As I am Suffering from Kadal

Title: As I am suffering from kadal
Type : Web Series
Rating: NR
Direction: Balaji
Producer: Balaji
Cast : Balaji, Dhanya , Sundar Ramu, Yuvina

First, it is an bold attempt by Balaji to get into Web series from main stream movies and first of its kind for Tamil in a paid model. Also this is nothing new as he was originally from short film maker and came to lime light from Kadalil Sodaphuvathu Epadi as a short film which moved into main stream in both Tamil and Telugu.
This one comes in multiple series with first series released in June with 10 episodes. Need to appreciate to start this initiative which will only go on the upper side.

Plot: This is a story that revolves around a single father, troubled couple, engaged couple and live-in together couple. So right way this gives a sense of all types of relationship that exists with current generation. During the 10 episodes we tend to see their characters, how they are related to each other and what happens between them. The 10th series ends with tension for all 4 characters with an interst to wait for 2nd series.

Analysis & Performance: Screenplay has been good and each series starts with a question to each of the characters and how they they think or react to that question. The intersting part is the questionnaire voice is very familiar if you have been hearing FMs in late evening, that is correct Love Guru. There are also suprise / guest appearances from Andrea, Simle Settai Vignesh , VJ Ramya etc. From Acting standpoint Dhanya scores high compared to everyone while Sundar Ramu has been excellent by being himself. I also personally like the character played by Sananth as Badri. This was portrayed as innocent and he nailed it to the core, there has been some interest generated from episode 10 which keeps us waiting for series 2.

Flipside: The major flipside that I personally feel is of using few of the words that are more of **** in nature and would have been beeped if there has been censor. This was used both in english and Tamil( this was very awkward). Viewing it with kids would be a challenge as they will ask what are those. Elders will also not like this, i assume Balaji targetted only collage going and teens as the main audiances for this one. While Balaji might have been influenced by English web series, it may not rightly fit to our culture and native language, i assume he avoids it in future series. Production value could have been bit up which could add more rich. Locations were also same locations and gets boring after few instances.

Overall it is OK to watch in private if you are a family man, my rating has more weightage for trying it as bold for the first time in Tamil as web series
My View: 2.5/5

Tag Line: Watch it in private