Detail Review: ‘Duranga’ is a great adaptation of the Korean series ‘Flower of Evil’

Detail Review: Recently a great web series has been released on Zee5 – ‘Duranga’. Although this is an Indian adaptation of a successful Korean drama “Flower of Evil”, but writer Charudutt Acharya and directors Pradeep Sarkar and Aijaz Khan have Indianized it in such a delicate and sensitive way that it does not seem like an adaptation. Watching this series and watching the original series, it is clearly visible how successful the teamwork of an intelligent writer, excellent director and creatively knowledgeable producer (Goldie Behl) is.

Not only has special effort been made on the background of the characters, but the events taking place in the series have also been decorated in the Indian environment so that it becomes a true adaptation, not a copy. Duranga is a web series worth watching and psychological thriller lovers will definitely like it. Ira Jaykar Patel (Drishti Dhami) is a police officer who is investigating a murder case where he finds some evidence that links it to a 17-year-old serial murder case. During the investigation, another murder takes place on the same lines. A journalist Vikas Sarode (Abhijeet Khandkekar) has made a video blog on the old serial murder case, hence it is called. As evidence mounts, the needle of suspicion points towards Ira’s husband Samit Patel (Gulshan Devaiah).

Is Samit really who he appears to be or is he someone who is linked to old serial murders and new murders? Does journalist Vikas have any connection with these murders? Do Samit’s parents Rajesh Khattar and Divya Seth have any connection with this case? Or is there a third person who is the real player of this whole game and he never comes under the scanner of the police? In this series of 9 episodes with good pace and amazing script, an attempt has been made to bring out the reality of this entire episode. The series has come to a halt at such a point where the audience has understood a lot but is unable to understand the reason behind the murder. Its season 2 will come soon but the first season has ended leaving some unanswered questions.

This series is named after writer Charudutt Acharya. Charudutt has been active as a screenwriter in Hindi films for many years, but in the last few years his identity has started to emerge. Charudutt, who reacts on contemporary topics, also wrote the web series “Aranyak” with Raveena Tandon. Charudutt was also the director of Rhea Chakraborty’s unsuccessful but entertaining film Sonali Cable. He first assimilated this Korean web series and then Indianized the original story layer by layer.

The background of the village has been carefully woven into the story of the city. No one character has been given priority. Everyone has been created to take the story forward with their own role. There is no major or important scene between Abhishek Bane and his father Bala Bane (Zakir Khan), yet the influence of his father on Abhishek Bane’s personality is visible throughout the series. The complete personality of Abhishek’s sister Prachi (Barkha Sengupta) has been shown in a single scene, in a single dialogue. If the writer is excellent, then such an effect is seen.

The first few episodes have been directed by Pradeep Sarkar. This is the formula of television. To make the television serial popular from the beginning, the initial episodes are directed by an experienced and successful director and when the serial becomes successful, the remaining episodes are made by any director. However, it never appears in this web series that this episode is directed by Pradeep and this one by Aijaz Khan. There are two reasons for this. Aijaz Khan is a seasoned director and like Pradeep Sarkar, he is a well-known name in ad films. Second Aijaz belongs to a family where Ismat Chughtai, cinematographers Nariman Irani and Anwar Siraj are his relatives and Aijaz’s father also worked as an assistant to director Mehboob Khan in the great film Mother India. Aijaz’s films The White Elephant, Banke’s Crazy Baraat and Hamid were well received by the audience and film festivals.

It is necessary to discuss acting because Gulshan is the perfect cast in this web series. Gulshan looks like a psychopath at times and his fake laugh is also very mysterious and dangerous. His acting range will be seen in this series as well. From his relationship with his daughter to when he tells his sister that he doesn’t love his wife, he comes across as extremely believable. Seeing Drishti on screen after a long time. Last year, in the web series The Empire, released on Disney + Hotstar, she appeared in the role of Khanzada Begum, the elder sister of Mughal Emperor Babur. His work in this series seems to be relatively less, but the most emotional graph is in his character.

Because of doubting her husband, the ups and downs of her life are visible on her face. There is not a single dialogue on the part of Zakir Khan but he is featured in the series. Abhijeet Khandkekar is very popular in Marathi serials and he has become very famous in the role of Gurunath Shubhkar in the serial “Majya Navriya Chi Baiko”. His role is important but he overacts a bit, probably because of his habit of television serials. Other actors like Rajesh Khattar, Divya Seth, Barkha Sengupta, Nivedita Ashok Saraf etc. have small roles. There is also Amit Sadh as a surprise who will probably be seen playing a big role in the next season.

Duranga means a person who is living a double life. Those who like psychological thriller will definitely like it. This series is a must watch because whenever it seems that the case is solved, then the matter gets more complicated and the audience wants to solve the case as soon as possible. This rarely happens in Indian web series.

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