The Indian edition of the super hit American Series '24' starring Anil Kapoor as Anti Terrorism Unit (ATU) chief Jai Singh Rathod starts pretty well. We learn about the season 1 plot and get acquainted with the principal characters. It all looks very promising with a lot of plot twists in the first episode and a lot character development taking place. At least the first episode made me feel that the 23 following episodes will be interesting. Let us hope the American producers make sure the quality is maintained as regards to script and direction. As we know that in India, TV programming tends to lean towards the farcical side due to poor quality writing and production values and also because the target audience tend to be housewives. What i mean is that there is a plethora of people who actually watched the original series starring Kiefer Sutherland and in one season it actually guest starred Anil Kapoor. Lets just hope that this Indianized version lives up to the high quality of the original. 1 down, 23 to go. 4/5 for this episode.
Review of 24: India
24: India
(I) (2013–2016)
Good start but it remains to be seen if the other 23 can maintain the momentum.
4 October 2013