Loot
Kaand
tries
to
concoct
a
crime
drama
that
arouses
some
curiosity
but
is
instantly
forgettable,
observes
Deepa
Gahlot.
In
1995,
the
arms
drop
in
Purulia
had
caused
quite
a
sensation.
The
man,
responsible
for
it,
who
gave
himself
the
swashbuckling
name
of
Kim
Davy,
was
in
the
midst
of
a
political
storm.
The
story
was
quickly
buried,
probably
because
of
the
people
involved.
It
is
a
thrilling
episode
by
itself
but
the
new
Web
series,
Loot
Kaand,
uses
the
scandal
as
a
peg
—
the
prologue
shows
the
drop
—
to
concoct
a
crime
drama
that
arouses
some
curiosity
but
is
instantly
forgettable,
due
to
its
blandness.
Siblings
Latika
(Tanya
Maniktala),
a
sports
coach
in
a
school,
and
the
suddenly
unemployed
Palash
(Sahil
Mehta)
are
in
deep
financial
trouble
and
about
to
lose
their
ancestral
home.
As
a
last
resort,
they
rope
in
Soni
(Mihika
Vasavada),
a
student
of
hers
to
pull
off
a
harebrained
bank
heist
scheme.
Latika
has
passed
off
Soni
as
a
boy
because
she
is
a
football
champ.
This
has
no
real
bearing
on
the
plot
but
the
girl
is
okay
with
it.
When
Palash
wants
to
try
one
more
heist,
things
go
wrong.
Two
bandits
strike
the
bank
at
the
same
time
and
in
the
melee,
Soni
is
taken
hostage.
Around
this,
there
is
a
search
on
for
the
long-lost
guns
by
a
criminal
zamindar,
Burman
(Brij
Bhushan
Shukla),
while
an
earnest
cop
(Prashansha
Sharma)
tries
to
investigate
within
a
corrupt
law
enforcement
system.
Meanwhile,
a
geography
teacher
(Gyanendra
Tripathi)
and
Burman’s
henchman
(Akash
Sinha)
discover
an
underground
network
of
tunnels,
where
the
guns
might
be
hidden.
If
there
is
any
character
who
deserves
any
sympathy,
it’s
the
child,
who
is
endangered
by
greedy
adults,
but
agrees
to
help
them.
Loot
Kaand
does
bring
the
various
strands
together
by
the
end
and
leaves
scope
for
a
possible
Season
2
but
they
will
have
to
try
harder.
Even
the
actors
seem
to
be
doing
their
jobs
with
the
bare
minimum
enthusiasm.
Loot
Kaand
streams
on
Amazon
MX
Player.
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