Modi – Journey of a Common Man first impression: Hybrid of fact and fiction leads to hero worship

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In the season of political biopics, the much-awaited web series based on the life of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started streaming on Eros Now. Titled Modi – Journey of a Common Man, the series is directed by Umesh Shukla.

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From what I have seen in the first two episodes, this series focuses on different chapters of PM Modis life and how he was eager to serve the country from an early age. Basically, the hero worship starts from the word go and it would have been shocking had it been otherwise. The show opens with two timelines, one from the early 1960s and the other from the mid-1970s, the Emergency era, and in both timelines, Modi is the one with strong leadership skills who aims to change the world through his actions.

The 12-year-old Narendra Modi, played by Faizal Khan, comes across as an annoying smartmouth and its mainly because he talks excessively. The scenes featuring him never seem to end. One track with the Republic Day march in his school goes on forever and eventually, it appears as if it was an extended chapter used for character building. This holds true for most scenes in the first two episodes. Every scene is a tool to highlight one particular quality of PM Modi. We understand they are trying to build the man who will eventually become Prime Minister but its more like ticking a checklist of qualities required to make the man who is known by the masses today.

The 20-something-old version of Modi, played by Read More – Source