# Honeymoon Se Hatya

**Honeymoon Se Hatya** is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language true-crime docudrama series on ZEE5 that examines five real cases in which wives killed their husbands. Directed by Ajitesh Sharma, written by Satyen Bordoloi, and produced by Aditya Pittie and Samar Khan, it began streaming on 9 January 2026 with all five episodes released at once.<sup>[1](https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-ott-release-when-and-where-to-watch-crime-docuseries-2848188-2026-01-07)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://www.zee5.com/global/web-series/details/honeymoon-se-hatya/0-6-4z5860309)</sup>

| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Five-part true-crime docudrama on real cases where wives killed their husbands<sup>[1](https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-ott-release-when-and-where-to-watch-crime-docuseries-2848188-2026-01-07)</sup> |
| Release | 9 January 2026, all five episodes on ZEE5<sup>[1](https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-ott-release-when-and-where-to-watch-crime-docuseries-2848188-2026-01-07)</sup> |
| Key crew | Director Ajitesh Sharma; writer Satyen Bordoloi; producers Aditya Pittie and Samar Khan<sup>[1](https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-ott-release-when-and-where-to-watch-crime-docuseries-2848188-2026-01-07)</sup> |
| Episode lengths | 51, 29, 33, 37, and 38 minutes<sup>[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/show/honeymoon-se-hatya/umc.cmc.jq4jmgnp6hz8igjay1bfjuac)</sup> |
| Languages | Hindi original audio, with Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam dubs and English or Hindi subtitles<sup>[2](https://www.zee5.com/global/web-series/details/honeymoon-se-hatya/0-6-4z5860309)</sup> |
| Age rating | A (adult), with content advisories for graphic violence and violence<sup>[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/show/honeymoon-se-hatya/umc.cmc.jq4jmgnp6hz8igjay1bfjuac)</sup> |
| IMDb rating | 7.0/10 from about 5,400 votes<sup>[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39227709/ratings/)</sup> |

## Spoilers

### Plot

Sonam and Raja Raghuvanshi, newlyweds from Indore, travel to [Meghalaya](https://www.edgepedia.org/meghalaya) for their honeymoon. Days into the trip, Raja vanishes on a trail. His family begins a desperate search while police piece together the couple's movements, and the reconstruction follows the investigation as it moves from missing person to murder: Sonam conspired with her boyfriend Raj and hired contract killers to ambush her husband. The case, which dominated Indian news in 2025, is retold largely through the family's testimony and the police's account of how the plot unraveled.

The series is organized as five cases, one per episode, each told from the couple's first meeting to the aftermath of the arrest. The Meghalaya honeymoon case is the central spine, with the other four built around it.<sup>[11](https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/honeymoon-se-hatya-review-disturbing-crimes-shallow-insight-1040159)</sup> Across all five, the pattern the makers highlight is the same: emotional trauma, control, suppression, and desperation building inside a marriage until one spouse decides the other has to die.<sup>[12](https://www.indianbroadcastingworld.com/crime-honeymoon-se-hatya-zee5/)</sup>

#### Episode two: the Meerut blue drum case

**The blue drum is the image the whole series is built around, and the episode earns it.** Muskaan and her lover Saahil poison Saurabh, her husband, then chop his body into pieces, bag them, and seal the remains inside a blue drum filled with cement, a disposal so cold and premeditated that reviewers single it out as the most brutal crime in the series.<sup>[13](https://www.m9.news/ott-review/honeymoon-se-hatya-web-series-review/)</sup> The reconstruction lingers on the domestic mundanity around the murder, the couple living alongside the hidden body, and on the police work that finally cracked the drum open. Hindi reviewers dubbed it the "neela drum" case, and it became the episode audiences could not shake.<sup>[14](https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/film-review/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-why-women-kill-web-series-review-hindi-tmovg-dskc-2434408-2026-01-09)</sup>

