Hindi Web Series The Romantics

The Romantics is an Indian series. It is mainly about the legacy of Yash Chopra and his son Aditya Chopra. It is available in Hindi and English. The series consists of 1 season, and four episodes in total. Smriti Mundhra created the series. Smriti Mundhra and Michael T Vollmann wrote the script as well. The cast of the series includes Aditya Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor, Salim Khan, Anupam Kher, John Abraham, Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh, Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, and Ayushmann Khurrana. Padam Bhushan, Mansi Sharma, Uday Chopra, Smriti Mundhra and Jonathan Reiman are the series’ producers. Smriti Mundhra is the director of this web series. Lars Skree dealt with the cinematography. Michael Bourne and Michael T. Vollmann edited the series. YRF Entertainment is the production partner associated with the series.

Plot

The web series is a documentary. It captures the legacy of the Yash Chopra. He is known as the king of the romantic series in the Indian cinema. It also talks about the success of Yash Raj Films. Yash Chopra has made a lot of successful films. Aditya Raj, Yash’s son, is also featured in the series. Aditiya carried his father’s name in the industry. He also turned their company in a world class renowned business. The series has four episodes. They discuss how the son-father relationship took the cinema industry to the next level. The series showed other movies written and directed by Yash Chopra. This includes Dhool Ka Phool, Dharmputra, Deewaar, Bunty Aur Babli, Dhoom, Chak De, Kabhi Kabhie, and Chandni.

Star performance

As the series is a documentary, it includes many movies produced by Yash Chopra. The cast of the series include Aditya Chopra, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Ranbir Kapoor, Salim Khan, Anupam Kher, John Abraham, Anushka Sharma, Ranveer Singh, Anil Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan and Ayushmann Khurrana. All the actors have delivered incredible performances. Actors, in respective series, captured the emotions rightly that Yash Chopra wanted to present.

Analysis

The Romantics is a fantastic series. The people who are genuinely interested in romantic shows will love this series. It reflected the legacy of Raj Films and the gratitude towards Yash Chopra. As for the structure, the series has a great blend of emotions. Laughter, sadness, peace, happiness and every other emotions are present in the series. The script is no doubt brilliant. The execution of the script is elegant as well. However, the second half of the series becomes comparatively slow compared to the first half.

All the actors including the main actors and the supporting actors did a great work throughout the series. However, in some scenes, it becomes hard to ignore that the series focuses more on glorification. Otherwise, the plot of the series is pretty exciting. The cinematography is incredible, and it enhanced the emotional scenes. The soundtracks are perfect as well.

What's there? 

• The script of the series is fantastic and exciting.
• The execution is perfect as well.
• The musical tracks are enjoyable and soothing.
• It captures the legacy of Yash Raj and his major projects.
• The main and the supporting cast delivered an incredible performance.

What's not there?

• The series lost its momentum after the second episode.
• As it is overwhelming, some audiences might find it uncomfortable to watch.
• At many scenes, it felt the purpose of the series is to glorify Yash Chopra and his films.

Verdict

If you love Indian romantic movies then, you should watch this series. It is a great find. Also, it might be helpful if you have already watched some of the major hits of Yash Raj Films. If you haven’t watched many romantic movies and you want to develop interest in them then also this series will be helpful.