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| Aarya Season 3 |
Even while the series is still entertaining, Sushmita Sen's portrayal is getting a little stale.
Sushmita Sen's casting in Aarya may be the only choice made in the Indian streaming age that so precisely satisfies all of its requirements.
During a scene from the third season of the Disney+Hotstar series, Aarya softly says to her assistant Sampat. The mother-without-borders cliché reappears in the most reliable programme on Indian streaming, a deft blend of narratively dense, soap operatic threads dipped in a cursive sauce of visual and auditory poetry. Seldom has long-form storytelling displayed such style and skill in capturing something so relatable but intensely real. Aarya never set new standards, but it does a fantastic job of seamlessly transferring a certain comedic mentality to the lengthier streaming streams. During its third season, the show becomes more comfortable and frothy than before, drawing viewers in and losing some of its edge while yet maintaining a fashionable viewing experience.
Where we left off in the first season, we pick up in the third. The talented Sushmita Sen portrays Aarya, who has given up her innocence for the benefit of her kids. Now a don, she arranges drug sales, befriends Russian gangs, and maintains her position despite the threat to future generations. As Sooraj (Indraneil Sengupta) goes back to India to exact revenge on his wife for her "unintentional" murder at the hands of Aarya and her close friend Maya (Maya Sarao), the consequences of what happened in the previous season loom over her children. The show's moody, occasionally serene tone is broken by rivalries between ACP Khan (Vikas Kumar), a professional and personal opponent who is still pursuing our protagonist. Retaliation is not the only sort of acid eroding her horizon.
The third season of Aarya moves at the rickety speed of a survival thriller, unfolding at the disorganised rhythm of a rehearsal, making the show feel cramped for room and context. Things move at a plodding speed that leaves little to no opportunity for reflection or even reassessment. You could argue that Aarya could have done with a loser death grip on its protagonist, but despite the constant sense of closeness about a struggle fought across familial lines, it's still a series of waves of fear and reactionary world-saving. Give her something to hang on to instead of a shovel or a pistol. As a result, many subplots receive less attention than they merit.
For example, Veer, Aarya's son, is portrayed by Viren Vazirani with amazing poise and maturity, yet he never gets the chance to fully develop into the messy, sentimental adult he is meant to be.