Indian cinema is no stranger to the femme fatale. From Madhubala in Howrah Bridge to Aishwarya Rai in Khakee, we have seen a wide range of top actresses play the charming seductress to perfection. What the new Netflix show Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein does differently is that it brings the said femme fatale to a small UP town, surrounded by the politics and violence of the hinterland.Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 1 Download.
Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein follows the protagonist Vikrant (Tahir Raj Bhasin), an engineering graduate who desperately wants to leave his hometown- the fictitious town of Onkara (subtle nod to Vishal Bhardwaj there). But he finds himself to be the unwanted object of attention and desire of the town’s gangster-politician’s daughter, Purva (Anchal Singh). This turns his life around as he struggles to ward off Purva’s advances and embark on his dream to start a life with his girlfriend Shikha (Shweta Tripathi).But as interesting as the premise is, the execution falters somewhat. We have seen countless shows set in small town UP-Bihar in the last few years. It used to be refreshing to hear that dialect and see that milieu on screen a few years ago. Now, unless essential, it looks like an easy way to include grittiness in the story. The trope does work in this show to an extent but the problem is that scenes that were intended to be shocking, rarely . We have seen it all before- the murders, the politics, the cops being subservient to gangsters, the bearded henchmen.The show does give us a refreshing take on obsessive love (or as we should probably call it, harassment and stalking) by turning the man into the victim and the woman into the aggressor. It just needed to do it a bit more intelligently. I wish the show had spent more time in showing the psyche of Purva and her obsession rather than just the random acts of chopping-up bodies.These Black Black Eyes.