DC: Young guns ruin the show

There is a new crime show on air and its called Surya: The Super Cop. It sure looks like the producers are desperately trying to recreate the look of a crime thriller like Castle or Dexter. But sadly, neither are the youngsters as good looking or as talented as their western counterparts.

The youngsters are newcomers who have been picked for their relatively cute looks. They sure can't act for nuts.

In fact, in many scenes, the hand gestures and facial expressions are so artificial — it appears like someone is standing behind the camera and coaching them how to act. These young actors should have been put through an extensive workshop because their rawness and inexperience hampers the pace of the show.

The script itself is rather convoluted and focuses on something as high funda as mercury poisoning. So, 650 birds drop dead outside a hotel and inside two guests are found dead too. And in another apartment, another lady dies. And strangely there is blood gushing down all their noses. And when the detectives measure the length; it is exactly 2 cms long.

So the trail begins with each of these detectives trying to outsmart each other with their brilliant theories. One believes that the radiation from Japan has moved to India via the migratory birds who finally fall dead as they reach India. Another believes the birds may have collectively eaten somewhere and been food poisoned.

While the men are dressed fairly practically, some of the girls look like they are all set to walk the ramp in their high heels and tight fitting jeans. The makeup is too loud and their look is too glam for the role. Even the sets are a little too bright and one seriously wonders which detective office in India looks like this.

The only person who stands out is Surya, the blind cop played by Harsh Chhaya, who has been suspended but refuses to let his passion die. There is another corrupt cop who disrupts investigations because he was denied a promotion. These are the only two characters who can act. The bad cop keeps telling the rookies that all the three deaths were due to cardiac arrest and they shouldn't lose sleep over this case.

The mystery does get resolved but the scriptwriters should focus on more realistic murder mysteries and introduce some slicker scenes to make the desired impact.