Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein season 2 review: I'm happy to report that Sidharth Sengupta's romantic crime thriller show has successfully evaded the season 2 curse. The series, starring Tahir Raj Bhasin, Shweta Tripathi , Anchal Singh, and Saurabh Shukla, manages to keep the thrills and the pulp of the first season intact. The novelty does wear off, but the politics and philosophical centre remain steadfast.
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.’ ) It's a dad's world Season 2 kicks off exactly where season 1 ended – Purva (Anchal) has been abducted by Jalaan (Arunoday Singh), who threatens her husband Vikrant (Tahir) that he'll bring her back if her father Akheraj (Saurabh) doesn't pay ₹ 100 crore. Hmm, that's not your usual deal.
The catch here is that Vikrant hired Jalaan to kill his wife, but he double-crossed him and now wants more money in exchange. Sweet subversion has been at the heart of Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein, although it may come across as your standard small-town crime thriller fare on the surface. From subverting the popular dance number from Abbas-Mustan's 1993 hit Baazigar to flipping gender roles in a star-crossed romantic equation, the show's core screams subversion.
Season 2 doesn't build much on that foundation, but flirts with the same devil with equal gusto. You root for the hero by hoping that the ‘heroine’ never finds her way back. But at the same time, .