What Is the Story About?
Juhi (Huma Qureshi) is a Hindi professor who is going through a mini-crisis personally related to her marriage. Juhi is not on good terms with Neil (Parambrata Chatterjee), her husband.
Juhi now has to additionally deal with the recklessness of her student Rhea (Avantika Dassani). It is bordering on stalking going by some of Rhea’s actions and they eventually land Juhi in trouble.
What happens when one day Neil is found dead? Who is behind it and why, is the series’ basic premise.
Performances?
Huma Qureshi gets a solid character with a lot of depth in Mithya. The background of studies and a lecturer bring some freshness to proceedings which are ably presented by Huma.
There is a little lethargy related to character, which is neatly and consistently pursued by Huma Qureshi. The meekness and fearfulness are also comfortably conveyed.
Analysis
Rohan Sippy who is specialising in handling remakes directs Mithya. It is based on the successful English series Cheat.
The series starts on a barely discernible note. We see a teacher versus student problem happening, but fail to understand why the former is so adamant in the first place or why she meekly deals with it later.
The same feeling spills on the husband and wife differences subplot. The quarrels look so unnatural even though the situation seems genuine.
A whole block is developed through the rest of the narrative to make this imbalance seem right. It is done via the husband who is positioned in place of the viewer to show how strong and manipulative the student is compared to the grown-up married adults.
What happens as a result is a lot of time is wasted to come to the main point. The theme related to truth and lies, the past and its consequences on the present. And frankly the murder mystery.
The core drama is well handled, like the rest also, but it is the main theme that manages to hold attention more than anything else. The drama and suspense happening during the later parts of each episode (subsequently increases in length) are what is gripping.
The main reception related to the drama is predictable, but the suspense is neatly handled with twin twists at the end.
One can still feel the power imbalance despite all the efforts, but it isn’t as jarring as it was initially. It makes the end look decent.
The psychological aspect mixed in the dramatic portions could have been explored further. It would require a balance in the two opposite forces, though.
Overall, Mithya is a psychological drama thriller that is lengthy and tedious, for the most part, but also has engaging bits intermittently. If you like the genre, give Mithya a try. It’s a passable watch if one is patient enough.
Other Artists?
The surprise package of the series is Avantika Dassani. The youngster making her debut is confident against established names. She has the most powerful role, and she is alright even though at times it looks like the role might be getting a bit too big for her shoes. It is especially apparent during the femme fetale-esque portions
.Among the rest, Parambrata Chatterjee is reliable as usual. He fits the role perfectly and helps give a compelling quality to the narrative. Rajit Kapoor is neat in a few portions he gets the scope. Indraneil Sengupta feels wasted, and so is Samir Soni. However, they do add to the overall appeal with their presence.
Music and Other Departments?
Ripul Sharma and George Joseph provide the background score which is fine. The commonly recurring theme is neat. The cinematography is eye-pleasing. The Darjeeling hill station location is captured well by Sirsha Ray. Abhijit Deshpande’s editing is nice. The writing is decent, for the most part.
Highlights?
Casting
Cinematography
Core Drama And Suspense
Drawbacks?
Unevenness In Primary Characters
Takes Time To Take Off
Meandering Parts
Lengthy
Did I Enjoy It?
Yes, In Parts
Will You Recommend It?
Yes, But With Reservations
Mithya Hindi Web Series Review by Binged Bureau
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