Tooth Pari Review: Netflix’s supernatural series stars Tanya Maniktala as Rumi, Shantanu Maheshwari as Dr Bikram Roy, Revathi as Luna Luka, Sikander Kher as Kartik Pal, Adil Hussain as AD, Saswata Chatterjee as David, Tillotama Shome as Meera and others. It was written and directed by Pratim D Gupta. There are a total of 8 episodes of approximately 45 minutes.
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites Review Contains No Spoilers
Tooth Pari: When Love Bites is set in Kolkata. In the Netflix show, Rumi, a vampire among others, lives in the “neeche” ki duniya. They are not allowed to go “upar” in the world of human beings. They live off the blood from hospital blood banks. But Rumi and her friend Sreela sneak into the human world at night to get fresh human blood. During one such hunt, one of Rumi’s canines breaks.
Rumi seeks the help of Dr Bikram Roy, a shy dentist. The dentist is unaware of her real identity. Little did Rumi know that she would fall in love with Dr Roy, a human being. Sadly, vampires are forbidden to fall in love with humans and receive fatal punishment. But that’s not the only thing Rumi has to worry about. There’s a group of vampire hunters called Cutmundus, led by Luna Luka. How will Rumi and the other vampires save themselves? Will the love story have a happy ending? We find out everything in the end.
The concept of Tooth Pari Netflix is familiar to all. There are several books, movies and shows where vampires fall for humans and vice versa. Some are intriguing; some aren’t. Sadly, Pratim D Gupta’s show fall in the latter category. After building up the world of Rumi and Dr Roy in the first two episodes, we expect the show to have moments where we are startled and deeply engrossed.
One of the major issues with the series is Tanya Maniktala’s performance as Rumi. She has the most screen time but gives the weakest and bland performance throughout. She neither scares you nor has any remarkable presence that makes you admire her. In fact, you wait for Shantanu to come on screen so that the show feels like it has some life. But after some time, the dullness of the show takes over, and no one seems appealing, including the narrative.
Just like Tanya, all the other vampires played by Saswata, Tillotama, and others are neither monstrous nor exciting. They all talk weirdly to show that they’re different from humans. Sadly, it sounds off and makes them all look like they’re putting up a fake show. The main premise of Netflix’s Tooth Pari – When Love Bites is a love story. But how can one feel any love when the main characters lack chemistry and passion, and the plot has no interesting factor?
Rumi and Roy’s meeting doesn’t even appear striking, despite using all the filminess in that particular sequence. As the show progresses, you lose interest in the vampire and human world the show has created. The climax is laughable, especially the scene between Rumi and Luna. I hope I can unsee and forget the bizarreness, as they did with someone in the climax.
Tooth Pari Review: Final Thoughts
Overall, Tooth Pari on Netflix is neither thrilling nor enjoyable. The love story lacks passion, the vampire hunt looks cartoonish, and great talent is wasted.
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