Adhura (transl. Incomplete) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language horror thriller television series on Amazon Prime Video. It stars Rasika Dugal, Ishwak Singh and Rahul Dev and is directed by Ananya Banerjee and Gauravv K. Chawla and produced by Monisha Advani, Nikkhil Advani and Madhu Bhojwani.[1] The series premiered on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video on July 7, 2023.[2][3][4] The primary shooting for the series was done in The Lawrence School, Lovedale.

Adhura
Written byAnanya Banerjee, Anand Jain
Directed byGauravv K. Chawla
Ananya Banerjee
Starring
ComposerJohn Stewart Eduri
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producerRahul Gandhi
Producers
CinematographySrijan Chaurasia
EditorMaahir Zaveri
Production companyEmmay Entertainment
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
Release7 July 2023 (2023-07-07)

Plot

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Strange occurrences at the Nilgiri Valley School seem to be related to 10-year-old new pupil Vedant. Adhiraj Jaisingh, an ex-student, will have to confront his actions from fifteen years ago when the class of 2007 comes together for its reunion. But when Vedant and Adhiraj cross paths, the situation takes a terrifying turn. The lives of everyone on campus are in danger as a sinister secret starts to come out.

Episode 1 : Psycho Puppy Killer (45 mins)

The Dean of Nilgiri valley school dies under suspicious circumstances. While Vedant is being bullied by fellow students in the boarding school, they lock him up in a locker and he mysteriously comes out of it.There starts the series of mishaps in his surrounding. A puppy is killed and Vedant is found near with blood all over his clothes. Everyone starts to believe he is the killer while newly appointed dean asks counsellor, Supriya Ghosh to look after him as Vedant's parents disregard the fact that he is having hard time adjusting.

Adhiraj flies in from US to school for reunion. There he meets his ex-batchmates including Malvika, who was his love interest in school, now married to Dev, but Ninad is missing and Adhiraj seems to be hiding some secrets.

Episode 2 : Shadow Boy (39 mins)

Ninad becomes friends with Adhiraj aka Aadhu who saves him from bullies at school. He creates a comic book world for himself by calling himself a shadow boy and savior as phoenix boy. All the grown ups have their own insecurities even after all these years.

In the function when Adhiraj is called on stage, Vedant walks up to him and says something that disturbs him. Vedant faints and is kept under observation.

Episode 3 : If You Make Trouble, You Will Be Punished (41 mins)

On the last day of school, Malvika plans a surprise date for Adhiraj and gets stood up. That's when Dev takes advantage and eventually marries her. Ninad in the heat of moment tries to kiss Adhiraj and Adhiraj calls him names in rage.

In present, Adhiraj goes to Kotagiri and gets to know from Ninad's parents that he is missing from 15 years and left a note stating his grandfather is not well while confirming Coach Vyas to be his guardian. Also, the case is closed with no results and police imposing to accept that Ninad left willingly and is not missing. When Adhiraj is back at school, Suyash commits suicide under unknown influence. On the way back to his room while Adhiraj has an anxiety attack, he sees Vedant walking up to him and confirming that he is fighting back.

Episode 4 : The Boy Who Lives Inside Vedant (42 mins)

The police start the investigation and ask old students to stay back for one more day. Malvika starts to have second thoughts about her breaking up with Adhiraj. Rajat is attacked by an unknown entity and is almost choked to death and Vedant also goes through same suffocation as him. Both of them survive the incident.

In the flashback of Vedant, he is offered in help and possessed by Ninad.

Episode 5 : No Exit (41 mins)

A new investigating officer, Officer Bedi, is assigned for the case who wants to find out truth by hook or crook. Rajat dies mysteriously similar to Suyash by jumping off of an old building.

It is revealed that on the last day of school, Dev had beaten Ninad up for making Malvika cry.

Episode 6 : Hush Little Baby (39 mins)

While pulling out Rajat's body, police find another body in the dump. Adhiraj believes it is Ninad's. He tries to find out what must have happened. Adhiraj investigates in his own way and finds out that Suyash, Rajat and Dev assaulted Ninad on the last day and Coach Vyas and peon Devi Prasad were all involved in the case. Dev tries to flee from campus only to see mass murders in front of him pointing him to stay back.

Vedant again has seizures and Supriya takes him to the hospital. In the flashback, Supriya was suffering from post partum depression and accidentally kills her newborn. Her husband commits suicide.

Episode 7 : The Farewell (58 mins)

Dev is killed in front of everyone and it seems to have been sorted. But when Ninad's belongings are retrieved, Adhiraj finds a badge and he walks up to Malvika. When he asks her to confess, to which she denies. It is then revealed that Ninad was pushed to death from height by Malvika as she was always jealous of him for being closer to Adhiraj and considered him a third-wheel in their relationship. She is killed as well and Ninad's soul leaves for good.

Supriya tries to connect with her dead child's spirit and is possessed by someone else instead. She calls Adhiraj for help while he is leaving for the US.

Cast

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  • Rasika Duggal as Supriya Ghosh
  • Ishwak Singh as Adhiraj Jaisingh
  • Shrenik Arora as Vedant Malik
  • Rahul Dev as Officer Bedi
  • Zoa Morani as Malvika Seth Jamwal
  • Sahil Salathia as Suyash Verma
  • Rijul Ray as Dev Pratap Jamwal
  • Aru Krishansh Verma as Rajat
  • Poojan Chhabra as teenage Ninad Raman
  • Arjun Deswal as teenage Adhiraj Jaisingh
  • Vansh Sethii as teenage Dev Jamwal
  • Anisha Pahuja as teenage Malvika Seth
  • Akshay Nagori as teenage Suyash Verma
  • Chinmay Chandraunshuh as teenage Rajat
  • K.C. Shankar as Dean K. C. Swamy
  • Priya Banerjee as Nancy, Suyash's girlfriend
  • Jaimini Pathak as Chandra Prakash Jha, school teacher
  • Digvijay Savant as Dean Satyanshu Vyas
  • Pawan Singh as Devi Prasad, a school peon

References

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  1. ^ Shackleton, Liz (28 June 2023). "Prime Video Announces India Slate Including Horror Series 'Adhura', Starring Rasika Dugal; Telugu YA Drama 'Hostel Days'". Deadline. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  2. ^ Jain, Arushi (8 May 2021). "Prime Video's first Hindi horror series Adhura to debut on July 7". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Amazon Prime Video Sets First Hindi Horror Series 'Adhura' For July 7 Debut". Outlook. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Adhura trailer: Ishwak Singh returns to his alma mater for one hell of a reunion". The Indian Express. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
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