Undekhi

''Undekhi'' (English: Unseen) is an Indian Hindi-language crime thriller web television series which premiered on SonyLIV on 10 July 2020. It is produced by Applause Entertainment and Edgestorm Ventures. The series depicts the two aspects of the society - the power-drunk influential people who think they can get away with anything and the oppressed, subjected to years of torture, who finally decide to bring themselves to justice.

Undekhi season 2 was released on 4 March 2022 and season 3 was released on 10 May 2024.

Premise

Season 1

Undekhi begins in Sunderbans but soon shifts to Manali. In less than 30 minutes, viewers witness two murders. DSP Barun Ghosh (Dibyendu Bhattacharya) is investigating the Sunderban murder of a policeman, whose mutilated body is found in the forest. Two tribal girls are on the run and Ghosh, who suspects them to be the killers is on their trail.

Season 2

With the cliff-hanging end of season one of Undekhi, a new face called Abhaya finds Koyal and rescues her. On the other hand, Teji is determined to destroy the Atwal, and Daman is onboard with her. This season has the wedding of Rinku Paaji. Shashwat and Saloni manage to escape and are in hiding. The Atwal's are all set to expand their operations and unleash a reign of terror, by forging powerful business alliances with international drug dealers. However, the family is increasingly estranged and soon it becomes a massive conflict of power and position.

Season 3

'Undekhi' is back with Season 3! When ghosts from the past come back to haunt the Atwals, it throws a wrench into Papaji’s plans for the family empire. Can the Atwals pull together and stand strong in the face of the threat, or will they fall to vengeance? The crime thriller stars Harsh Chhaya, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Surya Sharma, Ankur Rathee, Ayn Zoya, Aanchal Singgh, Shivangi Singh and Varun Badola.

Cast and characters

*Dibyendu Bhattacharya as DSP Barun Ghosh, a policeman from West Bengal.
*Surya Sharma as Rinku Atwal aka Rajendra Singh Atwal
*Harsh Chhaya as Papaji
*Anchal Singh as Teji Grewal Atwal
* Ankur Rathee as Daman Atwal, Papaji's son
*Abhishek Chauhan as Rishi, the videographer
*Ayn Zoya as Saloni, head of wedding film team
*Apeksha Porwal as Koyal, Adivasi girl from Sundarbans
*Karmveer Choudhary as Kandpal
*Mandeep Bamra as Lovely Singh
*Diwakar Kumar Jha as Timma
*Diwakar Dhayani as Sunil Dogra, the local police chief
*Vaarun Bhagat as Lucky
*Sayandeep Sengupta as Shashwat Sinha
*Meenakshi Sethi as Papaji's wife
*Shivaani Sopuri as Rinku's Mother
*Shivangi Singh as Muskaan
*Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Mr. Dhaundiyal
* Olivia Merey as Alice

Season 2
*Meiyang Chang as Abhay
*Jamie Alter as Issac Azra
*Breshna Khan as Gerri Esher
*Tej Sapru as Arjan Singh
*Nandish Sandhu as Samarth

Season 3

* Harsh Chhaya as Papaji
* Dibyendu Bhattacharya as DSP Barun Ghosh
* Surya Sharma as Rinku Atwal (Rajendra Singh Atwal)
* Ankur Rathee as Daman Atwal
* Anchal Singh as Teji Grewal Atwal
* Ayn Zoya as Saloni
* Shivangi Singh as Muskaan
* Varun Badola as Rajveer Malhotra
* Diwakar Dhayani as Sunil Dogra
* Meenakshi Sethi as Papaji's wife
* Shivaani Sopuri as Rinku's mother
* Apeksha Porwal as Koyal
* Abhishek Chauhan as Rishi
* Karmveer Choudhary as Kandpal
* Mandeep Bamra as Lovely Singh
* Diwakar Kumar Jha as Timma
* Vaarun Bhagat as Lucky
* Lavina Tandon as SI Rashi Dangwal
* Sayandeep Sengupta as Shashwat Sinha
* Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Mr. Dhaundiyal
* Heli Daruwala as Geet
* Shruthy Menon as Deepika

Seasons

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Reception

Season 1

Undekhi received mostly positive reviews from critics and audiences. Rajkumar Rao appreciated the show on twitter on the date of the release on his twitter page. Pramit Chatterjee of Mashable said it an Impressive show quoting "Undekhi is made of stories and people that we’ve met whose actions make them live in our minds rent-free. It’s what builds the sentiment that we as a nation are truly not free. Yes, the British have left us. But what about our privilege, classism, racism, communal divisions, power dynamics, corruption, etc? Did they take it with them? No. It still exists." Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India said it "An Engrossing and Gritty Crime Drama" giving it 3.5 stars out of 5. Avinash Ramachandran of Indian Express praised the performances of the actors saying "Competent performances power this thriller".

Season 2

Undekhi Season 2 received a number of positive responses from the audience. ''The Times of India'' gave the show 3.5 stars, "Apart from a crisp script, ‘Undekhi 2’ boasts of solid performances." ''Filmibeat'' lauded the performance with "Surya Sharma & Anchal Singh once again impress with their deadly chemistry as they go head to head for power in the Atwal family."

''The Free Press Journal's'' words for the show were, "With the kind of performances this one had, one hopes that there is more. A brilliant show indeed!". Undekhi Season 2 tops Season 1 with delicious mysteries & exhilarating chase scenes", India Forums noted.

Undekhi season 2 is more of the same, and at the top of the game – said Subhask K Jha of ''Bollyspice''. ''Bizasia'' gave the show 4 stars and quoted "It doesn't go unnoticed that the colorful characters from the first season return with a bang in this second part."

Controversies

As a part of the promotional activity, citizens received 'fake murder calls' from the network. The call has a man's trembling voice saying that he has witnessed a murder and that he is about to get murdered too. At the end of the call, it is revealed that this is a promotional call for the web show. Many people started taking the call seriously, and took to Twitter to express shock. Finally, Sony LIV tweeted that it was a promotional activity. “If you have received a call for our show...and it has disturbed you, we would like to sincerely apologize to you. This was a test activity which has gone out accidentally,” it said.

References

External links

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Undekhi
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624064124/https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/undekhi-1700000215 , date=24 June 2021 on SonyLIV

2020 Indian television series debuts
Indian crime television series
Hindi-language web series
Indian thriller television series
Television controversies in India
Television shows set in West Bengal
Sundarbans
Fictional portrayals of the West Bengal Police
Television shows set in Himachal Pradesh