His father was the local paarshad or councillor and Chachaji sees Vicky as the heir apparent, even asking Ronny to show him the ropes. Vicky (Sunny Hinduja) is to the manor-born, politically and otherwise. Here, however, Ronny has the perfect adversary, one who makes sense both narratively and politically. It didn’t make sense, she didn’t feel like a real human being, and the show became a repetitive bore. Practically every episode was about her making hilariously unreasonable demands on his time, and/or stringing him along. Unfortunately, in season one, Ronny’s great foe was a young woman, Avantika (Venus Singh) who seemed to exist only to make him look like a victim in his Incel Lite fanboys’ eyes. Khan’s own acting remains quite flat (anger and shock registers the exact same way feeble dialogue delivery) but the writing, characterisation and overall narrative flow of the series are far better.Ī lot of it is down to picking the right villain. Luckily for Khan, Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare has improved significantly (though not beyond recognition) in its sophomore season. It’s hip-hop style braggadocio via mainstream Bollywood. Hence the Salman hijinks in this season two opener: the sequence is also a metaphor for Khan’s current superstardom in the comedy circuit. Ashwini Pathak aka Chachaji (Abhimanyu Singh), the ‘vidhayak’ (MLA) whom he would routinely (and falsely) claim as his actual Chachaji (paternal uncle), actually invites him into the party fold and takes him under his wing. At the end of the first season we saw Khan’s character, 26-year-old Ronny Pathak (Indore-based lad-about-town and teller of tall tales), tasting a small measure of success against all odds. And, of course, the fan service close-up of a bracelet on his hand that reads, quite simply, ‘ SAKHT’. The cool shades, the triumphant ‘ tera bhai aaya hai’ smile, the brand-new bike that spins round and round in a skid-circle, even as celebratory up-tempo music blares in the background. Here’s what happens: Khan makes an entrance that feels like an amalgam of every Salman Khan ‘intro’ sequence ever shot, from Dabangg to Wanted to Ready and so on. The choice hinges upon how much you enjoy Khan’s comedic persona, the Incel Lite ‘ sakht launda’ who sees through the wicked ways of uppity rich folks, nagging parents-and most importantly-the needy, conniving, incorrigibly manipulative women who lead Nice Guys on, only to relegate them to (I really, really hate this term) the mythical, much-feared ‘friend-zone’. The second season of Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare, the Amazon Prime Video series created by and starring Zakir Khan, begins on a note that can be read as either self-congratulatory or self-affirming.
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