‘Chamak: The Conclusion’ review: A lacklustre follow-up

The first season of Rohit Jugraj’s Chamak was a celebration of the music of Punjab couched in a fictionalised version of the murders of legendary folk singer Amar Singh Chamkila and his wife Amarjot. (The unsolved killings have also inspired Kabir Singh Chaudhary’s documentary Mehsampur and Imtiaz Ali’s feature Chamkila.)

For the Sony LIV series, Jugraj imagined a child of the slain Tara Singh (Gippy Grewal) and his wife (Sharan Kaur), who was taken to Canada. The kid grew to be the rebellious Kaala (Paramvir Singh Cheema), who had to return to Punjab to escape arrest. In India, he befriended Jazz (Isha Talwar). With just a faded photo of his parents, Kaala set out to find out what happened to them.

The music company co-founded by his father and four friends was now controlled by Pratap Deol (Manoj Pahwa). By the end of the first season, Kaala had revealed his identity, sought fame as a singer and was arrested on drug charges, indicating that he was up against a formidable foe.

The first season had interesting characters, such as the reclusive music guru Jugal (Suvinder Vicky), his daughter Lata (Akasa Singh) – who loves Kaala – and Pratap’s gay son Guru (Mohit Malik). There were also a journalist (Kuljeet Singh)...

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