Zeroes Review

'Zeroes' is the story of three losers in life, Steve, Lucky and Brijesh, who revel in their nothingness. Steve, aka Satyanand Tripathi, is a fanatical fan of Steve Jobs. He walks, talks, dresses like Jobs, and munches apples all the time! Shivankit Singh Parihar gets into the character of Steve with aplomb. In one hilarious scene, at the local chaiwala’s tapri, he even dips an apple wedge into his tea and bites into it, instead of a biscuit like the rest of us. The other two zeroes are Lucky, played by Abhinav Anand, and Brijesh Patel, your stereotypical Gujju spoilt brat living it up, courtesy his rich Pappa (that’s how Gujjus say Papa, for the uninitiated). Badri Chavan does the honors of playing Brijesh. Abhinav is outrageous in the role of an out-of-work kleptomaniac, while Badri’s perpetually surly look is enough to make us break out into laughter. The story revolves around the three friends who are more worried about their positions in the start-up rather than the product for the deal. They hire a sales manager, Pammi. The series is packed with punches and witty humor. The comic timing of each actor is amazing. The punches in the script will leave the viewers laughing for hours. The role played by Shivankit Singh as a hardcore Steve Jobs fan is bang on. The sales manager’s role is also hilarious.

But all this you got it as a light-hearted, satire -laden parody of the real thing; and it has us rolling on the floor with the hilarity of it all. A Dhanush doppelganger has us in splits with his antics. In fact that entire segment, featuring him and a Laurel and Hardy duo, is one of the best segments of the series, in my opinion.

Zeroes are the perfect series for anyone who wishes to have a good laugh with their friends.