Citadel Web Series Review: The biggest difference between OTT and TV entertainment channels is that the audience does not get entertainment in pieces on OTT. The complete story is available at hand. But many OTT platforms are working on the policy of holding the audience hostage for the next month’s subscription. 

Instead of streaming the entire web series together, he is bringing it in pieces of episodes. A few days ago, Amazon Prime Video released the web series Jubilee by dividing it into two pieces, due to which it had to suffer losses. Now this OTT has brought Priyanka Chopra’s debut web series Citadel to pieces. 

The first two episodes of the series were released today. It is being told that the next four episodes of this story of six episodes will be released one by one on the coming Fridays. It is sure that the fun of watching will be spoiled by this. You better wait for all the episodes to stream, then watch this.

Citadel TV Series Story:

The main attraction of Citadel is Priyanka Chopra for the Hindi audience. It is clear in the series that he has adapted himself to Western cinema in every respect. Citadel is a spy organization that works for the betterment of the world. Agents of Citadel put an end to the forces that seek to destroy or harm the world. But the Manticore, an organization bent on destroying the Citadel, is also active. 

The Manticore has killed almost all of the Citadel’s agents. Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Singh (Priyanka Chopra Jonas) survive, but an accident leaves them with their memories. Mason and Nadia also have a past. Meanwhile, eight years pass. Will the memory of these two come back? Will he be able to compete with Manticore? What is his past? This is the story of the Citadel.

Citadel Danger of Monotony

What attracts me in the first two episodes of Citadel is the action. Location. magnificence. The entire focus is now on what turn the story will take in the upcoming episodes. How will Mason and Nadia escape from the enemy? How to retaliate. By the end of two episodes, the story does not create much attraction at the moment because dozens of stories of enmity between two syndicates and brave agents have come in all the spy films or series. 

These episodes of Citadel are spectacular in their making. But it is not fun in pieces. As the story is appearing, there is a danger of monotony in the coming episodes. No matter how good the action or performance is, no series can be watched just for these.

Priyanka Chopra is good in the first two episodes. His acting is in line with the character and he can be seen in an action avatar. Priyanka has done good action. The camera work and background music are good. The series is dubbed in many languages including Hindi. There is no fun in Hindi dubbing. 

Also, if you run the Hindi sub-titles as well, you will find that there is a difference between the dialogue and the sub-titles in many places. This is negligence. It seems that the dialogues were written separately for dubbing and separately for subtitles. Such negligence is not seen in English. 

But the biggest problem is that in episode two of Citadel, it’s over before it even begins. In such a situation, it is better that first, the entire series comes, only then it can be seen in one go. There is no thrill in the initial episodes that you eagerly wait for the next episode. The difference between TV and OTT should remain.

Director: Newton Thomas Siegel, Jessica Yu

Stars: Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Richard Madden

Rating**1/2