The Viral Fever, famously known as TVF, is back with yet another one of their shows, set in Tier 2 and/or Tier 3 cities. This time around, they have decided to focus on a father-son duo’s strained relationship. Released on August 13, 2025, and currently streaming on the OTT platform Sonyliv, Court Kacheri is directed by Ruchir Arun and created by Arunabh Kumar. It stars actors like Ashish Verma, Pawan Malhotra, Puneet Batra, Priyasha Bhardwaj, Kiran Khoje, among many others. As the show releases today, let’s take a look at all the pros and cons to know if it is worth the watch or not.
With only five episodes, we see the show through the main protagonist, Param Mathur’s (played by Ashish), eyes. He explains how, ever since he was young, he was expected to become a successful and well-respected lawyer like his father, Advocate Harish Mathur (essayed by Malhotra). He saw how his father would maintain relationships with criminals, fight for their cases, due to which he and his mother would receive threats. He pledged early on that no matter what, he would never become a lawyer. He dreams of going far away from his father’s shadow, to Canada.
Well, since his father aspires for him to become a lawyer at the Supreme Court, Harish asks Param to join him and his assistant Suraj Beriya (played by Puneet). However, as days go by, he constantly tries to find faults in the cases his father fights. As he finalises his decision to move to Canada and even manages to get a Police Clearance Certificate, despite having been caught by the authorities in a fake marksheet scam, his father takes on a simple divorce case, which turns out to be quite complicated.
Frankly speaking, the first three episodes of the show do a good job of setting up a slow yet steady pacing of the series. It establishes Param’s will to move abroad well, Harish’s strong yet arrogant personality when it comes to his practice, and Suraj’s determination to fight a case himself and make his name, very well. Even the performances by the actors were powerful; Ashish’s monologues about feeling suffocated in his father’s shadow and the expectations of him following his father’s footsteps left an impact. But somehow, it felt like things were lagging plot-wise.
The last two episodes of the show felt quite quick-paced, like the makers were in a hurry to wrap up the show so that they could either start their ideation for Court Kacheri’s second season or think about a new show with a similar premise.
Look, we have no issues with makers bringing us stereotypical stories about kids wanting to get away from their parents, but in the end, they come around and see things not only from their parents’ perspective, but also see them in a new light. TVF has often focused on such stories. But somewhere between episodes three, four, and five, it just felt like the makers were dragging a simple plot to convey what they always have, but also rushing to finish the story.
At the end of the day, Court Kacheri is a good one-time watch. However, even if you give it is miss, you won’t be missing out on anything.
