Poison is a 2019 Indian

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that is streaming on

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. The 11-episode

is written by Shiraz Ahmed and directed by Jatin Wagle. It stars

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, Freddy Daruwala and

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. The series is Arbaaz Khan's digital debut.

Synopsis

Ranveer (Tanuj Virwani) completes his prison sentence for a crime he did not commit. He sets out to Goa in a quest for revenge. Vikram (Freddy) is a DSP who aspires to become the police commissioner and sets out to nab Antonio Verghese (Arbaaz), a don who operates from Goa. What happens when the lives of these three men entwine with each other forms the crux of the series.

Cast

as Ranveer * Freddy Daruwala as DSP Vikram *

as Antonio Verghese *

as Natasha *

Pankaj Dheer Pankaj Dheer is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films and TV series. He is known for his role of Karna in TV series ''Mahabharat'' and other roles in '' Chandrakanta'', ''The Great Maratha'', '' Yug'' and '' Badho Bahu''. He appeared in se ...

as Barrister D’Costa * Romit Raj as Jai Dixit * Archanna Guptaa as Megha * Ruhani Sharma as Jhanvi * Pranati Rai Prakash as Ashu * Saakshi Pradhan as Rani * Gaurav Sharma as Pawan *

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as Commissioner * Darshan Gokani as Jacob * Faisal Rashid as Inspector

Production

Poison was one of the 72 shows that were announced at ZEE5's first-anniversary event in February 2019. However, reports about the series’ cast were being made as early as January 2019. The series marks the second collaboration between Arbaaz Khan and ZEE5, after the webcast of his talk show, Pinch. Along with Arbaaz Khan, actor Freddy Daruwala also makes his digital debut with this series. Zee5 announced the second season '' Poison 2'' which released on 16 October 2020.

Episodes

References

External links

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