Star Plus has brought an interesting television show named “Everest” which is the creative idea of filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker and it includes A.R. Rehman as the chief composer of the television show. With such huge names attached to the show, it is natural to expect something different in the world of Indian television, where the creative minds are trying to do slight experiment in an industry dominated by the saas-bahu sagas.
The first episode of the show which aired on Star Plus today
at 10:00 pm had an intriguing appeal to the narrative. Everest’s first episode
subtly introduces the prominent characters - Anjali Singh Rawat, a bright
graduate of Literature who is to receive the state award for her performance in
college. She eagerly wants her father to accompany her for the gold medal
ceremony.
Her father is shown to be a
typical army officer, who is punctual, like to live a disciplinarian life and
talks in a blunt fashion. The first episode reveals that Anjali’s eagerness to
attend the ceremony turns into a shattering experience as she discovers that
her father never wanted a daughter, but a son. Her father represents a typical
patriarchal man who desires a son and not a daughter.
This story runs parallel to another story, where Aakash
Joshi, who is a video journalist in Mumbai, is given an interesting offer by
his boss (played by Rajat Kapoor) to cover the story on Everest. However,
Aakash’s traumatic experience in the past has made him acrophobic. His fear or
height is established in an interesting scene, where he is unable to control
himself on a transparent accelerator. This makes the screenplay gripping as it
switches between the past and present, exposing multiple facets to the
character of the show.
In a merciless world of television where people are
impatient enough to flip across thousands of channels, Will the television show
Everest succeed in keeping the audiences intrigued? Only time can tell.
Written by Sourav
