PM Selfiewallie Review

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.