#### Episode three: the Delhi electric shock case

Sushmita, with her husband Karan's cousin Rahul, kills Karan and stages the scene as an accident. The method is chillingly ordinary: he is electrocuted using a mobile charger, arranged to look like a household mishap.<sup>[13](https://www.m9.news/ott-review/honeymoon-se-hatya-web-series-review/)</sup> The episode follows investigators as they refuse to accept the accident theory and untangle the affair between the wife and the cousin, with the reenactment performer Sushmita carrying much of the dramatized material.<sup>[2](https://www.zee5.com/global/web-series/details/honeymoon-se-hatya/0-6-4z5860309)</sup>

#### Episode four: the Mumbai tile case

In Nalasopara, on Mumbai's outskirts, Chaman Chauhan strangles her husband Vijay and buries him under tiles, hiding a body inside the couple's own home.<sup>[13](https://www.m9.news/ott-review/honeymoon-se-hatya-web-series-review/)</sup> The reconstruction plays the case as a slow-burn domestic horror, the wife maintaining a normal surface while the evidence sits beneath her feet, until police interviews and family members' accounts close in on the truth.

#### Episode five: the Bhiwani influencer case

Ravina, a tailor who built a social-media following, kills her truck-driver husband Praveen in Haryana's Bhiwani district.<sup>[13](https://www.m9.news/ott-review/honeymoon-se-hatya-web-series-review/)</sup> The episode contrasts her curated online life with the marriage behind it, and closes the series by returning to the question it opened with: psychiatrists and criminal psychologists attempt to explain what these five women had in common, an answer the series itself admits is incomplete.

### Characters

The series is documentary-first, so its "characters" are the real women at the center of each case, played in reenactments by a small credited cast.

- **Sonam Raghuvanshi**, the newlywed who conspired in her husband Raja's murder in Meghalaya, the case that gives the series its title and spine.
- **Muskaan**, who with lover Saahil poisoned and dismembered husband Saurabh in the Meerut blue drum case.
- **Sushmita** (played by Sushmita in reenactment), who killed husband Karan with cousin Rahul and staged an electrocution in Delhi.
- **Chaman Chauhan**, who strangled husband Vijay and buried him under tiles in Nalasopara, Mumbai.
- **Ravina** (played by Anurekha Bhagat in reenactment), the tailor-turned-influencer who killed truck-driver husband Praveen in Bhiwani.
- Around them, real police officers, family members, and psychologists appear as themselves, providing the interviews that carry the series' emotional weight.

### Interpretations and controversies

The series' central claim, that these cases illuminate women's psychology and the pressures inside marriages, is itself the controversy. Critics argued the promised deep psychological study never arrives: The Times of India wrote that the stated focus on women's psychology feels underdeveloped and risks retelling news coverage audiences already consumed,<sup>[15](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/honeymoon-se-hatya/season-1/seasonreview/126390629.cms)</sup> and The Hans India called the result less an exploration of human psychology than a grim checklist of horrors.<sup>[11](https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/honeymoon-se-hatya-review-disturbing-crimes-shallow-insight-1040159)</sup> Meanwhile, viewers on X pushed the opposite reading, praising the series for giving voice to male abuse, sexual and emotional trauma, and the lack of gender-neutral laws in India, with one viewer writing that watching it made them realize "men abuse is real."<sup>[16](https://www.ottplay.com/news/honeymoon-se-hatya-x-twitter-review-netizens-praise-this-spine-chilling-true-crime-docuseries-for-highlighting-men-abuse-call-it-must-watch/2de9b2546d345)</sup>

### Sequels, spin-offs, and adaptations

None. The series draws directly on real, heavily reported criminal cases rather than a source novel or comic, and no second season had been announced as of early 2026.

