The advent
of web series has brought about a cultural revolution in the Indian Internet
scene. In the past few years many web series have come out, some of them being exceptionally
good. In this league of creative outpouring comes a new entrant that has
changed it for the better.
It can be
seen that a large number of web shows fail to connect to the masses because the
people behind them are still in the hangover of 80s and 90s. They do not
understand the changing demands and hence a stark difference between them and
today’s youth.
‘Baked’ is a very brave attempt to bridge this gap, a web series by the youth and for the youth. This masterpiece, produced by Pechkas Pictures and Scoopwhoop Talkies shows the roller coaster journey of three Delhi University (DU) students who embark on an adventure of their own.
Meet Haris,
a simpleton who has just arrived from Allahabad to study at DU, played
effortlessly by Pranay Manchanda. He is the most lovable character and my
personal favorite in the series, someone who wants to do right but always ends
messing up creating comedy of errors. He shares his room with Oni (Shantanu
Anam), a cocky Bengali who makes up statistics to proves his point and
considers himself as the leader of the group, studying History at college. The
third roommate is Body, played by Manik Papneja, the Punjabi stud, always
chasing girls and driving his red Vespa.
Enters Tara,
(Kriti Vij), beauty with a killer smile, the diva of the college and as
expected, Haris develops love at first sight.
To support their finances, the guys decide to
open a night food delivery joint called ‘Wake & Bake’. Haris with his
culinary skills becomes the cook, Body, the delivery man, while Oni convinces
them to be the manager.
What follows
over the course of seven episodes is an epic drama. Wake & Bake flourishes
initially, getting orders for parties but it soon gets complicated. One problem
leads to other, be it Bakshi sir who is too lazy to read Haris’ assignment and
never shy of embarrassing him to local university goon, Tiwari bhai, who along
with his chamcha takes advantage of their misery.
Haris is confused with his love life and clueless
about what to do. The term is about to end but nothing seems to fall in its
place. Rent is long overdue and soon they would have to evict. With cooking as
their last option, they decide to bulk deliver at three different places with
each of the guys taking one route but nothing comes easy for them. As expected,
shit happens or as they call it ‘bhasad’ in
Delhi. If they would be able to pay the rent, would Haris express his love to
Tara, will they finally succeed for once? Watch this superbly crafted series to
find out the answers.
Directed by
Vishwajoy Mukherjee, Baked is so relatable that many of the viewers might see a
glimpse of them in one of these characters. The creators of the show, Vishwajoy
and Akash were themselves students of Ramjas and Hindu College, which brings a
touch of authenticity to the show.
This is as
good as it gets.Take some time out to watch this refreshingly new
take on college life, friendship, roommates, domestic politics, and Delhi. This
will be time well spent.
One of the better shows of our time and guess
what….there will be a season 2.
**This web series was brought to the notice of wider audience in an earlier posting here and now this is the attempt to review it.
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