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"markdown": "# The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth\n\n*The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth* is a four-episode Netflix true-crime documentary series, released on February 29, 2024, that examines the disappearance of 25-year-old Sheena Bora in Mumbai in 2012 and the murder trial of her mother, the former media executive [Indrani Mukerjea](https://www.edgepedia.org/indrani-mukerjea).[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_indrani_mukerjea_story_buried_truth) • [2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-debuts-trailer-for-the-indrani-docuseries) It was directed by Uraaz Bahl and Shaana Levy and produced by the US-based MakeMake and the India Today Group.[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-debuts-trailer-for-the-indrani-docuseries)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Format | Four-episode documentary series, TV-MA (U/A 13+ on Netflix India), genres documentary and crime[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_indrani_mukerjea_story_buried_truth) • [3](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81150989) |\n| Release | Premiered on Netflix February 29, 2024, after an originally announced date of February 23[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_indrani_mukerjea_story_buried_truth) • [4](https://www.dailypioneer.com/uploads/2024/epaper/february/vijayawada-english-edition-2024-02-18.pdf) |\n| Directors / producers | Uraaz Bahl and Shaana Levy; MakeMake and the India Today Group[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-debuts-trailer-for-the-indrani-docuseries) |\n| Subject | The disappearance of 25-year-old Sheena Bora in 2012 and its aftermath; Indrani Mukerjea was arrested in August 2015 and released on bail in May 2022[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_indrani_mukerjea_story_buried_truth) • [5](https://www.documentarytube.com/blog/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-sensationalism-with-swish/) |\n| Episode runtimes | 44, 44, 44 and 50 minutes on Netflix's India listing[5](https://www.documentarytube.com/blog/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-sensationalism-with-swish/) |\n| Languages | English and Hindi audio, including audio description, plus Tamil and Telugu[3](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81150989) |\n| Reception | 67% Tomatometer from 9 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes; 6.2/10 on IMDb from about 2,500 users[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_indrani_mukerjea_story_buried_truth) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31069611/ratings/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Subject matter\n\nThe series investigates the disappearance of Sheena Bora, who went missing in 2012 in the Bandra area of Mumbai, and the allegation that she was murdered by her mother, Indrani Mukerjea, a prominent media executive who had been presented to her later family as Sheena's sister rather than her daughter.[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/buried-truth-the-indrani-mukerjea-story) • [8](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2024/Mar/09/netflixs-the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-whose-truth-is-it-anyway) The case came to light in August 2015 with the arrest of the Mukerjeas' former driver, and Indrani Mukerjea and two others have faced trial for the alleged murder.[9](https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-court-rejects-cbi-plea-stop-broadcast-docu-series-indrani-mukerjea-9171323/)\n\nNetflix's announcement described the series as built on interviews with Indrani Mukerjea herself, her family members, her lawyers, and the veteran journalists who broke the case, along with previously unseen family photographs and call recordings.[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-debuts-trailer-for-the-indrani-docuseries) Her daughter Vidhie Mukerjea and son Mikhail Bora appear prominently, and the episodes follow the media frenzy after the arrest, questions about [Peter Mukerjea](https://www.edgepedia.org/peter-mukerjea)'s role, the romance between Sheena and her step-brother Rahul Mukerjea, and messages and emails allegedly from Sheena that added confusion to the case.[3](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81150989) The final episode closes with Indrani, asked on camera whether she murdered her daughter, replying in the negative.[8](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2024/Mar/09/netflixs-the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-whose-truth-is-it-anyway)\n\n## Release and legal dispute\n\n**Court challenge.** Because the trial was ongoing, the [Central Bureau of Investigation](https://www.edgepedia.org/central-bureau-of-investigation), the prosecuting agency, asked a special court in Mumbai in February 2024 to stay the broadcast or to bar the series from featuring the accused and others connected to the case, arguing that airing it could influence witnesses. The CBI also said the documentary-makers were \"trying to glorify the alleged innocence of the accused.