## The five cases

Each episode is devoted to one real case that drew national attention in India.<sup>[1](https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-ott-release-when-and-where-to-watch-crime-docuseries-2848188-2026-01-07)</sup>

- **Meghalaya - Sonam Raja Raghuvanshi Case.** Raja Raghuvanshi of Indore died during his honeymoon in Meghalaya; his wife Sonam Raghuvanshi allegedly conspired with her lover to hire contract killers.<sup>[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/show/honeymoon-se-hatya/umc.cmc.jq4jmgnp6hz8igjay1bfjuac)</sup>
- **Bhiwani - Influencer Case.** Ravina Rao, restricted from pursuing her social media ambitions, strangled her husband with the help of her alleged lover as her reels grew popular.<sup>[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/show/honeymoon-se-hatya/umc.cmc.jq4jmgnp6hz8igjay1bfjuac)</sup>
- **Mumbai - Tile Case.** Chaman Devi, 32, strangled her husband Vijay and buried his body under a new set of floor tiles in the Nalasopara home.<sup>[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/show/honeymoon-se-hatya/umc.cmc.jq4jmgnp6hz8igjay1bfjuac)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[5](https://www.ottplay.com/review/honeymoon-se-hatya-review-unfiltered-true-crime-storytelling-shines-through-raw-visual-treatment/78b29d7669586)</sup>
- **Delhi - Electric Shock Case.** In Dwarka, wife Sushmita and the victim's cousin Rahul electrocuted Karan Dev and claimed his death was an accident.<sup>[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/show/honeymoon-se-hatya/umc.cmc.jq4jmgnp6hz8igjay1bfjuac)</sup>
- **Meerut - Blue Drum Case.** Saurabh Rajput was poisoned by his wife Muskan and her lover Sahil, who hid his dismembered body in a cement-filled blue drum.<sup>[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/show/honeymoon-se-hatya/umc.cmc.jq4jmgnp6hz8igjay1bfjuac)</sup>

The episode order differs between listings. Apple TV, JioTV, Tata Play, and [JustWatch](https://www.edgepedia.org/justwatch) place the Meghalaya case first and the Meerut blue drum case fifth, while the ZEE5 blog lists the Meerut case as episode 1 and the Meghalaya case as episode 5.<sup>[3](https://tv.apple.com/in/show/honeymoon-se-hatya/umc.cmc.jq4jmgnp6hz8igjay1bfjuac)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[6](https://www.zee5.com/global/blog/honeymoon-se-hatya-release-date-on-zee5-episode-list-true-cases-and-why-to-watch/)</sup>

## Production and approach

The series combines documentary and dramatized elements: factual narration, archival news clips, crime-scene reconstructions with actors, and sit-down interviews with journalists, investigators, family members, and neighbors connected to the cases.<sup>[1](https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-ott-release-when-and-where-to-watch-crime-docuseries-2848188-2026-01-07)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[7](https://rapturemuse.com/movies/honeymoon-se-hatya)</sup> The makers stated that the series presents events as they unfolded, relying on documented facts and first-hand accounts.<sup>[1](https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-ott-release-when-and-where-to-watch-crime-docuseries-2848188-2026-01-07)</sup> Interviewees on screen include [Dainik Jagran](https://www.edgepedia.org/dainik-jagran) chief crime reporter [Sushil Kumar](https://www.edgepedia.org/sushil-kumar), Saurabh Rajput's mother Renu Devi and brother Rahul Rajput, criminal psychologist Anuja Kapur, and psychiatrist Avinash De Sousa.<sup>[8](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39227709/fullcredits/)</sup> Anurekha Bhagat and Sushmita appear in reenactment sequences.<sup>[1](https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-ott-release-when-and-where-to-watch-crime-docuseries-2848188-2026-01-07)</sup>

IMDb credits Ajitesh Sharma as director alongside Shachindra Vats, with Niranjana Hariharanandanan as creative director and Mrunalini Havaldar as creator.<sup>[8](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39227709/fullcredits/)</sup>

## Reception

The Times of India gave the season 3.0 out of 5, describing it as a thoughtfully intentioned but only partially fulfilling series that stands out for authenticity, research, and visual realism while falling short of a penetrating psychological study; the reviewer credited directors Shachindraa Vats and Ajitesh Sharma with staying faithful to documented facts but found the promised focus on women's psychology underdeveloped.<sup>[9](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/honeymoon-se-hatya/season-1/amp_seasonreview/126390629.cms)</sup> OTTplay also rated it 3/5, praising raw storytelling and adherence to documented facts while noting the same underdeveloped psychological angle.<sup>[5](https://www.ottplay.com/review/honeymoon-se-hatya-review-unfiltered-true-crime-storytelling-shines-through-raw-visual-treatment/78b29d7669586)</sup> On IMDb the season averages 7.0/10 from about 5,400 votes, with per-episode ratings of 7.5, 6.4, 6.7, 5.9, and 7.4.<sup>[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39227709/ratings/)</sup>

