Overview
- The seven-episode series, created by Suresh Triveni and directed by Amrit Raj Gupta, began streaming on January 30 on Amazon Prime Video and adapts Vish Dhamija’s novel Bhendi Bazaar.
- Bhumi Pednekar leads as DCP Rita Ferreira, with Samara Tijori and Aditya Rawal earning strong notices for key supporting turns.
- The show reveals crucial information early to shift from a whodunnit toward a psychological study of motives and trauma.
- Critics describe reception as varied, praising ambition and performances while pointing to repetitive flashbacks, uneven momentum, and thematic overcrowding.
- Coverage underscores the series’ focus on gender-based violence, child abuse, trafficking, and workplace sexism, as Pednekar says inhabiting Rita’s fears and triggers left her exhausted in new interviews.