
Aranyak
Taste attributes: crimedramamysterydetectivemonster/alien/supernaturalslowunsavouryheavyimaginaryenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphs
Boxlist takeA larger-than-life crime series that is weighty, contained and unsavoury. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.2 /10
TMDB · 42 votes
Where to watch
We don't know of anywhere to watch Aranyak in the US right now.
Season
Season 1
· 2021 · 8 episodesPolitical ploys, personal agendas and a beastly myth all surface as two mismatched hill station cops navigate a web of suspects after a puzzling murder.
Episodes (8)
1Episode 110 Dec 2021
Amid a tense handover on the eve of a sabbatical, Inspector Kasturi Dogra is shaken by a teen’s disappearance and fears of a murderous creature in town.
2Episode 210 Dec 2021
Keen to work on the case, Kasturi tussles with Angad for power. A tip-off leads to a source who may have implicating testimony — until danger strikes.
3Episode 310 Dec 2021
Angad and Kasturi probe into Kanti’s whereabouts on the night of Aimee’s murder. Angad suspects cafe owner Govind in the attack on Sundar.
4Episode 410 Dec 2021
A suspect makes an unconvincing confession. Kasturi and Angad begin to doubt one of their own. Manhas gets under Ashok’s skin. Nutan receives a shock.
5Episode 510 Dec 2021
An unknown number in two suspects’ call records raises more questions. As tension with Hari builds, Kasturi and Angad attend a wedding at Manhas’s home.
6Episode 610 Dec 2021
As the unknown caller is identified, damning video footage elicits confessions from both Ravi and Julie. Nabbing Omi becomes Angad's central concern.
7Episode 710 Dec 2021
Bunty comes clean, paving the way for truths to emerge about Manhas, Hari, Gagan and Kanti. Nutan makes a drastic attempt in distress.
8Episode 810 Dec 2021
One key finding about Aimee’s rape lets Kasturi and Angad extract more confessions from that fateful night — and beyond. Mahadev identifies the Nar Tendua.
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What lines up
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
After a foreign teenage tourist goes missing in a misty village, Kasturi, a frazzled local cop, is forced to team up with her city-bred successor, Angad, on a high-profile case that unearths skeletons and resurrects a long-forgotten legend of a savage serial killer in the woods.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Crime
- Year
- 2021
- Episode length
- 40 min
- Status
- Ended
- Studio
- Ramesh Sippy Entertainment
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- How we score
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