BHK review: A light and honest take on urban house-hunting struggles

If you’ve ever tried finding a decent place to live in a big city, BHK will hit you with a level of relatability that’s both funny and slightly painful.

People who haven’t gone through the ordeal of finding a home in a busy city rarely acknowledge the privilege they have, because anyone who has actually been through the long list of considerations, rules, documents, brokers, deposits, and last-minute surprises will tell you that it’s a whole experience on its own. And if you’re doing it for the first time in a metro city, the experience hits you harder than you expect. The feeling of disbelief, frustration, occasional helplessness and the general struggle of trying to build a life in a cramped place that somehow still costs a fortune is exactly what BHK, directed by Raunak Madne and written by Gaurav Alugh, tries to capture.

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What better city than Mumbai for the perfect backdrop, especially since it is easily one of the toughest cities in India to move into as a bachelor. BHK focuses on the experience of bachelors,  struggling to find a home in this city where the rent is shockingly high, the space is barely enough and the middlemen add to the irritation that almost feels designed to break their spirit a little. For anyone who has ever stood outside a crumbling building in Andheri or Dadar, listening to a landlord explain why “only vegetarian family, no single boys, no non-veg even on Sundays” is a perfectly reasonable demand, the script might not even feel like fiction at times. The first four episodes of BHK so far follow a group of friends as they jump through these flaming hoops.Pinky (Gaurav Alugh) Azad (Hamid Barkzi) and Rachit (Bishal Rungta), each coming from different backgrounds and bringing their own distinct personalities to the story. Rachit comes across as the angry idealist, Pinky is the kind of friend who simply vibes his way through every crisis and Azad is portrayed as the hopeful fool, the one who believes things will somehow work out even when nothing is going his way. The standout character for now has to be Bunty the broker (Saad Chaudhary) whose comedic timing make him instantly memorable. With More and Patel set to appear in the upcoming episodes, it will be interesting to see how they fit into this story.

Even though house hunting is not an unheard-of topic, as most young people in big cities bond over the same horror stories, the series packages it all in a light, easy, fun format where you watch the characters deal with situations that are painfully relatable but exaggerated just enough to make you laugh at them. There are moments when some jokes feel a bit familiar or slightly forced, and there are scenes where you sense the writers leaning into cliché territory. However, overall, it still works as a breezy, bingeable watch that knows exactly what it wants to show. It doesn’t pretend to be more than what we would expect and lands most of its punches simply because anyone who has ever looked for a house in a city like Mumbai already knows the story too well. It is an easy, relatable, occasionally laugh-out-loud binge you can finish with one cup of cutting chai.

The microdrama is now available to watch on Instagram.

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