Duranga

Duranga is the Indian remake of the South Korean series Flower of Evil. The series, starring Gulshan Devaiah and Drashti Dhami, premiered on Zee5 on August ...

And now, Abhishek is also accused of killing the head of the village. However, their lack of chemistry makes the show a bit bland. Duranga is engaging but isn't as good as the original. The son of a serial killer accused of murder who is married to a cop. Meanwhile, evidence finally leads Ira, who is also diligently investigating the murder, to her husband, making him the prime suspect. Duranga, as the name suggests, is all about duality and deception.

Cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Drashti Dhami, Abhijit Khandkekar, Kiran Srinivas, Rajesh Khattar, Anupriya Patel, Barkha Bisht & ensemble. Creator: Goldie Behl.

You don’t even have to watch entire Flower Of Evil to know that Duranga is partially a scene to scene copy at many points. The base in itself is so dramatic that the added drama ends up making it all look like a daily soap. The opening in itself is a mystery and no time is wasted in setting up the universe by giving break to the more shocking events. Remakes aren’t criminal, but the lethargic approach that they bring majority of the time is. They do try their best to induce the flavour of the new landscape and even make it look organic and not forced. Add to it the fact that apart from Gulshan, everybody else is a well established name in the Television Industry, it only makes it harder to process. The writers shape her as a woman who handles both, the uniform and the house. The bubble is popped and you now are supposed to live with the question why till the end. He takes YouTube tutorials to smile and it is a very interesting angle. The storytelling technique that Sarkar and Khan use are quite close to the original but with the Indian touch to it. Until one day a murder leads her to him and breaks the house of glass. Backed by Goldie Behl and directed by Pradeep Sarkar and Aijaz Khan, the Indian remake takes up the task to crunch the 16 episode long show into 9.

Directors: Pradeep Sarkar and Aijaz Khan. Cast: Gulshan Devaiah, Drashti Dhami, Abhijit Khandkekar, Zakir Hussain and Amit Sadh. IANS Rating: **. Whenever ...

On the technical front, the series manages to do a decent job. When you have two brains working on putting together a series like this, the least expected for the series is to be engaging throughout its course. The cinematography offers nothing new and follows textbook shots only to be bogged down by the lacklustre editing. It follows a series of murders and unearth's the past of the show's lead played by Gulshan. While there are few instances where the series does engage the viewer, it comes across as a drag for most part. Charudutt Acharya's writing is inconsistent as it fails to hold the audience's attention for a long time.

Duranga Zee5 Series Review: Gulshan Devaiah and Drashti Dhami lead the Indian remake of Flower of Evil, one of 2020's hit K-dramas.

The show takes in the best of the original and tries to patch them together. While this offers something new to people who have not watched Flower of Evil, it is a tad off-putting for the ones who’ve seen the original. But for fans who have watched the show, regardless of loving it or not, I’d recommend giving this remake a skip. Hopefully, there is more for him in the second season. In an attempt to tick all the boxes, the show doesn’t let you invest in any of them. Individually, Devaiah and Dhami shoulder the show well. During the investigation, Ira learns that while the particular case in the investigation was a bad copy of the original killings, there is someone out there trying to revive the serial killings in the city. Another thing that works for Duranga is their decision to break the series into two halves. It is a welcome move for the series and gets the viewers hooked almost immediately. Duranga, like the Flower of Evil, is packed with twists and turns. While Ira is an ace officer in a Mumbai Police branch, Summit opts for a simpler life — doubling up as an artist and an at-home husband. Monsoon of 2020, South Korean actors Lee Joon-gi and Moon Chae-won had the world going weak on their knees with the Flower of Evil.