School Of Lies
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Director: Avinash Arun
Writers: Nishant Agarwala | Avinash Arun | Ishani Banerjee | Shoaib Nazeer
Starring: Varin Roopani | Vir Pachisia | Aryan Singh Ahlawat | Aamir Bashir | Geetika Vidya Ohlyan | Nitin Goel | Krushag Ghuge | Parthiv Shetty | Hemant Kher | Divyansh Dwivedi | Nimraut Kaur
Genres: Drama | Mystery
Release Date: 2nd June, 2023
CAT'S PICK : ★ 6.8
Avinash returns to direct a story centered on childhood and its struggles, this time as a web series. It is titled "School of Lies" and is based on a series of real-life events. It takes place at the River Isaac School of Education, a boarding school in Dalton Town, a picturesque hilly, misty town. Shakti Salgaonkar, a 12-year-old student, mysteriously vanishes, causing havoc at the school. There's more to it, though. There are numerous additional skeletons in the closet, and it appears that each mishap is connected. A police investigation begins shortly after the parents of Shakti are notified. You should also pay attention to the parallel narrative that looks at how his parents' relationship was broken and complicated.
In terms of setting and plot, Killa and School of Lies might be very different from one another. However, the themes of children's feelings of isolation, disconnection, and repression, as well as their profound desire for freedom, are what link them together. Despite the fact that pain and longing are universal feelings, children's emotions are frequently trivialized and brushed under the rug.
With School Of Lies, Avinash successfully delves deeply into the spirit and psyche of children and brings this theme back to our attention once more. In a pivotal scene, we hear Shakti telling his father how he feels suffocated by the monotony of life and how he still feels stifled when he tries to escape into nature to feel at peace. It breaks my heart. Beautifully, Avinash contrasts the nuances of childhood against the backdrop of wild nature by employing his physical and metaphorical lenses.
By the end, School of Lies is less of a thriller and more of a sort of tribute to a kind of childhood that is quickly going away and that some of us have never even known, but it still works. Life might be the genre it most closely resembles. Give School of Lies a shot if you want to step away from the plethora of high-octane dramas and fast-paced thrillers. It will assist you in re-connecting with simpler but profoundly transformative times. Additionally, it is an attractive aquarelle-like series.
