Abhay (TV series)

Abhay is an Indian Hindi language crime thriller web series.[1] Produced by B. P. Singh under Fiction Factory Productions, and directed by Ken Ghosh, the series marks the digital debut of Bollywood actor Kunal Khemu, who stars alongside Elnaaz Norouzi, Sandeepa Dhar and Namit Das.[2][3] The series revolves around officer Abhay Pratap Singh, an investigating officer with the mind of a criminal, who can go to any extent to solve a case.[4][5] The first season comprised eight episodes[6] and was released on Zee5 on 7 February 2019.

Abhay
Official poster
GenreCrime
Developed byB. P. Singh
Written by
  • Alka Shukla
  • Vaspar Dandiwala
  • Pushaan Mukherjee
  • Ankana Joshi
  • Sushant Shukla
  • Srinivas Abrol
  • Sudhanshu Sharma
  • Priya Saggi
  • Smita P. Mukherjee
  • Aparna Nadig
  • Alka Shukla
Directed byKen Ghosh
Starring
Music byAjay Singha
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes16 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)
  • B.P. Singh
  • Renu B.P. Singh
CinematographyHari K. Vedantam
Editor(s)Mukesh Thakur
Running timeApprox. 35 minutes
Production company(s)Firefly Productions
Release
Original networkZEE5
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Original release7 February 2019 (2019-02-07) –
present
External links
Website

The series has returned with the season 2, titled, Abhay 2 with Kunal Khemu[7] as the protagonist while Ram Kapoor[8] and Chunky Pandey[9][10][11] will be seen playing the antagonist in the series. Besides them, the second season also stars Bidita Bag, Raghav Juyal, Indraneil Sengupta and Asheema Vadaan . Abhay 2[12] is produced by B.P. Singh,[13] and directed by Ken Ghosh is scheduled to stream on ZEE5 from August 14, 2020.[14]

Plot (Season 1)

The story revolves around the life of Abhay, an investigation officer who in a race to save two school kids, Raghu and Pooja. The kids have gone missing in the village of Chinthari. For the past two years, the village on the outskirts of Lucknow have been reporting missing children. Will Abhay be able to battle against his personal demons and find the missing kids?

Plot (Season 2)

The story is set within a year after the events of the first season. Abhay continues to hunt vile murderers and monsters with his trademark ingenuity and novel deductions until an enigmatic criminal mastermind with no name or past turns his world upside down and traps him along with everyone else in a maze that will test the very fibre of Abhay’s morality. Abhay plays the villain’s game better than the villain could have expected but still the game succeeds in its mission. The Villain and his truth about the world and its corruption starts getting to Abhay. The pressure of saving the kids and his past secrets make him vulnerable but even then he remains incorruptible.

Cast

Main (Season 1)

Main (Season 2)

Recurring
  • Ayush Shrivastava as Sameer
  • Manini Mishra as Radhika
  • Rituraj Singh as Kuldeep Dhingra (KD)
  • Pratyaksh Panwar as Saahil
  • Devendar Chaudhury as Sandeep Awasthi
  • Nitish Pandey as Pandey Ji
  • Deepak Tijori as Chander Singh (Episode 1)
  • Gopal Singh as Rawat (Episode 1)
  • Sangeeta Panwar as Chuttan Bai (Episode 1)
  • Dua Fatima as Pooja (Episode 1)
  • Arav Shukla as Raghu (Episode 1)
  • Anshuman Jha[18] as Pramod (Episode 2)
  • Yashashri Masurkar as Surbhi (Episode 2)
  • Basant Kumar as Charan (Episode 2)
  • Anupriya Goenka[19] as Supriya (Episode 3)
  • Manraj Singh as Rohit (Episode 3)
  • Praveen Tiwari as Dushyant (Episode 3)
  • Utpal Dashora as Param (Episode 3)
  • Kiran Joneja as Manda (Episode 4)
  • Ravi Khanvilkar as Manda's Assistant (Episode 4)
  • Aayaam Mehta as Officer Srivastava (Episode 4)
  • Alisha Chaudhary as Aanchal (Episode 4)
  • Guddu Rana as Aghori (Episode 4)
  • Prashant Bhargava as Driver (Episode 4)
  • Mukesh Rishi as Babu Bhaiyya (Episode 5 and 6)
  • Harsh Mayar as Sujay (Episode 5 and 6)
  • Naved Aslam as Senior Officer (Episode 5 and 6)
  • Rana Sengar as Sugreev (Episode 7)
  • Ivan Sylvester Rodrigues as Channel Head (Episode 7)
  • Prashant Narayanan as Jaykrishan (Episode 7 and 8)
  • Saurabh Nayyar as Forensic Expert (Epiosde 7 and 8)

