Khakee The Bengal Chapter Web Series Review: There is a craze for web series in the crime thriller genre on OTT platforms. Therefore, OTT platforms are competing to provide content in this genre. The web series 'Khakee: The Bengal Chapter' has been created as such. This series is streaming on 'Netflix' from the 20th of this month. Let's see what the story of this series is now.
Khakee The Bengal Chapter Web Series Story:
This story takes place in 'Calcutta' in the year 2002. Varun Roy (Prosenjit Chatterjee) is a politician from the ruling party. He has even the Chief Minister in his clutches and influences the politics of Calcutta. At the same time, Bagha (Shashwata Chatterjee) acts as the local don there. He has Sagor (Ritvik Bhowmik) and Ranjit (Adil Zafar) as his loyal followers.
Whatever task Bagha assigns, Sagor and Ranjith do it together. On one occasion, they both wake up the police officer 'Saptarushi' to trouble Bagha. So Bagha goes underground with his son. Sagor and Ranjith also hide in a secret place.
Police officer Arjun (Jeeth) enters the field to solve this case. He examines the sources of this case from all sides. He comes to the conclusion that some leaks are going out from his department.
In this context, Varun Roy decides to change the situation in the party and the changes happening in the Calcutta mafia in his favor. Koyal, a journalist who fled the city after the murder of Police Officer Saptarushi, calls Arjun one day.
She tells him the secrets she has learned through research. What are those secrets? What will Arjun do then? What turns will the friendship between Sagor and Ranjith take? Who is the burglar who reveals police secrets? These are the interesting aspects of this story.
Khakee The Bengal Chapter Web Series Analysis:
In some areas, there is an atmosphere of corrupt politicians. They keep leaders above them in their clutches. They keep corrupt officers in the police department in their clutches. They keep causing trouble to honest officers.
Also, some local rowdies are nurtured and used as pawns. This is a story woven around such a system. This story revolves around a selfish politician. Two friends who are living their lives believing in rowdyism. An honest police officer who is determined to catch criminals no matter what obstacles they face.
How an honest police officer, torn between politics and rowdyism, overcomes the challenges before him seems to be an interesting subject. There are many characters in this series. However, due to the way the main characters are registered, the audience keeps following those characters without any confusion.
The way the friendship .. family emotions are connected is also impressive. Also, the twist in the climax seems interesting. After the 3rd episode, the scenes seem to move slowly here and there. However, they have made sure that the story does not lose any traction.
Actors Performance:
If you look at the story, it is not that new .. but the treatment seems interesting. The way the main characters are portrayed .. the twists in the story proceed without any confusion anywhere. All the artists who played the main characters have done justice to their roles.
In terms of production values, this series scores good marks. Tushar Kanti Ray .. Arvind Singh's camera work is impressive. Jeet Ganguly's background music is appropriate to the context and brings it very close to naturalness. Praveen's editing is okay.
Conclusion:
This series, made in the crime thriller genre, has been presented in 7 episodes. Although the storylines seem to be moving a bit slowly, the content does not lose its grip. The director has not gone towards objectionable scenes or .. that kind of dialogue. There is bloodshed that crosses the boundaries here and there. It must be said that this series will not disappoint the audience who likes this genre.