In ALTBalaji’s latest survey of sleaze, the youngest chief minister of Rajasthan has the shortest stint in office – he is killed in the ope...
In ALTBalaji’s latest survey of sleaze, the youngest chief minister of Rajasthan has the shortest stint in office – he is killed in the opening minutes.
Rather than vacating the planet, Yudhveer Singh (Sumeet Vyas) hangs around both in the form of flashbacks and a voiceover that provides a snarky commentary on the investigation into his murder. Who could possibly be behind the untimely death of this smug, smooth child of privilege?
The show is titled Dark 7 White, which gives us a clue into the number of suspects. All of them are from Yudhveer’s social circle. They include his girlfriends (Yudhveer is a more-the-merrier type) and a gay couple. This bunch of frenemies has been used and abused by Yudhveer, a scion of a feudal family who continues to behave as though the princely states haven’t been abolished. Democracy is a myth, snarls this self-declared prince.
A more memorable declaration by Yudhveer, which is in keeping with the show’s penchant for trash-talking, is, “When I fuck, I fuck hard.” The episodes have such titles as “Politics aur Porn” and “Friendship and French Kiss”. Series creator ALTBalaji has displayed remarkable rigour and consistency in exploring generalised randy behaviour, whatever the situation. A show that is supposedly...
