Web Series: Dark 7 White
Language: Hindi
Streaming Platforms: Zee5 & Alt Balaj
Genre: Crime
Season: 1
Episodes: 10
Based on: Dark White novel by Shweta Brijpuria, by Mohinder Pratap Singh and Mayuri Roy Choudhury
Star Cast: Sumeet Vyas, Jatin Sarna, Monica Chaudhary, Taniya Kalra, Kunj Anand, Shekhar Chowdhary, Rachit Bahal, Nidhi Singh, Sanjay Batra, Ssanjay Swaraj
Title Track Music: Arpit Mehta, Udit Prajapati
Background Score: Arpit Mehta and Udit Prajapati, Revan Singh and Shekhar Singh, and Sargam Jassu and Nakash Aziz
Cinematography: S Sandeep Yadav
Editing: Vinay Malu
Written by: Pranjal Saxena, Shashank Kunwar, Mohinder Pratap Singh & Mayuri Roychoudhury
Produced by: Sunjoy Waddhwa and Comall Sunjoy W
Director: Sattwik Mohanty, Preya Hirji
Dark 7 White is the latest web series released in the partnership of Alt Balaji and Zee5 streaming platforms. As per the series creators, it is a story of trust, lust, power & politics which has a lot of dark secrets.
Plot:
Yudhveer Singh (Sumeet Vyas) gets killed when he is on his way to his swearing-ceremony as the youngest CM of Rajasthan. He is murdered in his open-vehicle entourage. Abhimanyu Singh (Jatin Sarna) takes the responsibility to chase the mystery behind this murder. The rest of the plot is his investigation into the case and following different suspects Kush (Kunj Anand), Yogesh (Shekhar Choudhary), Inakshi (Monica Chaudhary), Greshma (Taniya Kalra), Dhaval (Rachit Bahal), Shashank (Sumit Singh), Daisy (Nidhi Singh) and Maharaja Shamsher Singh (Sanjay Batra).
Actors & Performances:
Sumeet Vyas, Jatin Sarna, and Nidhi Singh are the best performers of the series. The three actors displayed an amazing performance in their respective roles. Sumeet Vyas is a perfect fit as a young politician. He is very convincing in this role which is unusual in his career. Jatin Sarna is a perfect choice for the investigative officer role. He delivers one of the finest performances and makes us follow him throughout the series, as he digs down deeper into the murder investigation. Nidhi Singh is impressive in her role who has great significance towards the end of the series. The rest of the cast Kunj Anand, Shekhar Choudhary, Mounica Chaudhary, Taniya Kalra, Rachit Bahal, and Sanjay Batra are good and made their presence felt.
Analysis:
Dark 7 White is based on the popular novel Dark White that released in 2014. The series creators divided it into ten episodes. The series’ plot generates instant interest and that’s the beauty of this project. In the first episode itself, the director has succeeded in catching the viewers’ attention. The narrative structure of the series disappoints the audiences as it throws out some uninteresting and boring subplots. The writing of the web series is cliched and formulaic. However, it is the performances of the actors that keep us engaged with the web series. On the outer level, the web series is predictable because of a familiar plot. Keeping the same in mind, the series creators tried to include some subplots but not all worked.
Touted to be a political thriller that revolves around a murder mystery, the web series is poorly designed in certain aspects. There are many important scenes that miss logic. The story is narrated in a flashback manner. A non-linear screenplay offers boredom when the graph of the series is not constantly rising. The series suffers the same. There are some sequences that give a high to us but that graph is not consistent.
There is nothing new or fresh in the path that the director chose to narrate this tale but thanks to some proper episode bangs. The technical aspects of the series are just okay. The background score is excellent and sets the perfect mood for a thriller. The camera work and editing is good. On the whole, the web series is good in parts.
