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Raktanchal Season 1

Raktanchal Season 1 is a WORTH-IT, BollyMeter 6.9/10. 9 episodes on MX Player from 28 May 2020.

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BollyMeter6.9/10IMDb audiences rated Season 1 at 6.9/10, with viewers praising the period authenticity and the central rivalry between Nikitin Dheer and Kranti Prakash Jha, though comparisons to Mirzapur dogged critical reception.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Raktanchal Season 1 launched on MX Player in May 2020, arriving in the same gangland-UP territory staked out by Mirzapur. The comparison proved double-edged: the 1980s period framing and real-event scaffolding gave the show a distinct identity, but comparisons to Mirzapur dogged reception across platforms. IMDb settled on 6.9 out of 10. What distinguished the season was its milieu - the eastern UP tender mafia operates as a civic institution here, not just a criminal one, and the power struggle between Waseem Khan and Vijay Singh carries genuine menace. Nikitin Dheer's physicality as Waseem and the period production design are the season's clearest assets.

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The Room

6.9/10IMDb audience

Standout Episodes

The hours worth arguing about - premieres, finales, and the turning points. BollyAI reads the room episode by episode.

  1. E1Episode 17.0

    The premiere sets the geography and the stakes of the 1980s UP tender mafia with minimal preamble. Nikitin Dheer's Waseem Khan arrives fully formed - menacing and politically connected - while Vijay Singh's introduction plants the rival power axis the season will exploit.

    The moment: The opening sequence establishing the 1980s Purvanchal milieu - a period setting rare in Indian streaming crime drama.