Little Things 2

Little Things- Season 2

"We are not extraordinary people, we have to work hard to make our everyday special."

Their story was a mess still beautiful, complicated yet understandable, heart- warming but also hurting, just like any thing related to love. The sole reason why Little Things succeeded so much was due to the highly relatable content told in a very realistic manner, gladly devoid of anything that makes it larger than life. Dhruv and Mithila were characters we could all relate to in fact they were one among us. When I heard NETFLIX adopting the show, at first, I was excited, but I was equally sceptical of the prediction that this would impact the show in a positive way. 

My fears came true, Little Things season 2 is grand, too much evident of the production support they received but moments reminiscent of season 1 are the only thread holding the plot together.

Don’t get me wrong, LT Season 2 is equally watchable and keeps its audience engaged. 

But remember the effortless chemistry between the biriyani monster and momo, the tense yet enjoyable moments and the ultimate joy of little things, that that the first season won our hearts with? Sadly, I found most of it missing or rather forced in the season 2. May be that’s what love over a period does to even the best of people. Or may be its the time and the rat race we are all into, which forces us to chase a better lifestyle in a way that we almost forget what our heart desires for.  

Dhruv Sehgal, who is also the writer of the series did set his foot into few of the deeper struggles that we all face in a relationship like the uncertainties, taking the back seat, handling stereotypes and ultimately finding comfort by addressing the uncomfortable, which most of us run for our life from. These are complex issues and requires a lot of sensitivity in portrayal, which I believe Dhruv was able to justify to a great extend still it felt like the demons of those uncomfortable situations did scare him to skim through the surface level and run for the conclusion.  Or may be there was only little that one can pen down about such complex sensitive issues. 

Dhruv Sehgal and Mithila Palkar are at their best in “moments” which are really heart-warming like when their relationship attains a certain level of maturity or really takes a hit, like the last moment where she hugs him emotionally or in a conversation where Dhruv addresses a key issue of uncertainties we face in different stages of our love life, which usually writers sugar coat and avoid. At the same time, parts of very intense moments and a few of the dialogue deliveries, felt forced and lacked the depth it required.

One of the most cherished memories of my childhood is my mother cooking some of the dishes which will make one drool. There was a problem though, when she makes it for just 4 of us, it was an out of the world dish, ingredients precise and flavour just perfect. Inspired by the same when she used to recreate the magic for larger number of people in the yearly festival of Onam or Vishu, somehow didn’t work that well. Not that it wasn’t good, but something somewhere was missing. In the department of culinary skills, I have inherited that quality from her and so may be that was the emotion I was left with, when I finished watching all the episodes on the night of release in NETFLIX.

May be, just maybe, some incredibly yummy dishes are best when we allow the little things to be themselves.

A big shutout to Prateek Kuhad for “Pause”, that was awesome.

P.S. Picture Courtesy- NETFLIX, Firstpost, The Quint and Youtube