Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 Review: The Shakespearean love saga takes a darker turn with even more twisted humans

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein returns for round two and proves why it deserves a second season and a third with its writing that explores the rock bottom of darkness.

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 Review

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 plot: So, Vikrant (Tahir Raj Bhasin) hired Jalan (Arunoday Singh) to kill Poorva (Anchal Singh) so he could be with Shikha (Shweta Tripathi). Things went haywire, and Jalan ended up kidnapping Poorva instead of killing her. Season 2 begins on the day Poorva is abducted, Shikha is getting married to someone else, and now Vikrant has to kill Poorva so the truth doesn’t come out while also winning Shikha back to achieve his end goal. But wait—an old enemy of Akhiraj is back, wanting Vikrant dead and Poorva taken away. Meanwhile, Poorva has another lover, Guru (Gurmeet Choudhary), who cannot let her die or go anywhere. A new cat-and-mouse chase ensues.

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 Review: Analysis

Love stories with a Shakespearean soul are, of course, never straightforward or fully resolved. Their path to redemption traverses unpredictable terrain, testing love, hate, and everything in between. Only a few writers and filmmakers can do justice to such an arc, which demands storytelling that takes risky paths where nothing is simple. It all hinges on asking the audience to suspend disbelief and dive into this pool of love and deceit, where characters make random and riskiest decisions to achieve goals that may ultimately elude them. At this point, everything is about passion—junooni ishq—and the person matters less than the obsession. Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein has now fully embraced this territory.

In Season 2, led by Tahir Raj Bhasin, Shweta Tripathi, and Anchal Singh, there is a pivotal scene where Vikrant visits Shikha’s home a day after her wedding. Realizing she is now married, he neither cries in pain nor feels dead inside; instead, he blames her for giving up and wasting his efforts. Shikha reminds him that he too married Poorva at one point, succumbing to circumstances. This reminder grounds him and breaks his ego. This one scene defines the entire season: the show no longer focuses on lovers but on people striving to survive and eliminate competition under the guise of love. Most characters don’t admit it, but people are reduced to trophies—or they’re dead. That’s the only calculation that matters.

Created by Siddharth Sengupta with a team of writers and filmmakers, including actor Varun Badola (who also joins the cast this season), Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 delves into darkness and explores the hunt for rock bottom—a depth that has become bottomless for everyone except Shikha. The narrative is no longer about writing individual tracks and assembling them; it’s a purposeful mess of intertwined stories, intriguing characters, and high drama. Every time Vikrant lies, it sets off another dramatic turn of events, often costing lives. The battle here is for survival, and Vikrant is now darker than the villains he once contended with.

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Even Poorva isn’t as dark as Vikrant anymore, which makes Season 2 so compelling. There’s no limit to how wild these characters will go to achieve their desires. The careful flipping of their world creates space for even more ambition, expanding the story across states and countries. However, the geography of the show’s world raises questions. How does someone reach the Nepal border from a Madhya Pradesh-like state in five hours? And how does Guru’s tech seem borrowed from Citadel agents? His methods feel out of place in this world. Also, it’s too convenient that Guru is so smart he always knows everything.

Adding to this is his possession of photos and videos we’ve never seen or heard about before. Despite these flaws, Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein relies heavily on its performances. Tahir Raj Bhasin has completely embraced his morally grey character, exuding pure greed and leaving no trace of himself—only Vikrant. Shweta Tripathi continues to impress, keeping the audience emotionally connected to her character in every scene. However, her arc deserved more depth, as she’s the one losing the most in this convoluted deal.

Anchal Singh sticks to the traits that made Poorva a fan-favorite character. Arunoday Singh enjoys more screen time this season with a substantial role, proving his worth. Gurmeet Choudhary, meanwhile, is still a one-note lover aiming to be the savior. Though he’s yet to be layered like the others, he handles his part well.

However, the season’s climax feels underwhelming, escalating only to abruptly drop at the endpoint without providing a satisfying hook. Just when you thought Season 2 would reveal the mystery behind the shocking final scene of Season 1, it turns out to be a warm-up for yet another season.

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 Review: Final Verdict

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 ventures into darker territory, where no one is afraid to kill. In the end, human trophies are all that matter, and the wicked mess created by the screenplay is both intriguing and enjoyable.

Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein Season 2 is now streaming on Netflix with six episodes. Stay tuned to OTTplay for more updates on this and everything else from the world of streaming and films.

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