Rating: 3 out of 5
Starring: Richa Chadha, Pratik Gandhi, Ashutosh Rana, Sharib Hashmi, Shashank Arora
Streaming on: Disney+ Hotstar
Seasons: 1 season, 9 episodes each around 40 minutes
To watch or not to watch: Meh. Won’t be missing out if this is missed

Vicky Rai (Jatin Goswami) is the son of Chhattisgarh’s Home Minister Jagannath Rai (Ashutosh Rana), and is an industrialist in his own right. He is caught by Delhi Police when his car was found with 2 dead bodies of underage girls, creating a frenzy in the media. He is also not exactly the model human being, and doesn’t have any regard for human life. Rightly, he is shot and murdered in a party he has thrown on being acquitted of the crime. Then progresses an investigation which is mired in political agenda, corruption and self-serving mis-directions.

The series is loosely based on the book titled “Six Suspects” by Vikas Swaroop. The people suspected of being involved in the murder plot are his father, a retired IAS officer (Raghuvir Yadav), a petty thief (Shashank Arora), a B-list actress, his step-sister whom he raped when she was 13 years’ old and a tribal from Andaman. There are other characters too, whose job descriptions is impressive, but like in real life, the resume is good but real action is negligible. The creators also forgot that there needs to be six very clear suspects – people who were supposed to be suspected, had no means and those who had the means, had no motive – so either everyone was a possible suspect or no one was.

The series is a complete kaleidoscope of plots, stories and characters. There is a random naxal angle too, and another related to supernatural phenomenon which apparently make sense in the whodunnit genre?! Because that is what this series basically is, a whodunnit. Just a poorly done one. It does keep the audience engaged in the first 3 episodes, then like a parent who is sure their kids are engrossed in the film, they slip out and leave the kids to their own, the series forgets all the responsibilities of the concept of story, time or sequence of events.

Credit where credit is due, the plot is very interesting, and all the characters are well crafted. Richa Chadha and Pratik Gandhi were spot on, surprising no one. Vicky Rai was a truly deplorable character, and the acting makes you hate the actor too. Wish they stuck to the theme and had a better story board for the screenplay. All in all, the series can be skipped.