A Simple Murder

A man with a relatively bad luck that pushes him into sticky situation, makes a call that changes his life. What follows is a string of events woven out of betrayals, crime, greed and love. Sachin Pathak’s A Simple Murder is a show that I binge-watched overnight, and even if it was two episodes too long, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

The biggest asset of the show are the comedy scenes which are effortlessly woven in the series, at least in the first couple of episodes. So as you dive more and more into the chaos and confusion, they keep you amused. You don't lose your attention as someone or the other gets killed and you'd like to know why. Despite the murders and killings everywhere, thanks to the humorous storytelling, you don't get bothered by it. Akhilesh Joshi, the writer, it seems, is heavily inspired by the 1990s. The bar that Parth frequents often plays the exact song from the decade which defines the mood of the scene. But after a couple of episodes, the gags become infrequent and you begin to lose interest. Thankfully, there are just seven episodes with a promise of a sequel at the end.

The contrived chaos does not aim to make a convincing argument that Delhi is a bizarre and disorderly place as much as it tries to stretch the series to seven episodes. Repetitive by design, unevenly paced and only sporadically funny, A Simple Murder would have been even less effective if it hadn’t been for its cast, many of them seasoned professionals with the ability to make the ordinary appear special.