What Is the Story About?
Fearing a permanent ouster from college and working in his parents’ local general store, Mohan Jothi Babu (Aadhitya Bhaskar) reignites an old passion related to ‘Meme’ creation to his friend. Together they get two more to the team and create a Meme Boys page.
What are the memes created by the team? How it affects them and Apoorva University, where they study, is the series’s core plot.
Performances?
Aadhitya Bhaskar, Jayanth, Siddharth and Namritha play the critical roles of the students who create and run meme page. They are the Meme Boys. The actors suit the parts while getting highlighted individually for their charades.
As there is no heavy drama, and most of the narrative relies on fun and quick wit, the young actors are alright. No one particularly stands out among the four, though, although Aadithya Bhaskar does get some hilarious punches in between.
Analysis
Arun Koushik directs Meme Boys, a show which Rajiv Rajaram and Drishya create. The premise is simple and relatable to the current generation involving memes and their reach.
The take-off and the backstories for the principal characters are as routine as they come. Still, it is alright as it is all about fun, and a relatable updated backdrop is taken.
The silly comedy and timing of the actors, individually and as a group, work initially. But, given the thin story, there is only so much one can do with it. The creators, too, realise it and try to take the whole thing in unexpected directions. It makes the entire thing unnecessarily stretched.
At eight episodes, Meme Boys is a massive stretch. It, therefore, fails to hold the attention. The comic punches and gangs get thinner as the narrative progresses. The drama is infused into the narrative to cover it, but it makes the series bloated.
The entire stretch involving the social media uproar and the subsequent sequences takes thin too far and in different directions than where it started. It isn’t a surprise that the interest is lost post the series’s middle.
The climax is comparatively better due to the constant built-up suspense from the start regarding the students. The ending with small twists is okay after all that happened previously. It could still have been better, though. One also gets a feeling that it is done to extend the whole thing for another season. But, one wonders where the narrative can go from here.
Overall, Meme Boys has a relatable theme for the youth. But, it runs out of steam quickly and branches out in different directions, leading to a bloated and overstuffed narrative. The repetitiveness doesn’t help the cause either. Give it a try if a few silly laughs are enough.
Other Artists?
Apart from the youngsters playing the students, Guru Somasundaram and Badava Gopi have critical roles. They do their parts well. They also add to the fun with their silly banter and one-upmanship interactions. Nikhil Nair is adequate in a role that could have been better utilised. The rest of the actors are alright in their brief appearances.
Music and Other Departments?
Gopal Roa’s background score is light but fits well with the silly fun and overall more lightweight vein feel of the series. The rest of the technical departments are alright, considering the low scale. Jagadeesh Sundaramoorthy’s cinematography is okay. Rahul Raj’s scissors could be sharper, though. The dialogues are fun in parts but get repetitive after a point.
Highlights?
Silly Fun
Casting
Drawbacks?
Repetitive
Bloated Narrative
Length
Did I Enjoy It?
Yes, In Parts
Will You Recommend It?
Yes, But With Huge Reservations
Meme Boys Web Series Review by Binged Bureau
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