Pritam and Pedro
Crime Drama Mystery Hindi
The dynamic between the two contrasting personalities, a seasoned cop who prefers old-school methods and a tech-savvy cop who relies on modern technology for investigations, as they navigate their partnership in solving crimes.
| Cast: | Vir Hirani, Arshad Warsi, Vikrant Massey, Mona Singh, Rajesh Sharma, Mohit Chauhan, Shruti Marathe, Naina Sareen, Satyadeep Misra, Harshika Kewalramani, Ajay Jadhav |
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| Director: | Amir Satyaveer Singh, Avinash Arun |
All Guild Reviews of Pritam and Pedro
Hotstar series glorified micro-drama with cliched plot, half-baked characters
Produced and co-created by Rajkumar Hirani and starring Arshad Warsi as Goa cop Pedro, the crime-comedy series acts as a launchpad for Hirani's son Vir, who plays the mysterious Pritam. But the series works neither as a procedural drama nor as a comedy.
A computer whiz and a tech-challenged cop team up to solve a missing person case in Hotstar’s new crime-comedy series Pritam and Pedro, co-created by the illustrious Rajkumar Hirani. The series essentially serves as a launch vehicle for his son, Vir, who plays the mysterious Pritam. We meet the young man as he’s trying to report his grandfather’s missing tape recorder at a Goa police station run by Pedro, played by Arshad Warsi. The cops throw him in jail when he refuses to leave without registering his complaint. Instantly, Pritam stands out as an honourable young man, while Pedro comes across as a no-nonsense veteran who has seen it all. On paper, they make for the perfect odd-couple — the Indian film industries don’t make nearly enough buddy comedies. However, that’s about as interesting as things get, because, at the end of the day, this is a Hirani production.
Rajkumar Hirani Makes A Long-form and Out-of-form OTT Debut
The six-episode drama about a tech-averse policeman teaming up with a young hacker is trapped in a bygone era.
A young man, Pritam (Vir Hirani), is jailed for threatening a lazy constable. It’s Goa, of course. Pritam watches as the inspector of the police station, Pedro (Arshad Warsi), hears of a high-profile ATM robbery. The middle-aged cops have no idea where to start. So Pritam offers to help in return for freedom; he is immediately allowed to use their computer, and in ten minutes, he tracks the culprits down. He does it with the grating innocence of a child educating his grandparents about electronics.
A stunningly dull, bizarrely structured, tonally confused dud on arrival, with none of the token Raju Hirani warmth, wit and whimsy.
The Right Mix
It’s an age-old but workable mix. Stodgy, old school police inspector Pedro (Arshad Warsi) can’t pronounce fuchsia, 1-2-3-4 is his password and he’s ready to tear his hair when an influencer wants to file an FIR to find her missing followers. It’s a punishment posting for Pedro when a minister on the warpath (Satyadeep Mishra) has him taken off his regular beat to head the cyber cell. Pedro and tech wiz Pritam (Vir Hirani) make an odd pair. But when the minister’s bratty son goes missing, it is Pedro’s traditional sleuthing methods and Pritam’s new-age tech skills that combine to get to the bottom of the crime.
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