Adaalat

Adaalat (Hindi for 'Court') is an Indian television courtroom drama anthology series about a defense attorney, K.D. Pathak, portrayed by Ronit Roy. First season of the show premiered on Sony on 20 November 2010 and ran for five years, ending on 11 July 2015. The series based events is produced by Contiloe Entertainment and stars Ronit Roy in the eponymous role. The show aired 431 episodes in its first season.

Adaalat
GenreCourtroom Drama
Directed by
  • Suleman Quadri
  • Udayan Pradeep Shukla
  • Rajesh Ranshing
  • Amitabh Raina
  • Pawan Kaul
  • Rajan Waghdhare
Creative director(s)
  • Niraj Kumar Mishra
  • Amitabh Raina
  • Sanchita Bose
Starring
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes457
Production
Producer(s)Abhimanyuh Singh
Rupali Singh
Running timeApprox. 45 minutes
Production company(s)Contiloe Entertainment
Release
Original networkSony Entertainment Television
Original release20 November 2010 (2010-11-20) –
4 September 2016 (2016-09-04)
External links
Website

Adaalat returned for its second season on SET on 4 June 2016 and ended on 4 September 2016. The show aired 26 episodes in its second season. [1]

Plot

Adalat is a show revolving around K.D. Pathak (Ronit Roy), a suave, sophisticated, witty and yet unconventional lawyer. He can get his clients out of the tightest of situations. His success rate of acquittals is 100 percent. But most importantly K.D. stands not for his client, but for Justice. K.D. has an amazing eye for detail and an insatiable thirst for knowledge. He always seems to know enough about every profession, and what he doesn't know he covers up/makes up with his smartness. He is a quick thinker. K.D. steps into a case when all is doomed for the accused. All the doors are shut. When the prosecution has prepared a water tight open and shut case where even a blind man can tell that the accused is guilty then K.D. somehow performs a miracle. No one can see the case from the angle K.D. does. He digs fervently for loopholes in the prosecution's case much to their frustration and thinking on his feet, he manages to turn the entire case around. Often through histrionics, magical gimmicks (since he has recently started learning magic and uses a parallel between magic and justice that often what we see is not all there is something beyond it), performances, which the Judge does not approve of ! And nor does his ex-love Maya (The Prosecutor who is often at the receiving end!) – But that is K.D. Unstoppable, incorrigible and completely enthralling and entertaining. The prosecutor will always leave broken-hearted with this man.

Seasons
Season No. of episodes Originally broadcast (India)
First aired Last aired
1 431 20 November 2010 (2010-11-20) 11 July 2015
2 26 4 June 2016 (2016-06-04) 4 September 2016 (2016-09-04)

Cast
Ronit Roy who played the role of K.D. Pathak

Main
  • Ronit Roy as Advocate K.D. Pathak
  • Romit Raj as Varun Zaveri, K.D.'s Assistant
  • Shraman Jain as Shraman, K.D.'s Assistant
  • Prerna Wanvari as Sunaina, K.D.'s Assistant
  • Sunayna Fozdar as Niyati Sharma, K.D.'s Assistant
  • Niloufer as Mrs. Billimoria, K.D.'s Secretary
  • Ajay Kumar Nain as Inspector Shrikant Dave

Recurring roles

Episodic appearances

Special appearances

Crossover episodes
Main article: CID Viruddh Adaalat

"CID Viruddh Adaalat" is the 137th special episode of the first season of the series. The episode was a crossover episode with CID. Originally aired on 15 July 2012, the episode was written by Arshad Sayed and director by Pawan Kaul. The principal photography of the episode was held in Mumbai, India and was commenced in June 2012. The episode received mixed to positive reviews from the viewers. The episode is about Rohit's murder which takes place in DCP Samsher Singh Chitrole's (played by B. P. Singh) house, who gets arrested. The case then lands in KD Pathak's (played by Ronit Roy) hands in Adaalat, where he fights the case for DCP.[19]

"CID Vs Adaalat – Karmyudh" is case no. 382 of Adaalat. There are 3 Special episodes of the first season of the series (i.e. episode no. 432, 433 and 434). The episode was a crossover episode between CID and Adaalat. Originally aired on 20 December 2014, the episode was written by Arshad Sayed and directed by Siba Mitra (director of Adaalat) and Raminder Suri (director of CID). The principal photography of the episode was held in different parts of Mumbai, India and was shot on the sets of both Adaalat and CID. The episode received mixed to positive reviews from the viewers.[20]

Sequel
Main article: Adaalat (season 2)

The series returned with a second season which premiered on 4 June 2016 and is intended to be a mini-series of 26 episodes.[21] Ronit Roy stars in the lead role[22] and Tisca Chopra, Anand Goradia, Rakshanda Khan, Gaurav Chopra and Pankaj B. Singh star in recurring roles.[23]

Notes
  1. Tarun Khanna appeared in two episodics; first as twin brothers and second as the Public Prosecutor in a later episodes.[3]
  2. Akshay also appeared in two distinct roles

References
  1. "Ronit Roy to be back with 'Adaalat' season 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. "Shikha Singh to play a lawyer in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  3. "Tarun Khanna in Adaalat, Devon Ka Dev mahadev and Rangrasiya". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  4. "Aashka Goradia to enter Adaalat". The Indian Express. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  5. "Suchitra Pillai lands cameo in Adaalat". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  6. "Manav Gohil, Darshan Jariwala & Deepali Pansare in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  7. "Nandini Singh and Sunila Karambelkar in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  8. "Sai Deodhar returns to TV with Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  9. "Kushal Punjabi roped in for Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  10. "Mihir Mishra in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  11. "Mohan Kapoor & Raja Chaudhary in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  12. "Anuraj Sharma in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  13. "Pankaj Dheer in an episode of Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  14. "Vishal Malhotra, Amit Pachori & Priya Shinde in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  15. "Falaq Naaz in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  16. "Akshay Sethi to do an episodic in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  17. "Amit Behl returns to Adaalat, Sonia Rakkar to be the new prosecutor". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  18. "Parul Chaudhary bags a role in Adaalat". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  19. "KD Pathak defends DCP Samsher Singh Chitrole". The Times of India. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  20. "Sony to screen a telefilm with CID and Adaalat's cast". afaqs!. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  21. "Ronit Roy's 'Adaalat 2' to go off air after the 26th episode". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  22. "Ronit Roy to be back with 'Adaalat' season 2". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  23. "Sameer Dharmadhikari, Anand Goradia in 'Adaalat 2'?". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
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