The premise of the second season of Gutar Gu treads a sort of an upgrade from the first season that essentially focused on the new-found childhood love that was shown to be blossoming. The upgrade lies in the form of another obstacle (not a person unlike in season 1) wherein distance would and eventually does play a part in the young couple’s life. Long distance relationships are always difficult to handle and the success ratio of childhood romance sustaining is 2 percent, as highlighted as themes in the narrative. Yet, this situation also acts as a litmus test for the new couple who have varied characters traits, and for the relationship to work, both traits would need to join forces to complete each other.

He is the innocent one, often viewing life in the binary form and half-heartedly committed to his new engineering life. She is the stubborn one, always the decision-maker of the two and committed to following her heart by pursuing her passion and to make a career in photography. Clearly, Anuj and Ritu have lesser things in common with their traits with the common thread being their relationship. And the writing here dwells in various facets of a light-hearted long distance relationship that often flairs up over trivial issues but also steadily ensuring the growth of the two characters in terms of the maturity. As a result, you are privy to their earlier conversations that are an extension of their school life wherein they set regular alarms as a reminder to talk to each other. But as distance begins to play its part, the conversations begin to dwindle even while the two of them slowly get busy in their respective lives.

The proceedings are interesting wherein you see atleast one of the two protagonists putting their hand up to salvage their relationship at various junctures. For instance, you see Anuj trying his hand at dramatics just because the ultimate performance of the play is scheduled in Ahmedabad, where Ritu is stationed. This, even as Ritu finds herself consumed in the path of her own related to photography, that takes much of her time. The understanding and the scale of morality between the pair is so strong that even the introduction of the ‘third wheel’ doesn’t quite derail their relationship. All of these incidents combine together to.attribute to the smaller wins of a relationship, while highlighting the importance of communication in a frivolous but relatable manner.

The writing by Gunjan Saxena is essentially an episodic account in the lives of the young couple, who are yet to witness life in the most brutal form. The same is tapped into with respect to the character of Ritu shown to be on the decline with respect to the work environment that she is privy to. In a reverse arc, you see the character of Anuj excelling in dramatics despite having to choose engineering as a potential career (and as we all know, engineering teaches you one thing, what NOT to do in life, personally speaking too….’wink wink😉’). But his indecisiveness forcing Ritu to also step up in the relationship, despite the lows in her personal life even as Anuj’s father finally takes a decision for his son in such a refreshingly pivotal scene. In the midst of these skewed and diabolically opposite arcs, the general meeting point is of intimacy, a concept still alien to the duo and largely dependent of the hearsay of folks around them. These are beautifully constructed moments which highlight the wavelengths of being ready when you are comfortable without any peer pressure as such. The finale does promise a heartfelt reunion after flirting with a long distance relationship that marks another little win and a check in their relationship report wherein the screenplay is consistently grounded and filled with heartfelt emotions although not ground-breaking in any way.