After a long wait of 5 years, finally the second season of ‘Paatal Lok’ has arrived. Jaideep Ahlawat’s iconic character Hathiram Chaudhary returns with another powerful and engaging story. Jaideep’s character and his work are getting a lot of praise. But like the first season, ‘Paatal Lok 2’ is also full of such characters whose story is very strong. The stories of these characters together create the world of ‘Paatal Lok 2’ which keeps you glued to the screen.
The writing of the show reaches a different height through the stories of these characters and their interactions. Here Hathiram merely acts as a lens for the audience to view the lives of these characters. One such moment comes after about 35 minutes in the sixth episode of the show. There is a very interesting conversation here between two characters. Both of them are female characters of Nagaland chapter in the story of ‘Paatal Lok 2’.
[स्पॉइलर अलर्ट: अगर आपने अभी तक ‘पाताल लोक 2’ नहीं देखा है तो आगे कहानी के स्पॉइलर मिल सकते हैं.]
Wives of ‘Patal Lok’ paying the price for the ‘sins’ of their husbands
One of the characters being talked about here is Asenla Thom. The story of ‘Paatal Lok 2’ begins with the murder of her husband, Jonathan Thom. The name of the second character is Grace Reddy. It was due to the manipulations spread by Grace’s husband Kapil Reddy that Jonathan Thom reached the position where he was murdered.
Grace once helped Asenla and in return she wants a favor for her husband. Asenla says that what Grace was doing was not helping, but she was paying the price for her husband’s sin. To this Grace’s reply comes – ‘Aren’t both of us paying the price for the sins of our husbands?’
This one line also creates a new lens to view the story of ‘Paatal Lok 2’. Where in the story of the first season, sons suffering for the actions of their fathers emerged as a theme of the show. In the new season, the wives who are sowing the seeds of their husbands become a voice coming from the darkness of the underworld. How? Let us tell through the characters of the show…
Asenla Thom (Actress- Roselle Mero)
Nagaland’s political party leader Jonathan Thom (Actor- Kaguirong Gonmei) was a big drug dealer behind the scenes. Without listening to his wife Asenla, he invested his money in the hotel business of Kapil Reddy (Actor- Nagesh Kukunoor). Asenla is still struggling to get it out.
Asenla’s son, Ruben (actor – L.C. Sekhoj), ran away from home because of his father’s actions and finds it difficult to return home, and Asenla fights to save his life. Rose Lijo (actor- Merenla Imsong), the murderer of Jonathan, is his illegitimate daughter and due to the investigation of this case, the entire business is also coming to a standstill. If there is a perfect face of sorrow in the story of ‘Paatal Lok 2’ then it is Asenla.
Grace Reddy (Actress- Thei Keditsu)
Grace Reddy, who runs seven hotels in the North-East, is a businesswoman who appears on the front pages of magazines. She has built a tremendous white business on the foundation of her husband’s dark deeds. But to cover up her husband’s misdeeds, she will have to leave the empire she has built. Grace, who seems to be the epitome of self-respect, has to bow down to Asenla again and again because of her husband’s misdeeds. Whereas both the women match each other’s height at their respective places.
Geeta Paswan (Actress- Suman Purti)
Geeta becomes the medium for Hathiram Choudhary’s arrival in the story of ‘Paatal Lok 2’. Geeta, along with her 5 year old child, reaches Outer Jamunapar police station, where she meets Hathiram. Geeta’s husband Raghu (actor- Shailesh Kumar) had come out of the village to work as a labourer. While working as a labourer, he started going to Nagaland to take delivery of drugs for his employer. Raghu’s character was not very bad, but he started serious adventures every day to help Lijo and kept getting into trouble. The result was that his wife Geeta was standing nervously in front of the police and she was afraid of how her child would grow up.
Max Riju’s wife (Actress- Eki Ndang)
This character’s name does not even appear in the story, he has so little screen time. But in the meantime, she is seen facing the actions of her drug supplier husband and getting beaten by him. His son, who would hardly be 10 years old, is seen licking the drugs brought by his father. This woman, who comes into the story for barely 10 minutes, is also seen suffering the sins of her husband.
Rose’s Mother (Actress: Lovita Morang)
There comes a turn in the story when the twist of Rose’s birth surprises you. Here you learn that Rose is an illegitimate child, yet her mother has brought her up with equal love. Whereas Rose’s father (Actor- Jukanung Jamir) is still loyal to his boss, who is actually his wife’s rapist.
Special Mention: Renu (Actress- Gul Panag)
Stop and think for a while… Inspector Hathiram Chaudhary’s wife Renu is, in a way, facing the consequences of her own husband’s actions. Renu’s brother has offered a job for her husband at Rs 1.5 lakh per month. According to Renu, with this salary her son’s dream of studying in Australia can be fulfilled. This job is also safe in which there is no danger of her husband’s life. It is because of her police job that Renu is thinking of earning money by giving tuitions and it is because of this job that she is raising an unknown child in her house, because her husband has brought him.
Don’t judge Renu. She wants everything good for her family, her child, her husband. He feels that all this can be fixed if Hathiram takes up a new job. But her husband’s stubbornness is coming in her way. In this sense, Renu is also repeating the actions of her husband.
The story of ‘Paatal Lok 2’ is full of many such angles. Something different is seen in the story from the perspective of each character. This is the beauty of this show and that is why many fans who have seen the show on social media are calling it even better than the first season. Did you also notice any such unique angle in the story of ‘Paatal Lok 2’? Please let us know in the comments.