Follow Kar Lo Yaar review: Uorfi Javed is in her element but the rest of the show falls flat

Made on the lines of other reality series like Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Moving in With Malaika, Khan Sisters and Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, Uorfi Javed's nine-episode reality series focuses on her hardships, her equation with her family and her hunger to reach new heights of fame.

Just like the online personality we see going viral every other day, Uorfi's real personality has shined in the show. We see her shout, complain, cry, laugh, and get real on the screen. The show has moments where Uorfi talks about her childhood days and revisits the traumatic experiences she had as a child and a teenager. Those moments hit hard.

Uorfi also opens up about her struggles with mental health and feeling suicidal. Her sessions with her therapist are both emotional and touching. Without fearing judgement, she is seen opening up about her innermost fear - waking up one day and losing all the fame. How she deals with the dilemma is given significant time in the show, which makes viewers connect to her real side.

The reality series also touches on Uorfi's dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Her meetings with her teams show a different side of Uorfi, which many of us don't get to see on social media. Launching a business is not a cakewalk and she learnt it the hard way, as shown in the show. But despite the setbacks, what shone was her dedication and her willingness to take risks.

Coming to the moments I loved the most in the show! Uorfi doesn't believe in mincing her words and that's something the show has benefitted from. Even in her catfights with her sister, she says what comes to her mind without thinking twice. And, every show needs a little drama for thevoyeurism element.

Uorfi is constantly in a tug-of-war battle with her PR and agency, which is fun to watch. She also takes viewers behind the scenes of her PR projects and shows how things can sometimes go really wrong.

The emotional moments where Uorfi talks about her father and how she ran away from home in search of work can resonate with the viewers. It gives viewers a chance to understand why Uorfi is the way she is.

And finally, the scene where Uorfi loses her tooth will break you into laughter.

What doesn't work for the reality series?

The major problem with the show is that it gives too much screen time to her sisters, Urusa, Asfi and Dolly. The makers or Uorfi were so hung up on copying the Kardashian sisters that they tried too hard to add angles where the three sisters could shine. However, they forgot that the viewers majorly wanted to see Uorfi and her life.

The unnecessary chunks about Asfi's equation with her boyfriend, Dolly's ambition to outdo Uorfi and Urusa's ex-boyfriends make the show fall flat. Some fights between the sisters in the show also seemed a stretch. The show could easily be trimmed to six episodes that focused only on Uorfi if the makers didn't include these parts. But what we got was a nine-episode-long reality series about a dysfunctional family trying to brush their differences under the rug for the camera.

The finale also seemed rushed. While the gorgeous photoshoot could have been added anywhere in the middle of the reality series, it didn't seem finale-worthy. The last episode hardly had any memorable moments and it failed to keep viewers hooked.

All episodes ofFollow Kar Lo Yaar are currently streaming on Amazon Prime.