PI Meena (2023) Series: Intriguing Thriller From Bengal

PI Meena series is an intriguing thriller from West Bengal, from the Eastern state of India. In this crime drama, the private investigator Meena tries to investigate a murder case.

Meena is a brave and stubborn detective. It is the second sleuth show from India helmed by a female protagonist, that we have seen recently. The first one was Charlie Chopra‘s show.

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Synopsis of the PI Meena (2023) Series

A young, troubled, female private investigator Meena (Meenakshi Iyer) gets thrown into a world, where she has to fathom the unfathomable and find herself.

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Rating of the PI Meena (2023) Series

FM Rating	3.50/5
FM Short Comments	It is a slow-burning crime investigation series, that only picks up pace after a couple of episodes. Young actress Meenakshi Iyer performs well as PI Meena, the self-driven and inquisitive detective based in the city of joy. The ending of the show did not leave us fully satisfied. Will there be season two?

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Spoiler Free Review of the PI Meena (2023) Series

The Introduction

The distinctive culture of the Eastern region of India is one of the key selling points of the suspense-filled show. Set in the West Bengal region, the story takes us through its hilly and plain terrain. Thus, its crime thriller takes us into Kolkotta and the other towns of the state. As PI Meena tries to solve the murder investigation on her own, even at great personal risk.

So, what is the basic plotline?

Well, in the opening scene of the show, Meena – a young private investigator is the sole eyewitness of a road accident. A speeding truck hits a young man. It happens all the time. Or, does it? An existential link to her troubled past and the mother of the dead man draws her into investigating the accident. The world tries to brush it under a thick carpet. But when the accident points to an incredible bio-terror plot, the young PI Meena must fight. She must search for the truth ignoring the grave threats to her safety.

The acting, music and setting are good, but its story needs trimming

It is the first show that we have watched of the lead actress Meenakshi Iyer (PI Meena) and she has been impressive. Her slender shoulders and expressive eyes carry the heavy weight of this suspense-filled crime show well. There was a hint of romance in it. But then, it seems that its creators dropped that idea in this season.

Still, Meenakshi Iyer has been supported by the talented bunch of ensemble cast members – Parambrata Chattopadhyay (Subho Roy), Harsh Chhaya (Pritam Sen), Saurav Das (Adi), Jisshu Sengupta (Dr Andrew Rakhaw), Sawon Chakraborty (Partho Pratim Dey), Vipin Sharma (Tridib Malhotra), Vinay Pathak (Dr Rathindra Basu), Denzil Smith (Kedar Pokhral), etc. They have played their parts well to keep the suspense going.

The music and setting of Bengal seemed to accentuate the thrills. The less-heard and almost forgotten hilly areas of Bengal have been showcased in this story But, sometimes, we felt that the screenplay was unfocused and carrying too much of the fat. They could have trimmed it down to be more focused. They are investigating far too many issues, viz., medical cases, political cases, bio-terrorism cases, pandemic cases, etc. in it.

All of these issues have slowed down the relentless pace of the investigation being carried out by PI Meena. Sometimes, we felt that everything was going haywire in its story.

The conclusion

And that is not good. Even the ending of the series finale seemed confusing to us. We hope that they will answer some of its questions in the second season.

Till then, enjoy this show. Despite all the minor shortcomings that we have discussed above, this is a fairly decent suspense-filled crime series to watch, at least once.

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