The Great Indian Murder-Inconsistant story telling

The Great Indian Murder-Hotstar Original Series

From fab to drab to drag,The Great Indian Murder is so inconsistant in it's story telling.Co produced by Ajay Devgan and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia,it is based on the story Six Suspects by Vikas Swarup.

Vicky Rai,an unscrupulous,ruthless son of a politician is shot dead at his own party and the CBI is called in to investigate,aided by the crime branch.

Starting off with two crisp and intriguing episodes,it starts losing grip and direction from 3rd episode onwards and for a better part of the 9 episodes it remains that ways.

The back stories of the characters and suspects to establish the motive are so lengthy,detailed and widespread that it blocks you out from the actual case and breaks the link.One literally forgets that it is a murder investigation going on and who got killed. Politics,corruption,naxals,tribals,split personalities,sex offences,revenge. Adding too many elements and not being able to handle them with tautness is the main undoing of The Great Indian Murder.

Some very ridiculous elements and unwanted situations and some glaring loopholes(not mentioning  to avoid giving spoilers) further mar the narrative.

It does regain momentum for a brief period,but sadly to sink again.

Featuring a very interesting cast comprising of Ashutosh Rana,Richa Chadha,Pratik Gandhi,Raghubir Yadav,Jatin Goswami, Shashank Arora,Sharib Hashmi,Ameya Wagh, Deepraj Rana,Paoli Dam,Vineet Kumar, Kenneth Desai,Rushad Rana, Himanshi Chaudhary,Mani PR,Rucha Inamdar, Guneet Singh,Parineeta Seth,Ronjini Chakraborty and others.