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Suzhal: The Vortex · Season 1 · Amazon Prime Video

Suzhal: The Vortex Season 1

Suzhal: The Vortex Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 8.4/10. 8 episodes on Amazon Prime Video from 17 June 2022.

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BollyMeter8.4/10Pushkar-Gayathri's tight screenplay, atmospheric rural setting, and two compelling lead performances drove near-universal critical praise and strong audience retention on IMDb.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Season 1 established Pushkar-Gayathri's crime instincts beyond their Vikram Vedha reputation. A girl goes missing during a temple festival in a Tamil Nadu small town; the investigation threads folk ritual, caste pressure, and a police duo whose worldviews grind against each other. The craft consensus was near-unanimous: atmosphere, pacing, and a genuinely unpredictable reveal. Critics flagged some mid-season drag but credited the show for grounding supernatural-adjacent dread in procedural logic. Audience scores stayed high post-release, and the show quietly became the benchmark for Tamil OTT crime.

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90%critics positive · n=108.1/10IMDb audience
  • Suzhal is an intense investigative thriller that has a lot of surprises in store, making it a perfect bingewatch for the weekend.
    Times of India
  • The Vortex sets a benchmark that will take some doing to emulate.
    NDTV