‘Mistry’ review: New ‘Monk’ in a newish bottle

It must be hard having obsessive-compulsive disorder in a dirt-loving, chaotic city like Mumbai. How can you demand order from a place that has long forgotten its meaning? It’s unsurprising that Armaan Mistry wrings his hands as often as he does.

Armaan (Ram Kapoor) has been affected by OCD ever since the death of his wife Sushmita (Shraddha Nigam). Armaan has not only been suspended from the Mumbai police, but also needs a nurse, Sharanya (Shikha Talsania), to apply a soothing touch – but only from a distance.

Armaan is a genius too, solving the cases that fox police officer Sehmat (Mona Singh). In Mistry, Armaan investigates a variety of murders, all along trying to find out the secret behind his wife’s death.

The JioHotstar series is an official remake of Monk, which inventively reimagined Sherlock Holmes as the OCD-afflicted and multi-phobic Adrian Monk and John Watson as his nurse. The American show, which is also available on JioHotstar, is led by the excellent Tony Shalhoub and has a bunch of cleverly plotted crimes.

Monk isn’t just an eccentric who shirks in horror from surface contact or can’t prevent himself from re-arranging askew objects. Monk’s trauma over his wife’s demise is deepfelt, making him lose confidence in everything but his investigative…

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