Zindabaad Review

The series focuses on Vikram’s character. He is drunkard, who gets irritated at the drop of a hat. Near his home, is a school and every time the children make some noise, Vikram gets irritated. His irritation level is so much that all he wants is the school to get shut down. He even goes to the Education Minister to get the school shut. But he is turned down by the minister. As his irritation for the children increases, one day a mishap happens. The school children are killed in a bomb blast and this devastates Vikram. Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Sayed takes responsibility for the blast and Vikram vows to take revenge for the blast. He phones in a Pakistani show, where Hafiz is a guest and threatens to take revenge for the blast. RAW tracks down Vikram to know who threatened Hafiz on TV. Sanaya Irani works for RAW and visits Vikram at his place. This brings the revelation that Vikram used to work with RAW 15 years ago. Sanaya is disappointed with how Vikram is keeping up with life, and suggests that he doesn’t do anything about the blast. But Vikram gets hold of the person who conducted the blasts and kills him for information.

The concept of the show is interesting. Getting RAW involved in any series definitely raises expectations from the series. Sanaya makes for a good digital debut as a RAW agent. She manages to keep the audience’s attention intact, more than any other cast member. Vikram Bhatt impresses with his turn as the Epic Hero. Sanaya Irani is really good as Sara Sayed, as she goes about her role of a no-nonsense RAW agent with effortless ease. Sana Khan as the ISI agent Benazir looks hot and is impressive in her acting skills. Aniruddh Dave, Pankaj Dheer, Manish Khanna give the needed impetus to the story with their mature portrayals. Special mention to Meherzan Mazda, for giving an awesome performance in the cameo that has been offered to him. The makers could have taken a better child actor to play the part of Santosh, as this character makes an appearance several times in the show.

On the whole, the show is quite watchable, and manages to capture our attention. It is gripping in parts – not the hold-your-breath kind of edge-of-the-seat gripping, but gripping, nevertheless. Still,I expected better. Given the vast body of work behind Vikram Bhatt, it’s not like he’s a novice in the spy thriller genre. He’s the writer of the story, while Sidhant Sachdev takes on the mantle of director. Sidhant’s vision and execution are on spot. Srivinay Salian has written the dialogues, which, to be honest, are really good, showing glimmers of brilliance in between.