Spent all fools day watching Roohaniyat on MX Player 😃
PLENTY of hoardings across Mumbai for this one (that's how I came to know about it), and thought Arjun Bijlani and Kanika Mann might not be a bad pair to try out. Especially for Arjun (simply because of MJHT)
My observations
Nice title track (Ishq mein shaamil roohaniyat hai)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ2wdHT_WtI
Some decent casting- the actress playing Smita Bansal's elder daughter actually looks like Smita from some angles. I thought she was a relative at first glance! Her name is Arushi Handa (also looks a bit like Rhea Sharma though)
Bansal's husband is the director btw (Ankush Mohla)
It is very, very slow for a OTT series- they probably intend for this to be long form, but it's really slow. Sometimes feel it would've been better suited for a quicker TV series rather than OTT. Good bit is that S2 isn't far away (releasing later this month I think)
Not as many cuss words as most recent OTT's where it's thrown around like candy- relatively family friendly in that sense 😛
The basic premise can feel a bit unnerving if you follow the 1/2 plus 7 formula, but they've tried their best to tone it down.
If you're a fan of Bijlani/Mann and /or have time to kill, I'd recommend it as a one-time watch, but don't expect anything great. Look at it as a quicker version of a TV series than a crisp OTT one. Free on MX player (no registration required either)
Edited by aekiel - 2 years ago
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