바카라˜First Act바카라™: Cast & Crew
Direction: Deepa Bhatia
Cast: Mukesh Chhabra, Darsheel Safary, Shoojit Sircar, Sarika Thakur, Jugal Hansraj, Hetal Gada, Honey Trehan, Tess Joseph, Saloni Daini, Adrija Sinha, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Parzaan Dastur, Ekta Methai, Amit Behl, Ronnish Maini, Aayudh Bhanushali, Om Kanojiya, Khalid Akhtar, Baburao Laad Saheb, Akbar Ali Ansari, Yuvraj Shastri, Nidhi Shastri, Anmol Malik, Manisha Methri, Krinsha Solanki, Narayan Pundlik Lad, Tvisha Solanki, Jiya Sharma, Abhay Shah, Rachit Trehan, Amole Gupte, Payash Jain, Dilip Gulati
Available On: Amazon Prime Video
Duration: 6 Episodes, Around 30 Minutes Each
바카라˜First Act바카라™: Story
바카라˜바카라™ chronicles the journey of child actors and their parents into the Hindi film and TV industry. It takes a searing look at the dark, twisted and painful world of child actors. Through interviews with older child actors, parents, casting directors and filmmakers, the series explores the ecosystem within which children must perform and the challenges they face to achieve the family dream. Will the children be able to fulfil the dreams of their parents? Will the children have to go through unnecessary pressures? Will their parents forget that they바카라™re just kids and not a money-making machine? Well, for all that, you바카라™ll have to watch 바카라˜First Act바카라™.
바카라˜First Act바카라™: Performances
The brings forth some of the most genuine interviews on camera. No one바카라™s acting and they바카라™re all just speaking their hearts out, and therefore the reality of the situation hits you even harder.
바카라˜First Act바카라™: Script, Direction & Technical Aspects
Deepa Bhatia바카라™s writing and direction try to focus on a genuine problem that most Indians living in smaller towns think of 바카라“ What happens to kids on reality shows after they win? Also, where do filmmakers get such small kids to start their acting career so early when kids their age in smaller towns are slogging their asses to study and pass the exams? Well, sheds light on some realistic issues but the way some of the issues have been discussed aren바카라™t up to the mark. The parent바카라™s tales should have been different from that of the kids, which could have given a much better insight into what goes on behind closed doors.
While the show begins on a high note, somewhere down the middle of it, it loses focus and ends up providing almost zero solution of how to rectify or address the issue. Another issue that doesn바카라™t hit home is the duration in which the docuseries has been shot. It seems to have been shot over many years. Because of this, there are quite a few statements made which don바카라™t feel appropriate. There are child artists who say they바카라™re struggling to get work, but some of them have already got some compelling projects under their belt in today바카라™s time.
A very good fact check has been brought to light by the docuseries and that바카라™s around the aspects of a child artist바카라™s life that바카라™s staged for camera on reality shows. Not many people are aware that the back stories that are usually told in reality shows are slightly exaggerated to bring in the necessary effect for the audiences. Deepa Bhatia바카라™s docuseries sheds light on many such aspects beautifully.
Prathamesh Rangole바카라™s cinematography gives such a raw and rugged feel to the docuseries that you feel as if you바카라™re the one sitting on the sofa and giving the interview. You feel like it바카라™s your kid who바카라™s being talked about. You feel like you바카라™re the one responsible for the child바카라™s overall upbringing. Getting that level of clarity in the shots is hard to achieve and making you, as an audience, feel involved in the storyline is even harder. Prathmesh Rangole skilfully manages to get the right balance of both.
The editing by Abhishek Gupta and Snigdha P. Roy is also crisp and to the point. While there could have been numerous such stories and cases and the series could have easily been dragged to 10 episodes, but Abhishek Gupta and Snigdha P. Roy바카라™s sharp restrain on the chopping board made sure that you got the cream of the interviews and things got wrapped up in just 6 episodes.
If there is one thing that바카라™s not up to the mark, it바카라™s Amaal Mallik바카라™s music. While he tries to create the pathos necessary for a serious docuseries like this, he misses the mark by a bit as some of the background music tends to become too jarring eventually making you question the necessity of having it altogether. Rather, a softer and much more sober background score could have brought out the perfect feel and depth of the rather poignant situation at hand.
바카라˜First Act바카라™: Can Kids Watch It?
Yes
Outlook바카라™s Verdict
바카라˜First Act바카라™ definitely brings out some topics that are hard to discuss, but had to be said at some point. At one point in the show, it바카라™s said that we have disclaimers for animal welfare at the start of a film, but don바카라™t have anything for children welfare. That sums up the entire issue at hand. While there are children who are able to make the most of their childhood days as child artists, but there are many as well who can바카라™t handle the instant stardom and get into a world of hardships. Deep Bhatia has very beautifully managed to bring that out in the docuseries. If you바카라™re someone who has a penchant for documentaries and docu-series, this is definitely a decent One Time Watch. I am going with 3Â stars.
