At the end of this 4-episode documentary, I felt like this was just another instance of Netflix running behind a story that's yet to conclude. And with the way the Indian judicial system functions, it's difficult to think that Sheena Bora will get the justice she deserves. Every person being interviewed, apart from journalists (who are in it primarily for the hot sauce), sounds like they're hiding a lot of information. They tell a version of the story that best suits their current social identity, and Indrani among all of them, is the hardest to believe. Not one word of hers feels buyable, and the "uncut" segments with her lawyer only further confirm that. She comes across as nothing but a self-aggrandizing narcissist.
The docuseries also takes a fair amount of time to reveal information that's already available as featured snippets on Google, in concise paragraphs of text. The newer details (read: revelations) just keep taking the plot in new directions, but nothing substantial or concrete. Again, rich people's problems often involve cover-ups, silencing, transfer of investigating officers, fund siphoning from businesses, relationship complexities, and so on. That's the case here too. The documentary never questions its interviewees (the family members, i.e.) why none of them are concerned with finding out where Sheena Bora is, and what happened to her all these years later.. especially if none of the evidence brought to light so far is solid enough for conviction and sentencing.
Some stories are better summarized in 30-minute YouTube videos. This is one of those!
The docuseries also takes a fair amount of time to reveal information that's already available as featured snippets on Google, in concise paragraphs of text. The newer details (read: revelations) just keep taking the plot in new directions, but nothing substantial or concrete. Again, rich people's problems often involve cover-ups, silencing, transfer of investigating officers, fund siphoning from businesses, relationship complexities, and so on. That's the case here too. The documentary never questions its interviewees (the family members, i.e.) why none of them are concerned with finding out where Sheena Bora is, and what happened to her all these years later.. especially if none of the evidence brought to light so far is solid enough for conviction and sentencing.
Some stories are better summarized in 30-minute YouTube videos. This is one of those!