I have been watching some fabulous Bengali fare on OTT through Hoichoi for some time now.
The content that I have been filtering and watching has been quite good and my recent positive experience with Adv. Achinta Aich made me long for something similar.
Jaha Bolibo starts off aggresively with a front page news item being presented onscreen. The real life case had enough incendiary material to make a fiery blockbuster but some underwhelming writing, some off-colour editing make this a series that true fans of courtroom drama like me will complete but for most of the others it would be difficult.
The star performer here is Tota Roy with his Singha character who is often mispronounced. He puts a strong performance with a author backed role that falters and loses confidence in the last episode.
The weakest link of this series is Mimi, the starring character who has put in a lot of effort with her looks and presence but falters in the acting calculator. Despite a strong author backed role and probably her best effort in a serious role she falls short especially infront of Tota Roy.
The story has a lot of meat in it with police vs police, altercation resulting in death making it a murder case, political connections, corruption at all levels, manipulations and willful negligence, the list goes on. Everything that a solid courtroom dram needs.
The writing and dialogues could have been better and some of the frivolous plot points could have been done away with.
The last 2 episode appeared rushed to me as if the series time was up and they needed to finish in the last episode.
Overall it is an average fare and appreciate Mimi acting in a non-glamorous role.
