MUMBAI â There are some series wherein the stories are a continuation of the kind where it will not make sense to watch them without watching what transpired earlier. And so I watched the first 8 episodes (Season 1) of âChacha Vidhayak Hain Humareâ to understand Season 2.
Season 1 comprised the tale of Ronny (Zakir Khan, standup comedian by profession in real life), who tells tepid lies to everyone to help them. By default, he manages to help them and solve their problems. A recurring leitmotif with him is his statement (âChacha vidhayak hain humareâ) that his uncle is a political leader or MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly in the state government) and so he can get most issues (like college admission and other special favors) done to help acquaintances and friends.
His poignantly emotional political drama
Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare Season 2 with the talented Zakir Khan has won hearts and two of his other recent directorial ventures,
The Chargesheet: Innocent or Guilty? and
The Verdict â State VS Nanavati, have also got great reviews. Meet the affable Shashant Shah, the man who is acing OTT content, one series at a time. Excerpts from a freewheeling chat:
Tell us something about your Amazon Prime release
Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare Season 2
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I am so happy that I was called to direct Season 2 of
Chacha Vidhayak Hain Humare and I would like to thank Zakir Khan, Rasika Tyagi and Aliya for this great opportunity. We read the scripts and I realised that after doing three thriller web series back-to-back â this was a dramedy so would be a welcome change. But the expectations of a Zakir show is huge as his fanbase pan India is vast. So, I told my team thatâs lets present this series in a way, which looks big, popular but a