The detective cum comedy show had successfully managed to take our attention at that point of time. On the one side where the family dramas, emotional and sensitive issues are being aired, on the other light hearted and comedy shows were there too. Rosie Perreira is an overly anxious widow, liv.During 80s Doordarshan had given us many a shows that we still could not forget. Giant Robot Johnny Sokko and his Flying RobotĬhunauti is a hard - hitting trendsetter am.But until then they just look like an unnecessary gimmick. Once you have genuine tension and mystery in the story, those edgy camera angles and extended shots will start working really well. There is no point in ripping stories out of the headlines and creating a terrible procedural drama around it.
This involves a lot of research about process. Hire someone from a saas-bahu serial if need be to help you flesh out that woman.įinally, those stories need to be sharper. In the hands of a good writer, she could have an absorbing role to play in the series. Something – anything that will distract us from the lame mysteries.Īnd while we are at it – what’s the deal with Kitty? Give that girl something to do besides circling Pankaj Kapur and receiving Karamchand’s sexist insults with a smile. How about throwing a boy in his path that he is forced to adopt? Give that useless character – Kitty – a romance on the side with one of Karamchand’s clients. And for us to be able to connect with the detective, we’ll need a bit more of a back story. Second, Karamchand’s ticks just aren’t endearing anymore. But the stuff he “uncovers†is either simplistic or so plucked from thin air that it either underwhelms you or defies logic. But really? All the time? The stories revolve around how brilliant the detective is. Ok, perhaps his idiosyncratic way of thinking allows him to see things other don’t. So how bad is it?įirst, it always confounds me why Karamchand is constantly surrounded by idiots. Which is why reincarnating Karamchand without a major reworking is such a bad idea. It was also India’s first indigenous crime drama.įast forward several years later and none of these trappings are compelling enough to watch. The stilted camera angles, the extended shots, the informal dialogs and of course, the idiosyncratic title character himself. Karamchand got most of its cachet from the fact that it was a stylistic series.
I’m not sure if Desi Dabba readers feel the same way I do, but the revival of the iconic TV series Karamchand has left me rather cold.
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