Being honest
You know you’ve reached a teen drama when a newly scholarship-winning adolescent shows up at an exclusive boarding school and rolls down her socks to seem like the cool kid. Episode after episode, the need to continue being famous and relevant seems genuine and is instilled in such a way that it never goes away.
The first few scenes set the tone for what is and is not acceptable at Vandana Valley students Boarding School, and the subsequent episodes demonstrate how the rules are broken by high school students. “Big Girls Don’t Cry” addresses a wide range of issues, including partner troubles, trauma instilled by family, rebellious tendencies, inferiority complexes, curiosity about sex, and LGBTQIA+. The fact that the series doesn’t preach is a plus. By relating it to the school’s slogan, Aatmanam Vridhi (Know Thyself), it humanizes the topic.
Similar to the adolescent drama “Class,” “BGDC” is appropriate for young adults and doesn’t need parental guidance. However, since each of the four directors oversees one or two episodes, the show sometimes comes off as disorganized and takes some time to grab viewers’ attention. Furthermore, not everyone would press the next episode bar if there was no actual cliffhanger at the end of each episode.
It’s humorous and touching at the same time, and it’s set the stage for two more seasons. It is more real since it doesn’t make one female the main character and the other girls the “sideies” (as the BGDC would say). Everyone has moments when they are both right and wrong. The authors and filmmakers do a good job of emphasizing that there is no perfect lady.
Pooja Bhatt demonstrates why an accomplished actress doesn’t need more scenes to establish their presence while also managing to keep the young performers in check. Anita Verma, played by Bhatt, is a tough principle that the kids lovingly or unlovingly refer to as AV. It brings back memories to see Tanya Abrol in her role as PT instructor. Her Punjabi-speaking hockey player persona from the 2007 film “Chak De! India” seems to have matured and found employment at a girl’s boarding school located in a hill area.
Speaking about young actresses, all of the girls have excellent acting that makes you smile, laugh, and weep. In the role of Aliya Lamba, played by Zoya Hussain, a youthful educator serves as a mediator between the severe administrator and Dia Malik (Akshita Sood), the most disobedient kid on school. Additionally, as stated in the play “The Perfect Woman”‘s Founder’s Day conclusion, “These girls stick it to the men.” This also applies to the series.
