Jehanabad series imdb

Story: The series depicts a love story brewing in the midst of a jailbreak, caste politics and violence. Review: Sudhir Mishra’s ‘Jehanabad – Of Love & War’ is loosely based on the 2005 incident in which 372 prisoners escaped from a jail in Jehanabad (a small town in Bihar) following a Naxalite attack. This fictional drama follows a group of Naxals as they plot a deadly jailbreak to free their commander, Deepak Kumar (Parambrata Chattopadhyay). Parallel to this, as the title suggests, the plot revolves around an innocent love story brewing between an English literature professor, Abhimanyu Singh (Ritwik Bhowmik), and his student, Kasturi Mishra (Harshita Gaur), amid all the long and cruel history of Naxalism and Caste inequality. Co-directed by Rajeev Barnwal and Satyanshu Singh, this 10-part series—with episodes ranging in length from 35 minutes to 50 minutes—is an intriguing tale of love, anarchy, caste politics, and Naxalism. The series is a slow burner with predictable initial episodes that feel far-fetched for setting up the story and introducing all the characters. The drama picks up the pace halfway through (specifically, by episode six), and the subsequent episodes transform into a nail-biting thriller. Finally, everything comes to a dramatic end in a Bollywood-style climax. The subplot of politician Shivananad Singh (Rajat Kapoor), who goes to any length to score Dalit votes and win elections, is interesting but lacks depth. Other subplots, such as the conflict be...

With an expansive OTT ecosystem inundated with web series every week, once in a blue moon, there comes a show that completely moves you with its fine storytelling, compelling characters, the vividness of churning out titillating scenarios with plentiful amounts of twists and turns, the treatment of risqué topics with sensitivity whilst not attenuating the entertainment factor and utilisation of technical know-hows in lieu with the story. Rajeev Barnwal and Sudhir Mishra’s thriller-drama Jehanabad – Of Love And War most deservingly fits in that category. Just like a two-edged sword, it educates you and hooks you to the rustic world of Jehanabad which is sullied by disparity and yet frothing with love in the most precarious of corners. Ritwik Bhowmik and Harshita Gaur form the soul of the show while Sudhir Mishra through his actors shouldered it forward with responsibility. The story is set in a small town of Bihar, with two separate tracks playing out parallelly unbeknownst to one another. The first being that of Kasturi Mishra (played by Harshita Gaur), a simple but outspoken college-going student who gets smitten by her English Literature Professor Abhimanyu Singh (played by Ritwik Bhowmik) and pursues her love for him regardless of her mother’s objections. On the other hand, Abhimanyu is intelligent, quiet and reserved whose moral compass indicates his virtues of justice and honesty. Kasturi and Abhimanyu’s bond grows over the course of the first few episodes before it m...

With an expansive OTT ecosystem inundated with web series every week, once in a blue moon, there comes a show that completely moves you with its fine storytelling, compelling characters, the vividness of churning out titillating scenarios with plentiful amounts of twists and turns, the treatment of risqué topics with sensitivity whilst not attenuating the entertainment factor and utilisation of technical know-hows in lieu with the story. Rajeev Barnwal and Sudhir Mishra’s thriller-drama Jehanabad – Of Love And War most deservingly fits in that category. Just like a two-edged sword, it educates you and hooks you to the rustic world of Jehanabad which is sullied by disparity and yet frothing with love in the most precarious of corners. Ritwik Bhowmik and Harshita Gaur form the soul of the show while Sudhir Mishra through his actors shouldered it forward with responsibility. The story is set in a small town of Bihar, with two separate tracks playing out parallelly unbeknownst to one another. The first being that of Kasturi Mishra (played by Harshita Gaur), a simple but outspoken college-going student who gets smitten by her English Literature Professor Abhimanyu Singh (played by Ritwik Bhowmik) and pursues her love for him regardless of her mother’s objections. On the other hand, Abhimanyu is intelligent, quiet and reserved whose moral compass indicates his virtues of justice and honesty. Kasturi and Abhimanyu’s bond grows over the course of the first few episodes before it m...

Story: The series depicts a love story brewing in the midst of a jailbreak, caste politics and violence. Review: Sudhir Mishra’s ‘Jehanabad – Of Love & War’ is loosely based on the 2005 incident in which 372 prisoners escaped from a jail in Jehanabad (a small town in Bihar) following a Naxalite attack. This fictional drama follows a group of Naxals as they plot a deadly jailbreak to free their commander, Deepak Kumar (Parambrata Chattopadhyay). Parallel to this, as the title suggests, the plot revolves around an innocent love story brewing between an English literature professor, Abhimanyu Singh (Ritwik Bhowmik), and his student, Kasturi Mishra (Harshita Gaur), amid all the long and cruel history of Naxalism and Caste inequality. Co-directed by Rajeev Barnwal and Satyanshu Singh, this 10-part series—with episodes ranging in length from 35 minutes to 50 minutes—is an intriguing tale of love, anarchy, caste politics, and Naxalism. The series is a slow burner with predictable initial episodes that feel far-fetched for setting up the story and introducing all the characters. The drama picks up the pace halfway through (specifically, by episode six), and the subsequent episodes transform into a nail-biting thriller. Finally, everything comes to a dramatic end in a Bollywood-style climax. The subplot of politician Shivananad Singh (Rajat Kapoor), who goes to any length to score Dalit votes and win elections, is interesting but lacks depth. Other subplots, such as the conflict be...