\" On February 20, 2024, Special Judge SP Naik Nimbalkar rejected the plea, holding that the court had no inherent power to stop broadcasting and pointing the CBI to the blocking provisions of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021; the court also noted that the CBI had shown no breach of Indrani Mukerjea's bail conditions.[9](https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-court-rejects-cbi-plea-stop-broadcast-docu-series-indrani-mukerjea-9171323/) • [10](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/indrani-mukerjea-sheena-bora-docuseries-9177137/lite/) The series was originally scheduled for February 23 and premiered on February 29.[4](https://www.dailypioneer.com/uploads/2024/epaper/february/vijayawada-english-edition-2024-02-18.pdf) • [1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_indrani_mukerjea_story_buried_truth)\n\n**The trial afterward.** The case remained unresolved long after the series aired. In March 2026 the Supreme Court granted a nine-month extension for completion of the trial in the [Sheena Bora murder case](https://www.edgepedia.org/sheena-bora-murder-case), on a request from the special judge in Greater Bombay, and said no further extension would be granted.[11](https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/news/litigation/sheena-bora-murder-case-supreme-court-grants-9-month-extension-to-conclude-trial)\n\n## Production and access\n\nThe series was produced by MakeMake and the India Today Group for Netflix, and Netflix's own annual reporting by India Today Originals later grouped it with *[Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case](https://www.edgepedia.org/curry-and-cyanide-the-jolly-joseph-case)* (2023) as a documentary with strong viewership on the platform.[2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-debuts-trailer-for-the-indrani-docuseries) • [12](https://stockdiscovery.s3.amazonaws.com/insight/india/4481/Annual%20Report/AR-25.pdf) Its central access is Indrani Mukerjea herself, who was released on bail in 2022 and appears looking back on her own life; her children Vidhie and Mikhail are the other principal on-screen voices.[8](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2024/Mar/09/netflixs-the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-whose-truth-is-it-anyway) • [13](https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-full-show-review-release-netflix-sheena-bora-murder-case-true-story-interviews-true-crime-documentary) Reviewers noted that this access is also the series' central tension: it gives the accused a platform in an unfinished case, and Netflix's promotional description of interviews and recordings is not an independent verification of the claims made within them.[8](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2024/Mar/09/netflixs-the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-whose-truth-is-it-anyway) • [5](https://www.documentarytube.com/blog/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-sensationalism-with-swish/)\n\n## Reception\n\n**Critical response.** Reviews divided over what the series accomplishes. Rohan Naahar's review in *The Indian Express* rated it 4 out of 5, calling it \"snarky but not salacious\" and praising a four-part work that makes \"sweeping statements about greed and loyalty\" while using previously established facts to counter some of Indrani Mukerjea's claims.[14](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-netflix-true-crime-documentary-sheena-bora-case-9183951/) Shreyas Pande, reviewing for *The New Indian Express*, rated it 2 out of 5 and argued that the series lacks the rigorous investigative quality of comparable documentaries and questions why a person under investigation for murder was given a platform at all.[8](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2024/Mar/09/netflixs-the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-whose-truth-is-it-anyway) Alaka Sahani, also in *The Indian Express*, wrote that the series updates viewers well on the case details and features insightful interviews but reveals few new facts.[15](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-this-well-made-docu-series-hardly-offers-any-fresh-revelations-9191630/) Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in found ample sensationalism \"delivered with a swish and a wink,\" while a *Times of India* review called it \"a formidable retelling of one of India's most baffling murder mysteries.\"[16](https://scroll.in/reel/1064101/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-sensationalism-delivered-with-a-swish) • [17](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth/season-1/seasonreview/107851166.cms)\n\n**Aggregated ratings.** Rotten Tomatoes showed a 67% Tomatometer from 9 reviews, and IMDb listed a 6.2/10 rating from about 2,500 users, with episode-level ratings falling from 7.7 for the first episode to 6.1 for the fourth.