Release Date- 6th October 2016
Genre- Drama
Produced by- Voot, Viacom 18’s streaming service
Director- Danish Aslam
Writer- Charudatt Acharya
Cast- Swara Bhaskar, Vivan Bhatena, Akshay Oberoi, Karanveer Mehra
It’s Not That Simple is a relationship drama that explores the complexities of urban marriages. The web-series is in the form of 6 episodes
Ep 1- Committed to Complicated
Ep 2- Crossing the Line?
Ep 3- Meera learns to say NO!
Ep 4- Flirting with Fire
Ep 5- I know that you know
Ep 6- It's never that simple, nor will it ever be
Swara Bhaskar, who was last seen in Ashwini Iyer Tiwari’s directorial venture Nil Battey Sannata, makes her web debut through this bold series which deals with marriages, extramarital affairs, lust and relationships. The story is about a school reunion. When Meera meets her school friends, she realizes that life is more than just being a wife and a mother. You should do what makes you happy rather than trying to conform with the norms of the society.
The series starts with Meera going into a parlor and asking the girl for a bikini wax, to which the girl's response is, "Tum affair karne wali types to nahi lagti!" After this we are taken into flashback on how Meera's mundane life becomes happening and she becomes the center of attention of two guys along with her husband.
Swara Bhaskar is perfect for Meera's role. Her transformation from a frumpy housewife to a "femme fatale" looks effortless and realistic. Her character is unsure in the start but by the end she regains not only her lost confidence but also her self respect.
Karanveer Mehra suits the role of the self-centered husband. His dialogue delivery and comic timing is perfect. Despite being the series shown from a woman's point of view there are many scenes where you will feel sympathy for the husband too.
Akshay Oberoi plays the role of every woman's dream husband, a U.S. return gynecologist who doesn't mind staying at home to look after his kids. He's an honest and cool guy who believes in speaking the truth and facing the consequences. He has 'the guy next door' kind of charm and expresses with his eyes. After leaving impact in the film 'Laal Rang' and the short film "The Virgins", slowly and steadily he's making his presence felt in the film industry.
Vivan Bhatena plays the role of Meera's school crush. He knows women find him wild and in a dialogue even tells Meera that he finds being objectified hot. His character even says some inspiring lines about how every woman in her lifetime should once ride a 'Harley' and how overthinking is a woman's biggest enemy.
Danish Aslam has been an assistant director in many big films and has also directed Break ke baad(2010), so this series also has a film kind of feel. As the events unfold one after the other you will come to like some character or hate some. Every episode deals with a topic and then ends with the viewer craving to know what happened next. I saw all the episodes one after another and there was hardly any dull moment there.
Most of the filmmakers run into trouble with the Censor Board if their film has excessive sexual content, nudity, abusive content or even violence. Digital content does not have to face the strict censorship guidelines that filmmakers are forced to follow. The story is meant for the adult audience still there are no scenes or dialogues which could be termed as cheap or vulgar.
In a line, if you can watch the series without judging the characters then you are in for some fun and entertainment.
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