Imagine watching a water bottle Falling and your immediati thought is that your best friend would trip on it, Hurt themselves or die in a freak incident. Or when your hands brush past someone you fancy, instead of feeling the thrill of attraction, you withdraw in horror-scared, panicked, teary-dark. While these might not be the regular reactions of someone with a healthy brain, many amongst us, suffering from mental distress and anxiety battle this every day.
This World Mental Health Day, Sony Liv Has Dropped A New Anathology Series with Six Standalone Stories on Various Mental Distresses Such as obsessive disorder Disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more.
What makes this show distinct from typical ones that touch upon real-life issues, is that it ditches cinematic dramatization and information overload for a realistic portrayal of how these Ise Is the EVREDATE Lives of humans. The setup is related, and it feels that we’ve met these characters Around us.
In these Six different stories about mental health, we see a corporate employee fretting about calories, a teenage boyly being bullied in his village, and a man cutting of friend frints afrieds after Ann UGLY BRERGLY. While some of the stories start right from the distressing symptoms, other ease into it.
Shivani raghuvanshi suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder in Malika Kumar’s The Daily Puppet Show (Episode 6)
The show presses on the commonality of such issues and how easy we undermine the numbers. It makes a careful choice to pick up stories across the economy strata, from financially struggling familyies and middle-classes abodes to the upper middle-class and well-to-to-del conditions. Although the show does not delve into the deeper details of disorders, with each episode spanning roughly hal hal, it gives a Fair a Fair Idea of What it to live a special disorder.
The story that I found the strongest was sahaan hattangadi’s purple duniya. The writing and the performance shine in this unpredent tale. Two minutes into the episode, we see a purple rubber duck floating in an apartment, flooded with water, vibing to rave music. Okay, hattangadi, you have my full attention.
We then Meet Our Actual Protagonist, RAAG (Tanmay Dhanania), A 30-YAR-old who lost his job and was dumped by his fiancé a few months ago. Since then, He has Isolated Himself and Doesn’T pick up the calls of his friends and family. Sounds Dark? Well, here’s the twist: He is happy, energytic, and super chill. He sees the world Around Him in the color of purple – traffic lights, nameplates, and even trucks – as he snakes through the roads on his bike at Questionably HIGH Speeds and Keeps Zoning Out.
Tanmay dhanania’s purple duniya (episode 2) is an interesting representation of mental health issues in modern times
Throughout the episode, I found myself googling, trying to decode the issue the episode was dealing with. The story kept me investment through and surprised me towards the end. I wish I could tell more, but anything that i say now would be a spoiler.
My Next Favourite was Sumeet Vyas’s Caged, Helmed by Danny Mamik Along with Hattangadi. Here we see the unlikely bond better TumbbadThe latter gets bullied Around and is Heavily Misundrstood and Lonally. He wants to study life, but his parents are forcing him to take up medicine as a career.
Mohammad samad has given one of the finest performance in the show
Both these characters are wrapped inhibits of their own and find Solace in Each Other’s company. The entry Episode is Poetic and Well-Written. Samad’s Performance is one of the best in the nature series. His Emotions, Inner Struggles, and Suffcoation Resonate Thought the screen.
Next was shreyas talpade’s swagatam, where he is suffering from schizophrenia. He no longer has a job, is supported by his wife, and lives in a constant paranoia of someone chasing His condition has an advanced so much that he hallucinates, but he can’t be left unattended and spends the day with a help group during the day.
Sukriti Tyagi’s Story Gives a Careful Portrayal of Schizophrenic Patients, Treating Them as Humans. The condition is portrayed through near visual trickery, too. All the Scenes with Talpade Have a Dull Yellowish Tint to Them. As Soon as he exits the screen, everything is brightly lit and lively. Swagatam also excels in showing the struggles of Families of Schizophrenic Patients, Who Suffer Physical, Emotional, Social, and Financial Tolls. And while the story’s Momentum Keeps Ebbing, Tyagi’s treatment of the subject is entertaining and informative.
Shweta basu prasad has done an impressive portrayal of a ptsd patient in aditya sarpotdar’s bhanwar (Episode 3)
Shweta Basu Prasad and Priya Bapat’s perforMans were the highlights of the anthology. Both women, one from a village and the other from the City, Dread Intimacy. They cry, shiver and even go breathless at the touch of the opposite gender. They play women success from post-traumatic stress disorder, and their portrayal is one of the best I’ve seen in recent films on the Subject. I want their episode – bhanwar – knew more about what to do with these amazing artists.
Zindaginama has good intenses but isnless to keep up the momentum. While some stories will spendak to you effortlessly, others will fail to keep you investment. The latter ones feel like an unfinished job, with a random Slice of someone’s life being presented. Despite Tackling Important Themes and Lesser-Known Aspects of Mental Health Issues Tactfully, The Show Falters in Execution. Films and Television Shows with Social Messages – Especially Such Sensitive Ones – Need to Walk A Thin Line, Balanging Facts and Information with Entertainment, So they Done Done Done Done Done Done Done Don’s Bollywood. That’s how you keep people glued while Raising Awareness About a Taboo Subject. Because what’s the point of an informational show if an ignorant person gets bored and turns it off?
It does not help that the quality of tone of the six stories oscillate wildly with each episode. While I really want to recommend a more stories out of the anthology, the rest can be easily skipped. Nevertheless, Zindaginama is an earnest attempt at Normalising Mental Health Issues and Humanising People who Sufer from Them, them, and it deserves appreciation for the Sam.
Overall Rating: 6/10
Episodic rating:
Purple duniya: 3.5/5
Caged: 3/5
Swagatam: 2.5/5
Bhanwar: 2.5/5
Puppet Show: 2/5
One Plus One: 2/5
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