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Reeta Sanyal

Reeta Sanyal (रीता सान्याल) is a Hindi-language Indian legal crime dramedy web series directed by Abhirup Ghosh, starring Adah Sharma as Advocate Reeta Sanyal, a criminal lawyer who fights criminals, some bizarre and some terrifying, while trying to unmask her father's killer.¹ It premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 14 October 2024 and ran for a first season of 20 episodes through 8 November 2024.²

Key fact	Detail
Premiere	14 October 2024 on Disney+ Hotstar; season finale 8 November 2024²
Format	1 season, 20 episodes, average runtime about 21 minutes¹
Source material	Amit Khan's novel series Reeta Sanyal Ke Mukkadamein; 22 novels published, two adapted in season 1³
Lead cast	Adah Sharma (Reeta Sanyal), Rahul Dev (M. Raj Thakral), Ankur Rathee (Insp. Jai Vardhan)⁴
Production	Keylight Productions; producers Krishnan Iyer and Rajeshwar Nair; writer Deeptak Das; cinematography Anil Katke⁵
Reception	IMDb 5.0/10 from about 8,500 votes; Times of India critic rating 2.5/5⁶^•⁷
Availability	Streaming on JioHotstar, free with ads; rated UA16+¹

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Premise and characters

The series presents Reeta Sanyal as a fierce lawyer and gifted detective who solves cases with a sharp mind and chameleon-like skills, taking on bizarre cases in a peculiar style while the show explores the workings of the judicial system.⁵ The central storyline has the criminal lawyer take on a murder case in which she faces Thakral, the lawyer responsible for her father's death.⁷

The opening case sets the tone: Reeta defends Rocky, a dog accused of climbing a five-foot fence and fathering four puppies, with the other dog's family demanding one million rupees in compensation.⁷ After winning, she meets Keshav, whose mother has been arrested for the murder of local MLA Parav Rane; Keshav claims he himself committed the "perfect murder," and taking his case brings Reeta up against M. Raj Thakral (Rahul Dev), a man with whom she shares a complicated history.⁷ Thakral is characterized as "Choron ka lawyer," a shrewd lawyer with no morals who would fight anyone's case for money.⁸

The supporting cast includes Ankur Rathee as Inspector Jai Vardhan, Manik Papneja as Ishan Dwivedi, Nirisha Basnett as Zarina, a martial-arts-skilled character, Faisal Sayed as Subhash Sanyal, and Chhaya Vora as Sujata Kelkar.⁴

Origin and production

The series is based on the character created by writer Amit Khan, whose crime thriller novels Reeta Sanyal Ke Mukkadamein supply the source material.⁹ Khan, who had earlier adaptations with the OTT (over-the-top: streaming TV delivered over the internet) series Bicchoo Ka Khel (2021) and Commander Karan Saxena, described the show as completing a hattrick of adaptations. He stated that the Reeta Sanyal book series has 22 novels, of which only two were adapted in the 20-episode first season, and that groundwork on a second season had already started.³

The series was produced by Krishnan Iyer and Rajeshwar Nair under Keylight Productions, written by Deeptak Das with dialogue by Ranveer Pratap Singh, shot by cinematographer Anil Katke, and scored by music directors Bharatt Hans and Saurabh Malhotra.⁵^•⁴ Producer Rajeshwar Nair described it as a series filled with intrigue, emotion, and thrilling moments.¹⁰ Adah Sharma, known for The Kerala Story (2023) and Bastar: The Naxal Story, plays the title role and described the show's world as like a comic book, calling it fiction and fantasy rather than reality.¹¹

Style

The show is a pulp investigative dramedy that parodies and satirizes crime thrillers, poking fun at the police procedurals that had saturated the OTT space.⁸ Characters comment on the making of crime shows themselves; in one scene, investigating officer Jai Vardhan complains that lazy writers do not deliver scripts and producers do not pay, before Reeta adds that actors do not act well.⁸ The Tribune's review described the series as attempting a female Sherlock Holmes, with a catchphrase running "Crime ka jaisa bhi ho jaal, solve karegi Reeta Sanyal."

Reception

Critical response was mixed to negative. The Times of India gave season 1 a critic's rating of 2.5 out of 5, calling it a legal crime drama that is easily forgotten, lacking the gravitas expected of serious legal thrillers, and noting that despite the Bengali surname Sanyal, nothing in the show connects the character to Bengal.⁷ Moneycontrol rated it 3 out of 5, judging the parody approach fresh and experimental but finding that the overdose of pulp and satire dilutes the central theme, and recommending it as a weekend binge.⁸ The Tribune found the attempt at a frothy detective-lawyer series insipid in execution.¹²

On IMDb the series holds a rating of 5.0/10 from about 8,500 user votes.⁶ A promotional rap song tied to the show introduced the character's sharp, witty persona.¹³

Distribution

The series streams on JioHotstar (formerly Disney+ Hotstar in India) free with ads, and is listed on aggregators across regions including India, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.¹^•¹⁴ TheTVDB lists the series status as continuing, indicating further seasons are possible.²

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 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026

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