Gumrah: End of Innocence

Gumrah: End of Innocence (transl. Astray) is an Indian crime television series that started airing from March 2012 on Channel V India. The show presents crime-related incidents committed by young people. The series was produced by Ekta Kapoor^[2] under her banner Balaji Telefilms.

Gumrah: End of Innocence
Created by	Vikas Gupta
Written by	Amit Senchoudhary Juhi Shekhar Nishchal Shome Neeraj Udhwani Vikas Gupta Dharam Dhiman Nihar Mehta Dialogues Aparna Nadig
Directed by	Aapar Gupta Kushal Zaveri Suyash Vadhavkar Vikram Rai
Creative directors	Karan Agarwal Mitali Mitra
Presented by	Karan Kundra (2012–2014) Abhay Deol (2014) Karanvir Bohra (2014–2015) Karan Patel (2015–2016) [1]
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	269
Production
Executive producers	Suyash Vadhavkar Vikram Rai Vatsal Jigar
Producers	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Production location	Mumbai, Maharashtra
Editor	Sandeep Bhatt
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Balaji Telefilms
Original release
Network	Channel V India
Release	11 March 2012 (2012-03-11) – 26 June 2016 (2016-06-26)

The show went on air on Channel V India on 11 March 2012 airing weekly with rebroadcasts on Channel V India, StarPlus. Episodes in the second season aired daily.^[3] Season 3 started airing from 7 July 2013. The opening episode was co-anchored by Chitrangada Singh and Karan Kundra. Season 4 was hosted by Abhay Deol who was replaced by Karanvir Bohra.^[1] Season 5 started on 22 March 2015, Last episode was aired on 26 June 2016.^[4]

Plot

The show explores and suggests measures to avert crimes, narrating real-life stories revolving around harassment, kidnapping, murders, etc. committed by teenagers.

Series overview

Season	No. of episodes	Originally aired		Hosts	Ref
		Season premiere	Season finale
1	16	11 March 2012	1 July 2012	Karan Kundra	[5]
2	112	9 July 2012	18 November 2012		[6]
3	32	7 July 2013	9 February 2014		[7]
4	42	31 August 2014	15 March 2015	Abhay Deol (8 Episodes) Karanvir Bohra (Rest of the season)	[8][9]
5	67	22 March 2015	26 June 2016	Karan Patel	[10][11]

Cast

• Ashish Dixit as Neeraj
• Karan Kundra as Host
• Abhay Deol as Host
• Karanvir Bohra as Host
• Ritwika Gupta as Payal
• Rachana Parulkar as Kanak Dagar
• Neil Bhatt as Aditya
• Rocky Verma as Father / Village's Subedar (1 Episode - 2013)
• Kurush Deboo as Porous Batliwala (1 Episode - 2012)
• Shabaaz Abdullah Badi as Rishi in Season 5 Episode 25 (2015)
• Teeshay Shah (2 Episodes 2014–2015)
• Sakshma Srivastav as Taani & Megha (2 Episodes, Season 3 Episode 6 & Season 4.
• Karan Patel as Current Host (March 2015 - June 2016)
• Mohak Meet From (2012 to 2015)
• Ayush Mamodia On (6 May 2012)
• Jigyasa Singh
• Namita Dubey as Shreya
• Amitayushya Mishra as Shridhar (Episode 4, Season 3)
• Jaswinder Gardner
• Ashi Singh on (season 5 2015)
• Raj Anadkat as Romi
• Nabeel Mirajkar as Manav, Rishab and Dhruv (3 episodes)
• Ahsaas Channa as Nandini/Yamini
• Mazhar Syed as Prithviraj Avasthi

Accolades

• The show won Best Crime/Thriller Show at 12th Indian Television Academy Awards.^[12]
• The show was nominated as Favorite TV Crime Drama People's Choice Awards India.^[13]
• The show has secured 10 nominations at the Indian Telly Awards 2013 ^[14]