[1](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_indrani_mukerjea_story_buried_truth) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31069611/ratings/)\n\n## Context in Indian true crime\n\nThe series arrived amid a wider run of Indian true-crime documentaries on Netflix, and industry measurement placed it in that field: Ormax Media's tracking of prominent Indian true-crime documentaries listed *The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth* with an Ormax Power Rating of 50, below *Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case* at 58 and *Crime Stories: India Detectives* at 57.[18](https://www.ormaxmedia.com/insights/stories/download-file.php?key=bundy-to-burari-adapting-true-crime-documentaries-to-the-indian-context&type=pdf) Legal commentary has also used the series as an example of the tensions between true-crime storytelling and the rights of victims and accused persons in cases that are still before the courts.[19](https://nliulawreview.nliu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Volume-XIV-Issue-II.pdf)\n\n## References\n\n1. [The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_indrani_mukerjea_story_buried_truth)\n2. [Murder, Mayhem and Motherhood: Netflix Debuts Trailer for 'The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth', About Netflix](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-debuts-trailer-for-the-indrani-docuseries)\n3. [The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth, Netflix India listing](https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81150989)\n4. [Sunday Pioneer, Vijayawada English edition, February 18, 2024](https://www.dailypioneer.com/uploads/2024/epaper/february/vijayawada-english-edition-2024-02-18.pdf)\n5. [The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth Review, DocumentaryTube](https://www.documentarytube.com/blog/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-sensationalism-with-swish/)\n6. [The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth (2024), Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31069611/ratings/)\n7. [Buried Truth: The Indrani Mukerjea Story, Parents' Guide, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/buried-truth-the-indrani-mukerjea-story)\n8. [Netflix's 'The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth' review: Whose truth is it anyway?, The New Indian Express](https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2024/Mar/09/netflixs-the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-whose-truth-is-it-anyway)\n9. [Court rejects CBI plea seeking stay on airing Indrani Mukerjea documentary, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-court-rejects-cbi-plea-stop-broadcast-docu-series-indrani-mukerjea-9171323/)\n10. [Bombay HC clears release of Netflix's Indrani Mukerjea docuseries: What the case was all about, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/indrani-mukerjea-sheena-bora-docuseries-9177137/lite/)\n11. [Sheena Bora murder case: Supreme Court grants 9-month extension to conclude trial, Bar & Bench](https://www.barandbench.com/amp/story/news/litigation/sheena-bora-murder-case-supreme-court-grants-9-month-extension-to-conclude-trial)\n12. [TV Today Network Annual Report 2024-25](https://stockdiscovery.s3.amazonaws.com/insight/india/4481/Annual%20Report/AR-25.pdf)\n13. ['The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth' Review: Where Truth Meets TV, The Quint](https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-full-show-review-release-netflix-sheena-bora-murder-case-true-story-interviews-true-crime-documentary)\n14. [The Indrani Mukerjea Story – Buried Truth review: Snarky but not salacious, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-netflix-true-crime-documentary-sheena-bora-case-9183951/)\n15. [The Indrani Mukerjea Story Buried Truth: This well-made docu-series hardly offers any fresh revelations, The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-this-well-made-docu-series-hardly-offers-any-fresh-revelations-9191630/)\n16. [The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth Netflix review: Sensationalism delivered with swish, Scroll.in](https://scroll.in/reel/1064101/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth-review-sensationalism-delivered-with-a-swish)\n17. [The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth Season 1 Review, The Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth/season-1/seasonreview/107851166.cms)\n18. [Bundy to Burari: Adapting true crime documentaries to the Indian context, Ormax Media](https://www.ormaxmedia.com/insights/stories/download-file.php?key=bundy-to-burari-adapting-true-crime-documentaries-to-the-indian-context&type=pdf)\n19. [Whose Story Is It Anyway: True Crime Tapes and Their Impact on Victims' Rights, NLIU Law Review](https://nliulawreview.nliu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Volume-XIV-Issue-II.pdf)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Documentary, docudrama, and lifestyle series › True crime and investigative docuseries › Premiered 2023 to 2026*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indrani-mukerjea-story-buried-truth.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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