Episodes
SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
1TBA7 February 2019 (2019-02-07)

Episodes (Season 1)
Episode No. Title Plot
1 Bagged and Tagged Raghu and Pooja are two school kids who went missing in the village of Chinthari. Abhay, an investigation officer is assigned to find the missing kids. Will he be able to fight his personal battles and find Raghu and Pooja?
2 Who is the Daddy now? Abhay is assigned another case that involves a psychotic killer involved in the murder of three people.
3 Swipe Right

A dating app has been used to commit a crime and Abhay gets into action to solve the mystery of the murder.

4 Cyanide Poisoning Govind is back to seek revenge. Will Abhay be able to identify the serial killer or will he be distracted by Govind?
5 Crossfire

The story takes us back to Abhay's past which explains his current paranoia. Meanwhile, a dissatisfied teenager goes on a killing spree.

6 Burn Abhay's relationship with Natasha begins to hinder the investigation of the killer. Will Abhay be able to solve the murder cases?
7 The Butcher A butcher from Uttar Pradesh slaughters people and flings their body parts in different areas of the town. A lack of evidence and clues make this a tough case to crack. Will Abhay be able to catch this butcher or will he get trapped in Govind’s vicious plan?
8 48 Hours Abhay has 48 hours to find the killer. Will he find the butcher? Will Natasha help Abhay in hunting for the killer?

References
  1. "ZEE5 launches procedural format crime thriller 'Abhay'". Zee News. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  2. "Kunal Khemu set for his digital debut". easterneye.biz.
  3. "Abhay actor Elnaaz Norouzi: Get limited offers as people think I cannot speak Hindi". The Indian Express.
  4. "Kunal Kemmu On Playing An Investigative Officer In Abhay". NDTV.
  5. "Kunal Kemmu to make digital debut with ZEE5 series Abhay". The Indian Express.
  6. "Kunal Khemu to shift gears with crime series 'Abhay'". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-08-03.
  7. "Abhay 2 teaser: Ram Kapoor stuns as a heartless murderer, Kunal Kemmu is out to get him". Hindustan Times. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  8. MumbaiJune 18, Shweta Keshri; June 18, 2020UPDATED:; Ist, 2020 20:13. "Abhay 2: Ram Kapoor in a menacing avatar in new promo. Watch video". India Today. Retrieved 2020-06-23.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "Chunky Panday to make his digital debut with Abhay 2". The Indian Express. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  10. "Chunky Pandey says it was exciting to play antagonist in digital debut 'Abhay 2'". The Week. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  11. "Chunky Pandey makes digital debut with Abhay 2, says 'it will bring to the forefront ruthless crime stories'". www.indulgexpress.com. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  12. "It was a tough role for me Ram Kapoor on playing antagonist in 'Abhay 2'". The Week. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  13. "Abhay 2: The stakes are even higher for Kunal Kemmu starrer". mid-day. 2020-04-14. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  14. "ZEE5 Releases The Trailer Of 'Abhay' Season 2; Show To Stream On August 14". Mumbai Live. Mumbai Live. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  15. "Abhay Has Been Interesting and Intriguing Says Kunal Khemu". The Hans India. 5 February 2019.
  16. "Dabangg 2 Star Sandeepa Dhar Says Actors Should Have Opted For Content-Driven Films From The Beginning". The Times of India.
  17. "Sacred start with Elnaaz Norouzi". The Telegraph. Kolkota.
  18. "Anshuman Jha turns serial killer for ZEE5 web-series 'Abhay'". The New Indian Express.
  19. "Anupriya Goenka: As an actor, I want to live many lives". Outlook India.


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