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Jazz City review: Historical drama about the birth of Bangladesh is painfully indulgent and out of tune

Jazz City review: Historical drama about the birth of Bangladesh is painfully indulgent and out of tune

Jazz City series review Cast: Arifin Shuvoo, Sauraseni Maitra, Shantanu Ghatak, Aniruddha Gupta, Sayandeep Sen, Shreya Bhattacharya, Shataf Figar Creator: Soumik Sen Where to watch: SonyLiv Star rating: ★★ Sometimes ambition is not enough. Even good intent is not enough to salvage a story that does not know its own pulse. Such is the case with the new SonyLiv series Jazz City. From the large, expansive frames to the many little paths this story takes to navigate a turbulent time of national importance, I see how much has gone into making the show. But that does not help its case, or for creator Soumik Sen, as the show remains inert despite its full-blown capacity, incurious despite all the concoction of different factors, and mostly, out of depth even with so much space to fill. Jazz City holds promise, but it seems like that is everything it can hold after all. Arifin Shuvoo plays Jimmy Roy in Jazz City. The premise Spread across 10 hour-long episodes, Jazz City starts off with little force. I was waiting …