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Ratri Ke Yatri

Ratri Ke Yatri (रात्रि के यात्री) is an Indian Hindi-language anthology web series set in red-light areas, in which each of five standalone stories follows a man who visits a brothel for the first time in his life and leaves with his outlook changed. It was created and directed by Anil V Kumar, produced by Anil V Kumar Productions in association with Hungama Digital Media, and premiered on Hungama Play and MX Player on 21 July 2020.¹^•²

Key fact	Detail
Format	Anthology of five unconnected stories, each set in a red-light area; a first-time visitor finds wisdom and solace there over a single night¹
Season 1	Released 21 July 2020 on Hungama Play and MX Player; 5 episodes of roughly 20 minutes each²^•³
Season 2	Released 11 October 2022 on Hungama Play and MX Player; 5 episodes⁴^•⁵
Director	Anil V Kumar directed all episodes of both seasons; the first season was also his debut as a producer¹^•⁶
Writers	Story by Pulkit Rishi and Prakhar Vihaan²
Principal cast (S1)	Barkha Sengupta, Avinash Mukherjee, Akashdeep Arora, Iqbal Khan, Anju Mahendru, Sudhir Pandey, Parag Tyagi, Shiny Doshi, Renee Dhyani, Mansi Srivastava, Reyhna Pandit⁷
Audience rating	6.1/10 on IMDb⁸

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Premise and stories

Each episode is a self-contained story about a man leading an incomplete life and seeking something, whether love, physical pleasure, refuge, or closure. The five first-season premises named in the launch coverage are a man ashamed of being a prostitute's son who has an awakening in the place he detests most; a 69-year-old unapologetic about his physical needs who refuses to be shamed by society; a jilted lover who comes to terms with reality and starts a new chapter; an 18-year-old who wants to feel physical affection once before renouncing worldly pleasures; and a conman who robs people but is robbed of something deeply precious instead.¹

The season 1 episodes carry the titles Rupantran, Age 69, Mukti, Dadhi se Pehle Nari, and Aakhari Raat. In Rupantran, Rudra discovers his mother was a prostitute, vents his rage at the sex worker Nishaat, and is made to realize his folly; in Age 69, the widower Mr. Kakkad seeks the bodily pleasure he missed; in Mukti, a wrestler released after 20 years in jail finds solace with a prostitute; in Dadhi se Pehle Nari, the 18-year-old Chakrapani visits a brothel before taking Sanyas; and in Aakhari Raat, the conman Garry meets a blind woman who detects his cheating.⁹

Cast and characters

The ensemble draws on television actors. Season 1 features Barkha Sengupta as the sex worker Nishaat, Avinash Mukherjee as Rudra, Akashdeep Arora as Chakrapani, Renee Dhyani as Sudha, Shiny Doshi as Kavita, Parag Tyagi as Nanhe Singh, Iqbal Khan as Garry, Mansi Srivastava as Naina, Reyhna Pandit as Katrina, Sudhir Pandey as Chacha, Indresh Malik as Salim, and Anju Mahendru as Faraz.⁷^•¹⁰^•⁴

Season 2 added Rashami Desai as Ruby, Shefali Jariwala, Adaa Khan, Sharad Malhotra as Pankaj, Shakti Arora as Vishesh, Meera Deosthale as Sweety, Priyal Gor as Chuhia, Abigail Jain as Payal, and Mohit Abrol as Vivek, among others.⁴

Season 2 and later seasons

The second season premiered on 11 October 2022 on Hungama Play and MX Player, again with five stories sharing the red-light-area setting.⁴ Its episodes are Kaam Bhaari, in which a social-service worker hired to vacate a brothel receives a reality check from its head; Kanya Dosh, about a man with a kundali dosh (astrological flaw in one's Hindu birth chart) who must marry; Ruby, a revenge story of a woman who comes to the brothel to kill the sex worker Ruby; Kavla, in which two orphaned children reunite in a brothel after ten years; and Dulhe Raja, in which a groom who flees his own wedding is taught by a brothel girl that beauty is not only physical appearance.⁵

The aggregator Plex lists the series as canceled after two seasons, with 10 episodes total and an audience rating of 6.1 out of 10.¹⁶ In 2025, Hungama OTT announced a new content lineup that included Ratri Ke Yatri Season 3.¹⁷

Production and reception

Anil V Kumar directed every episode and produced the show through Anil V Kumar Productions with Hungama Digital Media; actor Parag Tyagi described the project as Kumar's debut as a producer.¹^•⁶ The series is rated for adult audiences and is free to watch on MX Player.¹¹

Performers' preparation. Several cast members described the role's demands. Barkha Sengupta, who played a sex worker, said each story shows the life, emotions, and deeper side of a character in the red-light area, and that her episode follows the angry son of a prostitute who takes his frustration out on her.¹² For season 2, Shefali Jariwala met and interacted with several real-life sex workers to prepare for her role, saying the process took her to a very dark place and changed her perspective toward them.¹³ She credited director Anil V Kumar with making it comfortable for her to adapt to the required body language.¹⁴

A review in India Forums gave the first season 3 stars, calling it a thought-provoking series that highlights sensitive issues and delivers a strong message in about 20 minutes per episode.¹⁵

References

Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Web-native and streaming-original series › Indian and South Asian web series

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

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