Encounter (Indian TV series)

Encounter is an Indian crime television series, produced by Endemol India for Sony Entertainment Television.[1] Its central plot was based on 35 encounters in Mumbai over 35 one-hour episodes.[2]

Encounter
Directed bySudip Biswas
Creative directorSurojit Adhikari
Presented byProfessor Soumya Ghosh
StarringManika Pal De
Parag Tyagi
Rajesh Shringarpure
Adaa Khan
Rohit Khurana
Shabaaz Abdullah Badi
Mishal Raheja
Mazher Sayed
Eijaz Khan
Kinshuk Mahajan
Samiksha Bhatt
Alan Kapoor
Kabir Khan
Piyush Sahdev
Manish Wadhwa
Vishal Karwal
Shaleen Malhotra
Mahhi Vij
Sara Khan
Sanjay Gagnani
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes28 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time43 minutes approximately
Production companyEndemol India
Original release
NetworkSony Entertainment Television
Release11 April (2014-04-11) –
27 June 2014 (2014-06-27)

Plot

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The series was based on reality based crimes, which was made to trace the encounters that took place in different places of India and those which were in media headlines for months and later everyone forgot.[3]

Cast

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Episodes

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Episode number Episode title Telecast date
1 'Dongri ki Chowkdi' terrorizes Mumbai 11 April 2014
2 Police searches for gangster Shankya 12 April 2014
3 Shankya's Encounter 13 April 2014
4 Rise of the Killing Machine 18 April 2014
5 Sharp Shooter Shamsher's Encounter 19 April 2014
6 Story of Contract Killer Sikander Bagdadi 20 April 2014
7 The Police hunts down 'Mangya' 25 April 2014
8 Mangya's master plan 26 April 2014
9 Mangya's Encounter 27 April 2014
10 Mafia Queen - Part 1 2 May 2014
11 Mafia Queen - Part 2 3 May 2014
12 Un­known 4 May 2014
13 The rise of Mahesh Murthy 9 May 2014
14 Un­known 10 May 2014
15 Mahesh Murthy's Encounter 11 May 2014
16 Rise of the Byculla boys 16 May 2014
17 Babu gets killed 17 May 2014
18 Ramya's Encounter 18 May 2014
19 Katta Shiv - Part 1 23 May 2014
20 Katta Shiv - Part 2 24 May 2014
21 Katta Shiv - Part 3 25 May 2014
22 Sinha Family Gang 30 May 2014
23 Ulhas and Urmila's Revenge 1 June 2014
24 Aashna's shocking story 6 June 2014
25 Bollywood Extortions - Part 1 13 June 2014
26 Bollywood Extortions - Part 2 14 June 2014
27 A thrilling story of Kachra Pada Gang 20 June 2014
28 Story of Achal Kuty and Sharif Dabba 27 June 2014

Reception

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Throughout the globe, Encounter received mostly mixed to positive critical reception. The show has managed to make a mark with its storyline and presentation along with some brilliant casting.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Manoj Bajpayee returns to TV with 'Encounter'". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Manoj Bajpayee to anchor TV series based on Mumbai's 35 encounters". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Encounter, The New Crime Show on Sony Tv". BollyMirror. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Rohit Roy, Murli Sharma back on television". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Sony TV's Encounter to air its last episode on 4 July". Tellychakkar. Retrieved 28 June 2014.