Critics at Outlook India praised the writing team's 'superb' screenplay and Tisca Chopra's lead performance; audience engagement on Disney+ Hotstar was strong enough for a re-release under a second title in 2023, confirming sustained platform interest.
Renewal: One season of nine episodes, released September 2022. The series re-aired on Disney+ Hotstar in November 2023 under the title Bhay but no sequel season has been announced. (Wikipedia)
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| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12022 · 9 eps | 16 September 2022 | 7.1 | n/a | 7.3/10 | WORTH-IT |
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The premiere establishes the drought-blighted village and the ideological collision between Avni Raut's state-certified rationalism and a community whose lived experience of the Raakan curse is encoded in their daily behavior. Pawar's direction favours slow dread over jump scares - the right call for this material.
The mid-season episode where the mythology crystallises and the show stops hedging about what it is - a supernatural thriller with genuine conviction in its own rules. The highest individually rated episode on IMDb at 7.6/10, and the point where the show's mythology stops hedging and commits fully.
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