The locations feel like home, the narrow lanes feel lived-in. After Panchayat, this is another show whose fictional characters we would want to befriend or at least have a word with
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Cast: Jameel Khan, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Vaibhav Raj Gupta, Harsh Mayar, Sunita Rajwar
Director: Shreyansh Pandey
Language: Hindi
TVF (The Viral Fever) continues to be the pioneer content creator in today’s time. Owing to their engaging and entertaining content, the content creator has made a household name for themselves. Ever since its evolution, TVF has continued to be the path-breaking in the digital entertainment sector that has always delivered the content that resonates with the audiences and one among them is light hearted family entertainer ‘Gullak’.
Gullak means piggy bank. And the show that’s been made on this name has reached its season four. The Mishras have neither expanded nor evolved, it’s somewhat in the same rigmarole that makes a family dysfunctional and yet so dazzling. What would a family be if not for its conflicts and charismatic characters. But the world of Gullak is tilted more towards the ordinariness of Khosla Ka Ghosla than the flashiness of Dil Dhadkane Do. All these people were flawed that made them humans. And this show by Sheyansh Pandey highlights the mundaneness of the middle class and how it derives gratification out of the smallest of incidents.
The battle between growing up and maturing
That could be the driving force of season four. There are routine yet amusing arguments and altercations at home. There are crushes in schools and offices. There are conflicts at home too. It’s all about Aman Mishra’s adulting pinned against his father and mother’s parenting. But what powers Gullak is how unhinged it is in its display of saccharine simplicity. And the cast is spotless and devoid of vanity. Jameel Khan’s face could light up the dullest of proceedings so how about casting him in a show that itself wants to light up things.
The locations feel like home, the narrow lanes feel lived-in. After Panchayat, this is another show whose fictional characters we would want to befriend or at least have a word with. If Raghubir Yadav’s prowess combined with naïveté gave us a Sarpanch we would want to root for, the Mishras here are a bunch of sweet cocoons we would open our hearts to. But it’s curious to notice how far Gullak has come in its journey, with each season unraveling a different dynamic. The only territory left to veer is dark, the shades have long back gone grey. No idea if 50 or more.
Rating: 3 (out of 5 stars)
Gullak Season 4 is now streaming on Sony LIV
