FLAMES returns with a fresh season of drama and romance. Looking at such young people in love makes others nostalgic for their first loves and how optimistic everyone used to be about life.
Most of us have tested our compatibility with our crushes by playing fire on the back of our notebooks during class. Flames begin with a pretty innocent love tale, a sensation that virtually everyone has experienced. It’s both reassuring and tragic because when life happens, we all forget these small moments of bliss.
Teenage is not only about love but also about schoolwork and parental pressure, which is frequently referred to as the cornerstone of our profession. Growing up in India, the value of your life is determined by the scores you receive on your board exams. All of these variables are considered in Flames Season 3 as we get a glance inside Rajat and Ishita’s life.
STORY: Rajat and Ishita are seen dealing with new and larger problems and obstacles in life in the third season, allowing them to develop and mature with time.
REVIEW: Flames 3 is a feel-good series, like its predecessors, but it lacks the OG (original) factor in terms of concepts or execution. Seasons 1 and 2 focus on teen romance and character development, but this season is tough and focuses on the characters’ maturing and progress as they try to manage their relationship, pass their 12th-grade examinations, and pick a professional path.
Season 3 picks up where the second season left off. Rajat alias Rajjo (Ritvik Sahore), Ishita (Tanya Maniktala), Anusha (Sunakshi Grover), and Pandu (Shivam Kakkar) are still enrolled in the Sunshine coaching programs, which are managed by Kaushal (Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish) and Abhijat (Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish) (Sahil Verma).
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However, the story swiftly changes tone since Ishita has now friend-zoned Rajat, despite his affection for her. Will their equations shift once more? Will love conquer and end happily ever after? We’ll have all of the answers and much more by the conclusion of the episode.
The show is pleasantly slow-paced and rich in emotions, co-written by Puneet Batra and Deepesh Sumitra Jagdish and directed by Divyanshu Malhotra. The latter two episodes are especially dramatic, concentrating on the parent-child bond. The idea of parents encouraging their children to pursue jobs in engineering or medicine and their offspring “quitting” is not new; it has been dramatized in several films and web series, including 3 Idiots and Kota Factory.
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Each episode, like in previous seasons, is named after an ancient song, such as “Jab Koi Baat Bigad Jaaye,” and the problems are explained using chemical analogies. Close-ups of Delhi street cuisine will stir your hunger. And those Maggi moments, as well as the prep conversations, are soaked in nostalgia, recalling adolescence.
Ritvik Sahore and Tanya Maniktala performed their characters with innocence, making them easy to like. Maniktala stands out in particular for her expressive face and dominating screen presence. Sunakshi Grover and Shivam Kakkar reprise their roles from past seasons, adding to the levity of the program.
Purnendu Bhattacharya plays Rajat’s tyrannical father who is hell-bent on turning his boys into engineers, Neelu Dogra, plays Rajat’s mother who is trapped between father and son, and Raj Sharma plays Ishita’s father, who is more like friend, have all portrayed their roles effectively. However, their personalities are too conventional to give anything unique.
