MX player Webseries- Raktanchal webseries Review

The Indian section of web series entertainment has evidently been dominated by the crime-thriller genre. Be it Sacred Games, Mirzapur, or the newest addition Paatal Lok, the crime genre seems to draw in major audiences if done right. 

MX Player's latest web series Raktanchal also takes an identical route and dives deep into the crime backdrop but taking it a couple of decades back to the 1980s. Raktanchal web series cast includes Nikitin Dheer, who is known for high signature villainous roles in films like Chennai Express and Ready.

 Other Raktanchal cast members include Kranti Prakash Jha, Soundarya Sharma, Rojini Chakraborty, Vikram Kochhar and Basu Soni.

Raktanchal web series review-

Raktanchal is predicated within the setting of Purvanchal in east Uttar Pradesh. The crime-infested region is under the control of Waseem Khan (Nikitin Dheer). Waseem runs a mafia operation that steals away government tenders.

 On the opposite hand, Waseem Khan nemesis Vijay Singh (Kranti Prakash Jha) tries to overpower Waseem by trying to throw his position away by vengeance and not by greed. Without going into the spoiler territory, Vijay Singh's character's life has been majorly traumatized by the choices made by Waseem, which leads him to hunt out revenge.

The series has been written by Sanjeev K Rajat, Sarvesh Upadhyay and Shashak Rai who have included a variety of plot twists throughout the run which helps keep viewers hooked to the screen. 

Almost every episode sees the introduction of a replacement character of a stimulating plot development which is additionally placed throughout the script at a quick pace. The series features heavy verbal abuse throughout along side a couple of songs which could are easily cut call at order to stay the pace crisper.

he series overall follows hit or miss and gripping tone leaving less time to possess any dull moments. The 1980s has been skillfully recreated including the costumes which make the world-building within the series at par with various other critically acclaimed web series in recent years. 

The nine-episode series are often easily binge-watched as doesn't drag unnecessarily and overstays it welcome. Towards the top of the series, the plot developments start coming to a definitive close and though some conclusions are befitting to the series, others leave the audience members asking for more.