Apharan (TV series)

Apharan is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller streaming television series directed and co-produced by Sidharth Sengupta for video on demand platform ALTBalaji. Starring Arunoday Singh,^[1] the series is set in current times and revolves around kidnapping, suspense, mystery and action.^[2][3]

Apharan
Created by	Sidharth Sengupta
Developed by	Ekta Kapoor
Written by	Mohinder Pratap Singh Dialogues Varun Badola
Directed by	Sidharth Sengupta
Creative directors	Baljit Singh Chaddha Snehil Dixit Mehra
Starring	see below
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	23
Production
Producers	Siddharth Sen Gupta Jyoti Sagar
Production locations	Mumbai, India
Editors	Jaskaran Imran
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	18-27 minutes
Production company	EDGESTORM Productions
Original release
Network	ALT Balaji (season 1) Voot (season 2)
Release	14 December 2018 (2018-12-14)

The series has been available for streaming on the ALT Balaji App and its associated websites since its release date.^[4] Season 2 was released on 18 March 2022.

Plot

Rudra Srivastava (Arunoday Singh), a senior inspector of Uttarakhand Police is lured into kidnapping a young girl named Anusha (Monica Chaudhary), at the request of her step-mother (Mahie Gill). The plot begins as a simple plan to extort money in exchange for Anusha but she is murdered. He was falsely accused and ends up in jail for 3 years.

Season 2 revolves around Rudra navigating his professional duties with his personal life at stake. To find a cure for his wife's addiction, RAW sends the formidable cop to Serbia to track down and capture Vikram Bahadur Singh, or VBS, a wanted criminal responsible for the death of 9 Indian RAW agents in one month.

Season Overview

S.No.	Title	Release Date	Episodes
1	Apharan - Sabka Katega	14 December 2018	12
2	Apharan - Sabka Katega Dobara	18 March 2022	11

Cast

• Arunoday Singh^[1] as Rudra Srivastava/Vikram Bahadur Shah (VBS) (Dual Roles in season 2)
• Mahie Gill^[5] as Madhu Tyagi/Malini
• Ujjawal Chopra as Bhandari (Season 2)
• Monica Chaudhary as Anusha Tyagi (Season 1)
• Nidhi Singh^[6][7] as Ranjana Srivastava
• Varun Badola as Laxman Saxena
• Saanand Verma as Satyanarayan Dubey
• Neha Kaul as Madhu Tyagi
• Pawan Chopra as Commissioner
• Ram Sujan Singh as Mishra
• Surender Singh as Constable Joshi
• Sanjay Batra as Govind Tyagi
• Nilesh Mamgain as Shukla
• Snehil Dixit Mehra as Sadhu's Wife
• Shweta Rajput as Ria-the Bride (Anusha's Friend)
• Nishant Tanwar as Inspector Bhatnagar
• Aditya Jadhav as Crying Child