Black Warrant Review: Jail, anyone should get scared after hearing this name. Most people have seen jail in films, but is jail the same as shown in films or on screen? What is a jail like, what is a black warrant, why does a judge break the base of his pen after sentencing someone to death, what is the environment inside the jail, do crime syndicates really run from the jail as is often reported in the news? is heard. This new series of Netflix is based on the book named Black Warrant – confession of a tihar jailor which was written by jailer Sunil Gupta and journalist Sunetra Chaudhary and this series really takes you to the jail.
Story
Three new officers come to Tihar Jail, they are trying to understand the jail and the rules of the jail. There are many gangs in the jail who are enemies of each other, meanwhile a black warrant is issued for two criminals named Ranga Billa, that is, they are sentenced to death. How are the preparations for hanging done in the jail, what happens to the families of these officers working in the jail, what turmoil occurs in their personal lives. This series of 7 episodes reveals the entire dark tale of Tihar, each episode is of about 40 to 50 minutes and in this you get to know the truth of Tihar of the 80s which has not been shown on screen before now.
how is the series
This series is quite amazing, its specialty is its story, there is something new to be seen in it. We have seen jail in films but it has been shown in a light-hearted manner. Here you get those details which surprise you. From prison politics to prison corruption and prison food, from prisoners to the personal lives of officers, everything that you haven’t seen on screen, this series is quite tight. It doesn’t bore you anywhere, it doesn’t seem dragged anywhere, many things surprise you. It looks absolutely real, you feel as if you have reached Tihar Jail. This series shows how jailer Sunil Kumar Gupta tries to improve the jail. Now you will know how successful they are in this by watching the series, Netflix has started this year with a bang with this series.
acting
Jahaan Kapoor has given life to the character of jailer Sunil Gupta, he is an amazing actor. The hesitation of a newly arrived officer, who is a jail officer but does not know how to abuse, his honesty, his innocence, his anger against the system, Jahan has played this character in such a way that you may not know Sunil Gupta but he Looks like Sunil Gupta to you. Jahaan is the grandson of Shashi Kapoor and son of actor Kunal Kapoor and this lamp of the Kapoor family is also spreading his light well in the matter of acting. Rahul Bhat is senior to these three junior officers and his work is amazing. He is amazing in this role, his character has gray shades and his facial expressions do complete justice to his character. Paramveer Cheema has also played his character amazingly. An officer who is struggling in his personal life also. Paramveer has done full justice to this character. Anurag Thakur’s work is quite tremendous, a boy from Haryana becomes a jailer. Anurag has won hearts with his desi style, Siddhant Gupta has become Charles Sobhraj and he too surprises with his acting. Rajendra Gupta has done an amazing job, Rajshree Deshpande has played the role of a journalist well, Tota Roy Choudhary also impresses.
direction
This series has been created together by Vikramaditya Motwane and Satyanshu Singh and he has directed it along with Arkesh Ajay, Ambika Pandit and Rohin Ravindran, that is, it has been directed by 5 people. These people have very good coordination, this series runs on the same pattern, it does not seem that all five people are running it in their own way. The series has been made in a strict style, no unnecessary heroism has been shown, things have been kept real and this is its specialty.
Overall this series is worth watching, definitely watch it
Rating- 3.5 stars
