Kaala (TV series)

This article is about the television series. For the 2017 Sinhalese film, see Kaala (2017 film). For the 2018 Indian film, see Kaala (2018 film).

Kaala
Genre	Crime thriller
Created by	Bejoy Nambiar
Directed by	Bejoy Nambiar
Starring	Avinash Tiwary Rohan Vinod Mehra Nivetha Pethuraj Taher Shabbir Hiten Tejwani
Music by	Gaurav Godkhindi
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producers	Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Bejoy Nambiar
Cinematography	Siddharth Srinivasan
Editor	Priyank Prem Kumar
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	T-Series Films
Original release
Network	Disney+ Hotstar
Release	15 September 2023 (2023-09-15)

Kaala is an Indian Hindi-language crime thriller television series created and directed by Bejoy Nambiar. Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Bejoy Nambiar under the banner of T-Series Films, it deals with reverse hawala^[1] and stars Avinash Tiwary, Rohan Vinod Mehra, Nivetha Pethuraj, Taher Shabbir and Hiten Tejwani.^[2] It was started streaming from 15 September 2023 on Disney+ Hotstar.^[3]

Synopsis

The time is 2018 and there is a millionaire business tycoon ‘Naman Arya’ whose business is recycling but under its guise he carries out black business like Money Laundering and Hawala Works to convert black money into white money. IB Officer Ritwik Mukherjee is trying to stop those black businesses.

Cast

• Avinash Tiwary as Kolkata IB officer Ritwik Mukherjee
• Rohan Vinod Mehra as Ex-Army officer Subhendu Mukherjee/Adinath Bagchi, Ritwik's father
• Jitin Gulati as Balwant Bir Rana/Shakti Arya, Naman's father/mother
• Nivetha Pethuraj as Kolkata IB officer Sitara "Tara", Ritwik's girlfriend
• Anil Charanjeett as Kolkata CBI officer Danish Khan
• Taher Shabbir as Naman Rana/Naman Arya
• Danish Aslam as Kolkata IB officer Himanshu Desai, Ritwik and Tara's superior officer
• Shruti Seth as Malini, Producer
• Hiten Tejwani as Bismil
• Salim Siddiqui as Chandraneil Gupta
• Mita Vashisht as Chief Minister Jyoti Sen alias "Didi"
• Sreelekha Mitra as Paromita Mukherjee, Ritwik's mother
• Saurabh Sachdeva as Colonel Himmat Singh Maan
• Elisha Mayor as Aaloka Bagchi, Subhendu's adopted daughter and Ritwik's step-sister
• Abhijit Sinha as CBI Director
• Siva Ananth as Delhi IB officer Mohan Sethuraman
• Shinjana Chakraborty as Reza, Shakti's aide
• Vinil Mathew as SJP, banker
• Alistar Bennis as Wilson, the assassin
• Shakti Kapoor in a special appearance as Ghulam
• Priyanka Bose in a special appearance as Vandana
• Ananddeep Dasgupta as Manas

Production

In August 2023, the series was announced by T-Series Films for Disney+ Hotstar.^[4] Avinash Tiwary, Rohan Vinod Mehra, Nivetha Pethuraj, Taher Shabbir and Hiten Tejwani joined the cast.^[2] The principal photography of the series commenced in 2022.^[5] The launch event for the series was held on 31 August 2023.^[6]

Reception

Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India rated 3 out of 5 star and wrote that " Despite its shortcomings, it consistently provides an engaging dose of excitement in a fictional narrative of power, politics, and the darker aspects of human desires, making it a watchable experience."^[7] Santanu Das of Hindustan Times stated that "unfortunately, emerges out of the many tendencies that takes place in Kaala in breakneck speed and style."^[8] The Hindu critic gave mixed reviews.^[9] NDTV critic rated 2 out of 5 and stated that "Kaala, all sound and fury, is a shot in the dark that misses the mark by a mile and a half."^[10]

See also

• List of Disney+ Hotstar original programming

References

1. "Filmmaker Bejoy Nambiar on Kaala: I Was Keen to Explore the Concept of 'Reverse Hawala'". Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
2. "'Kaala': Disney+ Hotstar Unveils T-Series First OTT Streaming Drama". 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
3. "'Kaala' Trailer: Bejoy Nambiar's Crime Thriller for Disney+ Hotstar, T-Series Sets Launch Date for September 15". September 2023. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
4. "Disney+ Hotstar unveils new series 'Kaala' from filmmaker Bejoy Nambiar". 23 August 2023. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
5. "Exclusive! The REAL reason Avinash Tiwary doesn't talk to the media often". Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
6. "Bejoy Nambiar, Avinash Tiwary, others attend 'Kaala' trailer launch". 31 August 2023. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
7. "Kaala Season 1 Review : Chaos rules in this dark and desperate thriller". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 19 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
8. "Kaala review: Intelligence has left the building in Bejoy Nambiar's new series overstuffed with hollow style". Hindustan Times. 15 September 2023. Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
9. Mitra, Shilajit (15 September 2023). "'Kaala' series review: Bejoy Nambiar fashions a competent but dull thriller". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
10. "Kaala Review: All Sound And Fury, A Shot In The Dark That Misses The Mark". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

External links

• Kaala at IMDb 
• Kaala on Disney+ Hotstar