The Railway Men | Kay Kay Menon steals the show in the dramatic retelling of Bhopal's dark day

‘The Railway Men’, starring R Madhavan and Kay Kay Menon, has recently premiered on Netflix. The series opens with a brief coda following the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, the world's worst industrial disaster. Within the series, we encounter Station Master Iftekaar (Kay Kay Menon), the recent recruit Imad (Babil Khan), express bandit Baldev (Divyenndu), and Rati, the General Manager of Railways (Madhavan).

The initial impression from the first two episodes leads us to believe that the series revolves entirely around the tragedy. However, in the third episode, the focus shifts significantly to various other storylines. This prompts a serious comparison with Chernobyl, where the plots share similarities, but Chernobyl consistently maintains focus on the central tragedy.