FINGERTIP
Language Tamil
Country India
Originally aired in 2019
One season 5 episodes
Available in ZEE5

Fingertip is a series about the effects of social media. I was warned that after having seen Black Mirror I shouldn’t risk watching this but I was hooked well into the first episode itself. For one Black Mirror is a futuristic anthology whereas Fingertip is about now, the current scenario. Comparing these two series is a gross injustice.
Fingertip talks about five different issues in five different social media but uses crossover actors to show that these issues are universal and can happen to anyone. The one good thing about the show is that it does not moralize or sermonize about the actions of the characters, they are presented as individual actions stemming from individual circumstances.
Casting is a big plus and all the lead actors have done a good job.
This short series is definitely worth a watch since it leaves an uneasy feeling in the pit of our stomach since it very subtly leaves a strong message for us.

Padmini Satyanarayanan