shefali-59244 Review of Gullak

Gullak (2019– )

Despite Its Smug Voiceover, Gullak Season 2 Revels In The Art Of Living

[19 March 2021]

After revisiting my Gullak review, I can't help but open the review of Gullak Season 2 with the same thought. The problem with a sweet little TVF show about a middle-class family in small-town India is that it will keep reminding you that there are middle-class families in small-town India. Maybe this isn't a "problem" to most, but I personally do not fancy being told how to watch a show - or what to admire about a show - by the show itself. To make the reminding not look ridiculous, the series is named after the reminder. A piggy bank ("gullak") in the household provides a voiceover that waxes lyrical about the vignettes of modest middle-class-ness. Why a piggy bank, you ask? Because this one collects memories instead of coins.