Criminal Justice Season 2 Review is about Bikram Chandra who is the topmost criminal lawyer of Mumbai with an excellent track record. His reputation as an advocate is great and his relationship with his daughter is also good but there is an uncomfortable silence between him and his better half Anuradha Chandra who is a housewife.
Kirti Kulhari proves her mettle as an actor through this role. Her performance as a woman who suffers from sexual abuse through her husband and her psychological state is aptly depicted. The actor tries to get in the nerve of the character but is left to endless sobbing and the character’s essence is lost in this melodrama. Jisshu Sengupta’s appearance is passable.
Deepti Naval is reduced to an overprotective helpless mother. Pankaj Tripathi is flawless in front of the camera. Though this is not the best-written role for him but his timing and charm gives the role a kick it needs.
Though we always celebrate a courtroom idea like Pink which preached that consent is necessary before getting physical it is a surprise that after the four years of the film’s release the issue of marital rape has been taken up again. Consent is an aspect which is completely sidelined after marriage because of lack of awareness and helplessness when confronting a partner’s action in a lawful relationship.
The woman has all the situations piled up against her. She is pregnant when in jail, her daughter hates her, there are media trials, the advocate is under confident and the cops are curious to frame her. The result is a laboured and boring narrative which is placed at an odd timing and becomes a sob story when you think that the story had meat to it.
The passing glances of the past do not add anything to the story and the melodrama and dialogues dominate everything. The courtroom proceedings are boring and draggy. The show’s comic relief is the equation between newlyweds Mishra and his wife which is a good distraction to the tensioned plot but offers nothing new in terms of story.
Writer Apurva Asrani is loyal to Peter Moffat’s original work but some of the interpersonal relationships seem out of place in the Indian context. Sameer Phaterpekar’s background music builds tension in the story and adds a layer to the storytelling.
The show’s length is its major drawback as it lacks focus and precision. It keeps on extending and becomes very monotonous as it could have ended in less than three episodes than its original length. We have compiled Criminal Justice Season 2 ratings for your convenience.
