PM Selfiewallie Review

'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.