## Availability

The series streams on ZEE5, which holds the streaming rights; it is also reachable through bundled platforms such as Airtel Xstream Play and Tata Play Binge, and JustWatch reported no free streaming options as of March 2026.<sup>[2](https://www.zee5.com/global/web-series/details/honeymoon-se-hatya/0-6-4z5860309)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[10](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/honeymoon-se-hatya)</sup>

## References

1. [Honeymoon Se Hatya OTT release: When and where to watch crime docuseries, India Today (7 January 2026)](https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/ott/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-ott-release-when-and-where-to-watch-crime-docuseries-2848188-2026-01-07)
2. [Honeymoon Se Hatya, ZEE5 series page](https://www.zee5.com/global/web-series/details/honeymoon-se-hatya/0-6-4z5860309)
3. [Honeymoon Se Hatya, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/in/show/honeymoon-se-hatya/umc.cmc.jq4jmgnp6hz8igjay1bfjuac)
4. [Honeymoon Se Hatya (2026) - Ratings, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39227709/ratings/)
5. [Honeymoon Se Hatya Review: Unfiltered true crime storytelling shines through raw visual treatment, OTTplay (9 January 2026)](https://www.ottplay.com/review/honeymoon-se-hatya-review-unfiltered-true-crime-storytelling-shines-through-raw-visual-treatment/78b29d7669586)
6. [Honeymoon Se Hatya Release Date On ZEE5: Episode List, True Cases, And Why To Watch, ZEE5 Blog](https://www.zee5.com/global/blog/honeymoon-se-hatya-release-date-on-zee5-episode-list-true-cases-and-why-to-watch/)
7. [Honeymoon Se Hatya (2026) - Cast, Story & Episodes, Rapture Muse](https://rapturemuse.com/movies/honeymoon-se-hatya)
8. [Honeymoon Se Hatya (2026) - Full cast & crew, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt39227709/fullcredits/)
9. [Honeymoon Se Hatya Season 1 Review: A chilling watch that repeats familiar truths, The Times of India (9 January 2026)](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/honeymoon-se-hatya/season-1/amp_seasonreview/126390629.cms)
10. [Honeymoon Se Hatya - streaming tv show online, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/in/tv-show/honeymoon-se-hatya)
11. [https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/honeymoon-se-hatya-review-disturbing-crimes-shallow-insight-1040159](https://www.thehansindia.com/cinema/honeymoon-se-hatya-review-disturbing-crimes-shallow-insight-1040159)
12. [https://www.indianbroadcastingworld.com/crime-honeymoon-se-hatya-zee5/](https://www.indianbroadcastingworld.com/crime-honeymoon-se-hatya-zee5/)
13. [https://www.m9.news/ott-review/honeymoon-se-hatya-web-series-review/](https://www.m9.news/ott-review/honeymoon-se-hatya-web-series-review/)
14. [https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/film-review/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-why-women-kill-web-series-review-hindi-tmovg-dskc-2434408-2026-01-09](https://www.aajtak.in/entertainment/film-review/story/honeymoon-se-hatya-why-women-kill-web-series-review-hindi-tmovg-dskc-2434408-2026-01-09)
15. [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/honeymoon-se-hatya/season-1/seasonreview/126390629.cms](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/honeymoon-se-hatya/season-1/seasonreview/126390629.cms)
16. [https://www.ottplay.com/news/honeymoon-se-hatya-x-twitter-review-netizens-praise-this-spine-chilling-true-crime-docuseries-for-highlighting-men-abuse-call-it-must-watch/2de9b2546d345](https://www.ottplay.com/news/honeymoon-se-hatya-x-twitter-review-netizens-praise-this-spine-chilling-true-crime-docuseries-for-highlighting-men-abuse-call-it-must-watch/2de9b2546d345)

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