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Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke

Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke (जांबाज हिंदुस्तान के) is an Indian action thriller web series directed by Srijit Mukherji for the streaming platform ZEE5, released on 26 January 2023 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.¹ Its eight episodes follow Kavya Iyer, a single mother and celebrated Indian Police Service (IPS) officer whose bravery and psychological strength are tested when she becomes the lead investigator in an ISIS-K bomb attack case.¹ Regina Cassandra stars as Kavya, with Barun Sobti, Mita Vashisht, Sumeet Vyas, and Chandan Roy in principal roles.¹

Key fact	Detail
Platform and date	ZEE5 original, premiered 26 January 2023¹
Format	8 episodes, action thriller, roughly 35 to 48 minutes each¹^•²
Languages	Hindi, Tamil, Telugu audio with English subtitles¹
Director / creator	Directed by Srijit Mukherji; creator Samar Khan³
Production	Juggernaut Productions³
Lead cast	Regina Cassandra (Kavya Iyer), Barun Sobti (Sameer), Mita Vashisht (Mahira Rizvi), Sumeet Vyas (Tariq), Chandan Roy (Chandan Jha)¹
IMDb rating	7.1/10 from 648 votes; unweighted mean 7.5⁴

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Premise and plot

The series centers on Kavya Iyer, an IPS officer posted in the Northeast of India. In the opening episode, "Grey Matters," she concludes that cement seized in a smuggling raid is actually RDX, but a turn of events leads to her being taken off the case.¹ After the chief minister of Assam is assassinated in a drone strike, she is reassigned to the National Investigative Agency (NIA), led by Mahira Rizvi (Mita Vashisht).⁵ The investigation runs from Guwahati to Jaipur and finally to Poovar in Kerala, where the terrorist duo Tariq (Sumeet Vyas) and Thasleena (Gayathrie Shankar) recruit misguided Muslim youths.⁵

Alongside the investigation, the show follows Kavya's home life: her estranged husband Sameer (Barun Sobti) threatens divorce and demands custody of their son Reyansh (Jihan Hodar), and she lives with her son and her mother (Deepika Amin).⁵ The first season ends on a cliffhanger.⁵

Production and release

ZEE5 announced the series in early January 2023 as its next original, a crime thriller headlined by Regina Cassandra and helmed by the national award-winning director Srijit Mukherji.⁶ The show is described as inspired by true events and as highlighting the personal sacrifices and dedication of officers in uniform.⁶ Cassandra said the series was shot over three months in four Indian states, and that wearing the IPS uniform was a surreal experience for her.⁶ The Telegraph India reports that it was shot in Meghalaya.⁷

The writing credits go to Neeraj Udhwani, Ashish P. Verma, and Akhilesh Jaiswal, with cinematography by Shanu Singh Rajput and stunts by Nishat Khan.⁸ The official trailer was published on ZEE5's YouTube channel on 12 January 2023 and drew over 21 million views.⁹

Reception

On IMDb the series holds a weighted rating of 7.1/10 from 648 votes, with an unweighted mean of 7.5; per-episode ratings for season 1 range from 7.6 to 7.9.⁴ Gadgets 360 lists a user rating of 3.6/5.³

Critical response was mixed. The PeepingMoon review credited the series with paying an ode to real cops but judged that it falters due to a weak script, calling the narrative lax and predictable and the direction low on tension; the reviewer rated it 2.5 out of 5, while singling out Mita Vashisht's performance as lifting the show.⁵ The Koimoi review found the story intriguing and praised Mukherji's empathetic portrayal of women, including the character of Mahira as a Muslim woman in a top police position, but concluded that the plot was not fresh enough, with half the twists feeling familiar and the villain underdeveloped.¹⁰

Availability

The series streams on ZEE5, and on VI movies and tv, in the latter case also free with ads.¹¹ In early 2026 it sat at number 5549 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts, having reached as high as number 9 and spent 1 day in a national top 10 and 5 days in the top 100.¹¹

References

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026