned.
If you’re on the lookout for one thing that treats its subject material with the seriousness and care it deserves, I might advocate you skip this one. Nonetheless, if you would like one thing operating within the background whilst you wrap up your pending assignments or different chores, you may tune in to this no-brainer collection — or maybe if you take care of a delusional tackle teenage utopia, the place fortunately ever after exists.
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