New Delhi, July 3 -- Sometimes it's hard to figure out who a show is for.

Pritam and Pedro, a new buddy-cop series (on JioHotstar) produced, written and edited by Rajkumar Hirani, feels so elementary in its cyber cops-and-robbers storytelling that it, surely, must be for children. It is, indeed, a vehicle for Hirani to showcase his son, Vir, as a leading man, the Pedro of the title. As a show to amuse children and inform them about the perils of online addiction, this series could be considered sweet and well-intentioned enough. but then Pritam and Pedro throws in the swear words, as if mandated by the streaming networks, and this series lands in no-viewer's-land: not suitable for children, not likely to keep grown-ups engaged.

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