The Royals, a Netflix series that brings together a dooming royal family of Rajasthan and a business CEO, together in a crazy, fun ride for a deal that will profit both but ends up being neither’s. The series that is filled with several senior actors like Sakshi Tanwar, Zeenat Aman, Dino Morea, Milind Soman and Chunky Pandey also has fresh young talents like Ishaan Khatter, Vihaan Samat, Bhumi Pednekar, Kavya Trehan, Yashaswini Dayama, Nora Fatehi and debutants Lisa Mishra and Sumukhi Suresh. The eight-episode series is all about some major relationship clashes, shirtless Ishaan, Sakshi’s Maya Sarabhai accent, Jaipur fortress and regal fashion. Oh Yes! There is some serious acting downfall by Bhumi too.
The series begins with Sophia Kanmani Shekhar, played by Bhumi Pednekar, gearing up for the biggest pitch of her life while having a morning run at a beach. During this, she is stopped by a staff member, who very politely tells her to run backwards as a photoshoot is being held in the middle of the beach. However, Sophia being Sophia, breaks the barricade and continues to run through the whole set-up. Here the viewers are introduced to the VIP, Ishaan Khatter as Maharaj of Morpur, Aviraj Singh. Later, we again get to see an obnoxious Sophia asking the VIP people in a restaurant cum bar to speak slowly as she is on a call that obviously could have been anywhere outside. However, this makes Aviraj notice her and later, in a rather swift manner, they move to the room for a fun night that is interrupted by phone calls. And here comes the most non-genuine part in the series, the fight which had to be the base of this ‘enemy turn into lovers’ plot, seems out of place, dragged and forced.
