Lafany Review: Career, Emotionally rich shows about family and society
‘Lafange’, co-directed by Prem Mystery and Abhishek Yadav, is streaming on MX player. Slice-of-life drama about young aspirations turns into a crisis of family bonding, Indian education system and job crisis.
In short
- ‘Lafany’, Prem Mystery and Abhishek Yadav are a slice-off-life drama
- It is available for streaming on MX player
- Read our review of six-episode series here
In the busy streets of Noida, three childhood friends navigate their ambition and passion amid family pressure and social stigma. Chaitanya alias Chatti (Anad Singh Dhaka), Kamlesh alias Kammo (Harsh Beniwal) and Rohan alias Ronnie (Gagan Arora) are intended for the moon in the world of cut-three.
Despite facing family resistance and fighting on petty arguments, trio remains close friends and always on each other’s back, despite their differences. From the beginning to the end, the audience is introduced to the financial and social dilemma of the Indian middle class homes in the slic-off-life drama, co-guided by Abhishek Yadav.
‘Lafany’ describes the challenges faced by today’s youth that somehow is lost in the glorification of success stories. Chat, speaking about their struggles, comments on education and employment scenario in India. He defends his financial position, despite being a topper throughout his life, he fails in competitive exams by one mark every time.
Well -prepared characters, stellar performance
“There are twenty thousand applicants for every twenty job vacancies,” they say. Dhaka brings a raw, captivating energy to the character, showing the internal struggle of a person working hard to get rid of financial burden on his family.
From his suspected moral compass to compassion, guilt and anger, actor brings a series of emotions as a chatter. His chemistry with co-actor Beniwal and Arora is spot-on.
Beniwal gave his best shot as mindless, finger, fickle as an enlightened Kammo. While he disregards his father, who wants him to focus on his shop instead of dreaming about Bollywood career, there is also a care for him. The change of his character is the best emotional arc in the show.
Mistry and Yadav did a commendable job with the character drawings of Chatti, Kammo and Ronnie in the first episode, determining the basis for other episodes. Arora, which depicts professionally stable but emotionally disillusionment Ronnie, deals deeply in the mind of character feelings for his elder brother and partner.
The sequence of Ronnie’s elder brother played by Gaurav Mishra, arguing with his girlfriend, has been handled delicately without misunderstanding, arguing with him, arguing with him. The generational difference in the Indian middle class families and its final resolution has been woven well by Yadav (Abhishek) and Ankit Yadav.
Barkha Singh, Ronnie’s live-in partner, as Ishita, has not turned into a dark character for his professional commitments on personal priorities. His relationship with Rohan has been delicately handled by directors and writers. Leo does a good job despite a limited screen time.
Ranjan Raj as Sonu, Saloni Gaur as Chetan and supportive artists have also played their characters with subtle nuances and emotional depth.
Non-evaluation, yet emotional story
The ‘lafangey’ does not promote an immediate action plan to eliminate problems, but the human soul to embrace difficulties as part of life.
Despite being some repetitive elements, the story keeps you busy when it comes to the stress of the family and the economic loans of the characters. Akash Bundu’s editing is still at the point and retains the speed of the show.
The dynamics of a father-son relationship, taking care of the elder brother, is not yet a sacrifice of son and non-toxic access, which brings a novelty to ‘Laughing’. While ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Chichhor’ and many other films talked about chasing your passion despite social decisions, ‘Lafagi’ brings a completely different perspective.
The series once again brings back the value of the family system and its importance in dealing with the problems of life. It also emphasizes the relevance of friends and relatives despite the embarrassment and strangeness of someone’s failures and failures.
‘Lafany’ mixes self-realization with a cordial struggle, heartbreak, disappointment, humor and satire. No matter what the most difficult circumstances, Kammo is ready for his intelligent ideas, while friends meet on a bottle of beer on their roof.
From the story of Lord Krishna’s victory over his wicked maternal uncle Kansa, Kammo never hesitate to inspire his friends. Even though he cannot distinguish between Rihanna and Nirvana, his adsive attitude acts as a stress-bread in emotionally stressful moments.
View ‘Lafany’ trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hlt777ws0k
If you still remember the era of ‘Shanti’ and ‘Self -respect’ of Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Bhattacharya or Doordarshan, then the series of ‘Lafangge is for you. This takes you back in simple time when family and integrity matters more than money and fame.
At the time of gritty, high-octane thriller and urban landscape stories, ‘Lanfenge’ is a slice-off-life show about real-life issues and human relations.
‘Laughing’ is available for streaming on MX player.
