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PM Selfiewallie (2018)

Before watching this show, if given the choice, I would have picked anarchy over an ignorant social media influencer as the prime minister, but I am glad 'PM Selfiewalie' came just in time to reinforce the potential of a fashion blogger as a country's leader. Of course, the show is a wild exaggeration but the entertainment quotient is high enough to overlook the superficial logic employed to justify the show's plot.

A gullible fashion expert from London is on a vacation in India and faces life-altering events when her long lost grandmother Priyamvada Thakur (Beena Banerjee), prime minister of India, re-establishes contact with her. Priyamvada wants to see Tanya Thakur (Nityami Shirke) elected as the next prime minister during a crisis, setting her up for failure and swooping back into power heroically. Thankfully, Tanya has plans of her own and ends up running the government on her terms. Nityami Shirke's performance isn't half bad and her character of a fashion diva turned politician is good enough.

Writing is fun with some good punches. Supporting characters do a great job at remaining consistent with the giddy, whimsical tone. It's an entertaining watch, with light-hearted, fatuous aspects but the show reflects profoundly on our broken political system.

'PM Selfiewallie' is a political satire where Tanya Bansal is an NRI from New York, who gets kidnapped during her first ever visit India. She happens to be the granddaughter of the Indian Prime Minister, Priyavarda Thakur. The story circles around the crazy adventure Tanya embarks after she is given the responsibility of leading her country to greatness.
As mentioned earlier, the very idea of a political comedy based in India is novel and therefore wins brownie points. The episodes that screened show potential. The timing of the punches and jokes is on point. There are many things that keep the audience engaged. One, is the whacky screenplay – at one point the protagonist takes a selfie with who could be the President of India, another time she takes a selfie with an alleged terrorist – and the other is the OTT but charming performances of the cast. The portrayal of Tanya Bansal as a ‘not-so-intelligent’ girl has been pulled off in a wonderful by Nityami. She’s joined by Pranay Pachauri, Anjali Sivaranaman and Shaan Grover.
PM Selfie Waali, for all its humour, is a new concept and it will take a while for older audiences to get used to the concept of a political comedy. Some of the dialogues might be too harsh for an audience reeling under injustice in real life. Otherwise,the show has made a good effort to portray the Indian Political scenario, but the effort could have been better by using a more practical way of approach.