The Chargesheet: Innocent or Guilty? is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language crime drama streaming television series written by Priyanka Ghatak and directed by Shashant Shah and Ravit Kumar Tyagi and Shashant Shah. Its stars Arunoday Singh, Ashwini Kalsekar, Hrishitaa Bhatt, Kishori Shahane, Tridha Choudhury, Satish Kaushik, Shakti Anand, Sikandar Kher, Shiv Panditt, and others.[2][3][4]
| The Chargesheet: Innocent or Guilty | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Crime, Drama |
| Based on | Murder of Syed Modi[1] |
| Written by | Priyanka Ghatak |
| Directed by | Shashant Shah Ravit Kumar Tyagi |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Salim–Sulaiman |
| Composer | Salim–Sulaiman |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Rohit Hippalgaonkar |
| Producers | Ashoke Pandit Roshan Kanal |
| Cinematography | Santosh Thundiyil Amar Kamble |
| Editor | Jeetu Rall |
| Production companies | Ashoke Pandit Production Daytee Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee5 |
| Release | 1 January 2020 |
Cast
edit- Arunoday Singh as Ranveer Pratap Singh
- Sikandar Kher as Vidhur Mehra
- Shiv Panditt as Shiraz Malik
- Tridha Choudhury as Antaraa
- Hrishitaa Bhatt as Chitrangadha Singh
- Shakti Anand as Sanjeev Singh
- Ashwini Kalsekar as Abha Abhyankar
- Satish Kaushik as Laxman Chotrani
- Kishori Shahane as Gayatri Dixit
- Mahendra Shrivas as Jagan
- Prateek Dogra as Abhinav Mathur
- Resh Lamba as Miraz
- Bobby Khanna as Politician
- Aroop Paul as Joint Director of CBI
- Anil Kumar as Bodhi Singh
- Shreya Sinha as Reporter
- Dinesh Kaushik as Anand Sehgal
- VJimmy Sharma as Naulakha
- Ramakant Dayma as Judge
- Vivek Savarikar as Corrupt leader
Plot
editShiraz Malik, an seven-time national badminton champion, served as the inspiration for this television series. It details every action that led to this expert shuttler being shot and killed as he left a stadium following a normal practise. The CBI began the investigation and found evidence pointing at a prominent politician and he was arrested. However, the conspiracy, the conspirators and the motive behind the murder are far more complicated than is apparent on the surface.[5][6]
Release
editThe series was premiered on 1 January 2020 on OTT platform Zee5.[7]
Reception
editHindustan Times wrote "A few colourless comments by Sikander’s subordinate look like a forced attempt to add some humour but in vain. The forever silent brother of the late sportsman, who watches the court proceedings with moist eyes leaves the viewer with a similar expression."[8]
Critic Deepa Gahlot listed the series one out of ten political dramas on OTT.[9]
Amar Ujala rated the series 3.5 stars out of 5.[10]
Binged gave a negative opinion and wrote "The courtroom sequences feel so over the top and narratively inconsistent. The writing also gets weaker towards the end where it (the writing) becomes very crucial to engage."[11]
The Envoy Web wrote "An absorbing and sensational story-line could not be converted into an interesting fare by director Shashant Shah. He has faltered maybe owing to the need of balancing a true story with fictional liberties."[12]
References
edit- ^ "The Chargesheet: Innocent or Guilty? – Zee5". GQ India. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "The Chargesheet Innocent or Guilty?". OTTPlay. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Yadav, Monica (8 January 2020). "EXCLUSIVE: Ashoke Pandit on producing murder mystery The Chargesheet – "We had to do a lot of groundwork on it" : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "The Chargesheet: Innocent or Guilty? (2020)". Letterboxd. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Tandon, Avishka (12 September 2022). "7 Political Crime Web Shows For A Great Weekend Watch". SheThePeople. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ Patwa, Priyadarshini (24 January 2021). "7 detective shows & movies on Zee5 that'll take you to the land of murder, mystery, crime and investigation". GQ India. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ Bamzai, Kaveree (25 December 2019). "Politics, sports, royalty, sex: 'Chargesheet' will be brutal reminder of Syed Modi murder". ThePrint. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Kaushal, Ruchi (8 January 2020). "The Chargesheet review: This Arunoday Singh show only kills time". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Gahlot, Deepa (5 June 2023). "10 Political Dramas To Watch On OTT". Rediff.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Anand, Anand (18 November 2019). "Trailer Review: सियासी हलचल मचाने को तैयार सैयद मोदी मर्डर केस की चार्जशीट". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Toleti, Siddartha (3 January 2020). "The Chargesheet Review - Runs Out Of Fizz Very Soon". Binged. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Kamadana, Pradeep (9 January 2020). "The Chargesheet review: Murder mystery gone awry". The Envoy Web. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
