Adah
Sharma,
who
seems
to
be
holding
back
an
eye
roll,
is
the
only
half-way
decent
actor
amidst
the
crowd
of
amateurs
and
a
bored-looking
Rahul
Dev
in
Reeta
Sanyal,
observes
Deepa
Gahlot.
When
Reeta
Sanyal
opens,
the
eponymous
lawyer
(Adah
Sharma)
is
fighting
a
case
for
a
dog
that
is
barking
in
the
witness
box.
A
series
that
begins
with
such
a
ridiculous
scene
could
either
get
better
or
simply
collapse
into
more
absurdity.
This
one
teeters
on
the
edge.
Based
on
the
novels
by
Amit
Shah,
Reeta
Sanyal,
directed
by
Abhirup
Ghosh
from
a
script
by
Deepak
Das,
aims
at
a
comic
book
feel
meant
for
children
with
low
attention
spans
—
the
episodes
run
for
about
20
minutes.
Not
even
teens
could
take
this
show
seriously
when
the
streaming
space
is
overflowing
with
good
crime
and
legal
shows.
For
instance,
put
Reeta
Sanyal
and
Lincoln
Lawyer
on
the
scales,
and
the
former
would
fly
off
with
its
featherweight
content.
In
the
first
episode,
along
with
Reeta
and
her
tapori
sidekick
Ishaan
(Manik
Papneja),
a
female
assassin
Zi
(Nirisha
Basnett)
is
also
introduced,
who
dresses
in
a
school
uniform,
constantly
sucks
on
lollipops
(she
has
lollipop
sandwiches
for
lunch!),
and
grins
manically
for
no
reason.
She
is
supposedly
from
the
North
East,
so
is
accompanied
by
some
vaguely
Oriental-sounding
music.
Loud
background
music
is
now
a
menace
in
Indian
Web
shows,
and
Reeta
Sanyal
is
no
exception.
Fed
up
of
low
level
cases,
Reeta
wishes
for
a
big
career-defining
one.
She
bumps
into
a
man
called
Keshav,
who
claims
he
murdered
politician
Parav
Rane,
but
his
mother
is
being
sentenced
to
death
for
it.
Public
Prosecutor
Thakral
(Rahul
Dev)
is
portrayed
as
evil
without
any
explanation,
maybe
because
his
name
is
villainish?
Nobody
wonders
how
a
helpless
old
woman
would
get
a
gun.
Why
is
the
son’s
confession
not
taken
into
account,
even
when
he
reveals
his
modus
operandi?
And
it’s
so
outlandish
that
only
a
bad
television
show
would
think
it
up.
Why
would
anyone
want
to
hang
a
harmless
woman
and
then
send
the
grinning,
lollipop
hitgirl
to
kill
Keshav?
Not
much
makes
sense
in
the
series,
anyway.
Reeta
Sanyal
has
to
prove
the
mother
is
innocent,
so
she
has
to
find
the
real
killer.
For
that,
she
bats
her
eyelashes
at
cop
Jai
Vardhan
(Ankur
Rathee),
who
instantly
falls
in
love
with
her,
and
is
only
too
willing
to
help.
She
also
dons
various
disguises,
puts
on
accents
and
pushes
her
way
in
anywhere.
People
are
willing
to
tell
her
secrets,
diaries
with
information
and
CDs
(who
uses
CDs
now?)
with
incriminating
visuals
are
left
around
for
her
to
find.
At
one
point,
she
and
Ishaan
(who
glares
at
the
cop
because,
love
triangle
brewing)
break
into
the
house
of
their
own
client,
when
they
could
have
politely
asked
for
a
key.
Incidentally,
Keshav,
who
is
a
TV
prop
guy,
lives
in
a
bungalow,
and
Reeta
in
a
mansion
—
in
Mumbai?
Adah
Sharma,
who
seems
to
be
holding
back
an
eye
roll,
is
the
only
half-way
decent
actor
amidst
the
crowd
of
amateurs
and
a
bored-looking
Rahul
Dev.
Some
of
them
would
not
get
past
the
audition
stage,
so
they
try
to
prove
their
worth
by
overacting.
This
case
links
up
to
something
from
Reeta’s
past,
so
she
is
not
going
away
soon;
Hope
they
can
revive
Lollipop
Girl,
who
is
at
least
amusing.
The
series
is
available
for
free
on
Disney+Hotstar’s
mobile
app
—
hence
the
bite-sized
content
—
and
an
episode
will
drop
every
day
from
Monday
to
Friday.
Good
enough
to
watch,
perhaps,
while
waiting
for
the
Uber
to
arrive!
Reeta
Sanyal
streams
on
Disney+Hotstar.
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Sanyal
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