Gulak Season 4 Review: If you ever had to name three shows – the holy trinity – that represent India in its truest colours, Gulak would top the list. Obviously, the Panchayat and perhaps the aspirants will also be with it. What is worth noting here is that all three hail from the studios of TVF, a powerhouse that has delivered some of the most endearing and nuanced Hindi shows.
Gulak, a slice of life show, is perfect for portraying the Indian middle class. Sivankit Singh Parihar’s Gulak (piggy bank), a part of Indian middle-class families, is all-seeing, all-knowing, ever-present, ever-forgotten, never-neglected, and a constant and vivid source of the family’s economic hardships. Reminiscent, absolutely flawless. It is poetic but never preachy. Piglets watch their masters and know their darkest secrets and their tenderest moments. It does not judge, but simply explains.
Gulak’s monologues make this show stand out. This has always been its strongest point, and Gulak Season 4 shows its full potential.
The cast is starting to look like a real family – and their on-screen camaraderie is great. Shanti and Santosh Mishra’s bickering and heated arguments, and tender moments like dancing with each other alone at home, are glimpses of every middle-class parent’s life. The constant fights and animosity between Anu and Aman are mostly pointless, as are the fights of every sibling pair.
But they all struggle internally, and face their own challenges. Annu’s job is a nightmare, Aman is turning out to be an arrogant scoundrel, so his family thinks, Shanti spins day and night like a top, and Santosh has to work hard to make ends meet. But as they say, a good tea is not something that cannot be determined (Mishra is clearly a tea lover, as he drinks a lot of it).
As in every Indian household, no two days are the same in terms of challenges. Sometimes you need to bribe someone, sometimes you have to file an FIR, sometimes you have to swallow your ego, and sometimes you blow it out of the water. Amidst all this, Gulak Season 4 is a treat for the viewers.
Jamil Khan as Santosh Mishra and Geetanjali Kulkarni as Shanti Mishra perform together. Individually, too, they are wonderful as two middle-class people trying to make ends meet, who don’t have high dreams, and who are proud of their growing sons at the same time. and are disappointed.
Vaibhav Raj Gupta as Anu, the hot-headed medical rep with the elder son – along with elder brother Vibes – is sharp. He struggles to balance between his demanding and sometimes insensitive job demands and his responsibilities as the eldest son and elder brother. Harsh Meyer as Aman, the youngest son, a shifter in the Mishra family, dreams of becoming a novelist, and the self-proclaimed ‘black sheep’ of this diverse group. He is the ‘Chemical X’ of the Mishra family and a source of worry and frustration for the Mishra family. Mayer has the sparkle that is essential to the character of Aman.
Then there is Bittu’s mother, played by Sunita Rajwar, a staple of small-town/rural India shows and movies. There is no doubting Rajwar’s ability to come in at the most inopportune times for Mishra, but also at times give them the help they desperately need.
If there’s a drawback, it’s probably the show’s length. No one would want to stop this show mid-season.
Gulak Season 4 is now streaming on SonyLIV
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