Abhay 2 2020 S2 Episode 4 and 5

No-nonsense and upright police officer Abhay Pratap Singh (Kunal Kemmu) is back, but this time he is up against some really twisted murderers. Can he outwit them before they strike..

No-nonsense and upright police officer Abhay Pratap Singh (Kunal Kemmu) is back, but this time he is up against some really twisted murderers. Can he outwit them before they strike again?

REVIEW: Season 2 of ‘Abhay’ opens with a rather chilling scene where a seemingly harmless looking middle-aged man Harsh (Chunky Panday) is about to commit a heinous crime. But even more chilling than the crime itself is the reason. The first episode sets the pace for a gripping thriller right from the word go, as we are quickly led into the killer’s dark mind. Chunky Panday’s scheming tone and creepy expressions highlight his character’s abject depravity and perversion. He is equally convincing as the crafty small-town photocopy shop owner and as a ruthless serial killer with unresolved daddy issues. Director Ken Ghosh and his writers (Sudhanshu Sharma, Christabelle DSouza, Samita Mukherjee and Priya Saggi) do not waste time in revealing the killer’s identity – a common theme in all three episodes released so far. However, this never takes away from the show’s relentlessly dark and gritty narrative that focuses on the anatomy of the killer’s mind just as much as their offence. Each episode features a new crime and criminals with some even spilling over to the subsequent episodes. This makes the screenplay quite busy and at times even unrealistic. For e.g. how can a string of disappearances of all the toppers in a small-town neighborhood go completely unnoticed for two years? There are more such instances that make the show look quite fictional despite claiming to be based on true stories...