The open takeaway from this long, tiring series was the unfiltered female desires in bed. Creators didn’t burden them with guilt. Toxic family scenes were not enlarged. Why should boys aka husbands have all the fun? Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper treats male escorts neatly. It’s a social service for the needy in exchange for money. Excluding the safe family life of Mishra from its risks, it again convinces you this could be very casual in your locality. Madhur Milaap breaks all cultural biases where people have no religion, caste, or creed.

Directors Amrit Raj Gupta and Puneet Krishna pin high hopes on their ensemble cast. They are all good in their robes, but the logical repercussions mar an ambitious plot with too many people struggling to anchor in their due slots. The metamorphosis of Tribhuvan Mishra, an honest government employee to a male escort is justifiable. The worst trigger could be his beloved wife Ashoklata (Naina Sareen) also called him a loser in a critical scenario. Puneet’s script favors Mishra by putting him in miserable scenarios.

Bindi’s((Tillotama Shome) entry into his CA Topper parallel life redefines things. She makes him a romantic star in his service hours. In turn, Mishra makes her his best customer of that orange-flavored cake too. Shome is carrying the shadow of her neglected love and sex life but she looks pale and lost in her moves. I found her alive and passionate in steamy scenes only. Her husband Teeka Ram Jain (Shubhrajyoti Barat), a confectioner, and his underworld activities seemed off-track. Don’t know why in every story we see these days, a hidden gay bonding is essential. The two policemen frequent in Tribhuvan Mishra were victims of such repeated mannerisms in the genre. And the umpteen characters that appear in the stretched nine episodes of the series turn very progressive and messy to our surprise. The crazy, gun-holding bahu and crooked mother-in-law for instance. The last scene was a cocktail of comedy errors.

Manav Kaul did well, not his best though. After setting the stage for the actors, the creators made them dance not always for a reason.