Tripling Season 3 Review – Sluggish Start, With A Smashing End

The third installment of the messy lives of the Sharma siblings — eldest, Chandan (Sumeet Vyas), middle one, Chanchal (Maanvi Gagroo), and the youngest, Chitvan (Amol Parashar). This time around, the focus is not on the travails of the three quirky siblings. It is on their parents, Chinmay (Kumud Mishra) and Charu Sharma (Shernaz Patel), who are on the verge of separation. The news hits the siblings like a ton of bricks, and the three hightail it back home to Manali, to coerce their parents into changing their minds.

 

Tripling Season 3 is written by Sumeet Vyas and Arunabh Kumar, directed by Neeraj Udhwani, and produced by The Viral Fever.

The performances in Tripling Season 3 are the highlight of the show. All the primary characters, including Kunaal Roy Kapur as Chanchal’s husband Pranav, who’s bona-fide royalty btw, excel in their roles. Kumud Mishra and Shernaz Patel step up to the plate and do complete justice to their meaty roles. Sumeet Vyas and Maanvi Gagroo are consummate actors, and deliver realistic performances. But it is Amol Parashar who really impresses in Tripling Season 3. He sparkles as Chitvan, effectively conveying the myriad layers of his complex character. If the other two are the heart and soul, Parashar is definitely the life of the show.

Tripling Season 3 starts off on a slow and boring note. The actors and their half-hearted attempts at humour look jaded, making us wonder if it’s time for the show to hang up its boots. Even the shocking news, revealed in the first few minutes of the first episode, seems contrived and superficial. Divorces and separations are so commonplace in today’s age and time that one barely bats an eyelid at the news of one more in the ever-growing list.

 

The chemistry amongst the three primary characters — the mainstay of the previous two seasons — is missing majorly at the start of the new season. The jokes — if they can be called that — don’t land, and the humour falls flat. Even Chitvan’s larky comments fail to elicit a smile, let alone full-bodied, laugh-out-loud laughter.

 

The first three episodes of Tripling Season 3 thus pass by in a blur of tedium and indifference.

 

Enter the last two episodes, and the story finally picks up steam; as well as gravitas. The drama feels real, poignant, and something every person who’s ever lost their childhood home can relate to. The debate between conventional and unconventional, sparked by spunky, with-it dad Chinmay Sharma, hits home—hard. The scene with the siblings on the stairs, in pouring rain, is so emotional and affecting that it’ll bring a tear or two to even the most hardened of people.

 

It is easily the best scene in the entire five episodes of Tripling Season 3. When the siblings question whether things will be the same between them after the dust settles, they lay bare the feelings of scores of kids from broken homes. However, unlike broken homes, here the parents are getting “happily separated”. And by the end of the five episodes, you begin to believe that Chinmay and Charu Sharma’s way is the best way to lead the rest of one’s life. The series ends on a happy, and dare we say, uplifting note. The end definitely makes up for the sluggish start, and makes this season a worthwhile watch. The short runtime – five episodes, each 24-28 minutes in length – is an added plus that makes the series a quick binge-watch.

Aman Pant’s musical score is quirky and upbeat. The peppy numbers at the end of each episode are cute and funny at the same time. Shaz Mohammed’s cinematography enhances the poignant vibes of the narrative. Farooq Hundekar’s editing is flawless and tight.

Performances of the lead cast

The poignant ending

Short runtime

Sluggish start

Forced humour

Yes, If Only for the End