''Hundred '' is an Indian

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series starring

Lara Dutta Lara Dutta Bhupathi ( Dutta; born 16 April 1978) is an Indian actress. She won the Miss Universe 2000, and has since predominantly worked in Hindi films and series. Dutta is a recipient of a Filmfare Awards, Filmfare Award and established hers ...

and

Rinku Rajguru Prerana "Rinku" Mahadeo Rajguru (born 3 June 2001) is an Indian actress primarily working in Marathi and Hindi language films, best known for her role in the film ''Sairat'' for which she won a National Film Award and two Filmfare Awards Mar ...

in lead roles which is directed by Ruchi Narain, Ashutosh Shah and

Taher Shabbir Taher Shabbir Mithaiwala is an Indian actor who is known for his portrayal of Viraj Singh Rathore in ''Nisha Aur Uske Cousins'' and Arshad Habib in ''Bepannah''. Personal life Shabbir graduated with a degree in mass media from Kishinchand Che ...

streaming from April 25, 2020 on

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's label

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Premise

Netra Patil (

) learns that she has only hundred days left to live because of her terminal illness meets an ambitious ACP Saumya Shukla (

) and becomes an undercover agent. The duo tries to accomplish their goals in the next hundred days. The series contains suspense, emotional rollercoasters, action scenes, and subtle comedy too.

Cast

as Soumya Shukla, the ambitious ACP who wants to be like James Bond but ends up being treated as "Downgraded Cop" by her department. *

as Netra Patil, a woman with many dreams who was forced to re-evaluate her life, as she found out that she can only live for one hundred days. *

Karan Wahi Karan Wahi (born 9 June 1986) is an Indian actor, model and television host. He is known for his roles as Ranveer Sisodia in teen drama series ''Remix'' and Dr. Siddhant Modi in the medical youth show '' Dill Mill Gayye'' (2009–10). He has al ...

as Manohar Dahiya alias Maddy *

Sudhanshu Pandey Sudhanshu Pandey is an Indian model, film and television actor, singer, writer and producer. He has appeared in many Hindi films and some few Tamil films. Career After a successful modelling career, he made the television debut with ''Beta'', ...

as Pravin Shukla, Soumya's husband *

Parmeet Sethi Parmeet Sethi is an Indian actor. He is best known for portraying Kuljeet Singh in his debut in Aditya Chopra's directorial debut ''Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge'' (1995). Sethi has also acted in films such as '' Dhadkan'' (2000), '' Om Jai Jaga ...

as Anshuman Goswami * Rajeev Siddhartha as Shantanu Jha * Jayant Gadekar as Diwakar Asole *

Rohini Hattangadi Rohini Hattangadi (''née'' Oak; born 11 April 1951) is an Indian actress, known for her work in Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Gujarati films, and Marathi soap operas and theatre. She has won two Filmfare Awards, one ...

Makarand Deshpande Makarand Deshpande (born 6 March 1966) is an Indian actor, writer, and director in Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil films, and Indian theatre. He is often seen in supporting and pivotal roles in films like ''Jungle'', '' Sarfa ...

as Satyendra Ahir alias Sattu Uncle *

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* Suyash Zunjurke * Sushil Kumar as Sumit

Episodes

Production

The series was filmed in location and around Mumbai. Dutta expressed she chose the part because she hasn't portrayed cop in her career and Rajguru debuting in webspace expressed that she chose the part as bindaas Marathi mulgi in which she came to portray something different in each episode.

Release

The series was released on April 25, 2020 by

on its label

Promotion

The first look and the trailer were released on April 21, 2020, revealing the release date by Hotstar.

Reception

Divyanshi Sharma, in her review for

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, said that "In all, despite a few hiccups, the show is an entertaining ride and deserves to be on your watch-list this weekend". Nandini Ramnath writing for, ''

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'', said that "the show belongs to Lara and Rinku despite of its flaws". Saibal Chatterjee writing for

NDTV New Delhi Television Ltd is an Indian news media company focusing on broadcast and digital news publication. It was founded in 1984 by economist Prannoy Roy and journalist Radhika Roy. NDTV began as a production house for news segments, ...

said that "Lara Dutta and Rinku Rajguru hold Hundred together with consistent performances. Rajguru is full of beans, Dutta is steady and sedate.", giving 2.5 out of 5 stars.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hundred, Hotstar Hindi-language Disney+ Hotstar original programming 2020 Indian television series debuts Indian thriller television series Indian action television series Hindi-language television shows