Salt City
Salt City is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language family drama web series that streamed on SonyLIV from 16 June 2022, following the Bajpai family, second-generation migrants to Mumbai, as their relationships strain under the pressures of city life.1 • 2 The first season runs seven episodes of about 36 minutes each and carries an A (adults only) certificate.1 • 3
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Hindi-language drama web series, Season 1 of 7 episodes, about 36 minutes each, certificate A1 • 3 |
| Release | 16 June 2022 on SonyLIV1 |
| Director | Rishabh Anupam Sahay, with Shashank Kunwar and Pranjal Saxena also credited as directors and writers1 |
| Production | Applause Entertainment Ltd. and Sunshine Productions; produced by Dheeman Agarwala, Christopher C Nadar, Rahul Prakash, and Sanjay Sharma1 |
| Premise | The Bajpai family, migrants from Lucknow to Mumbai about two and a half decades earlier, reunite around a middle-class wedding as secrets and rivalries surface4 • 2 |
| Lead cast | Piyush Mishra, Divyendu Sharma, Gauahar Khan, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Eisha Chopra, Jitin Gulati, Pranay Pachauri, Monica Chaudhary, Navni Parihar5 |
| Reception | 2.5/5 from The Times of India critic; 3.3/5 on Gadgets360; 6.1/10 from IMDb users4 • 1 • 6 |
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Premise and title
The series centers on the Bajpai family, who moved from Lucknow to Mumbai roughly twenty-five years before the story begins and have since lost touch with their roots. Harish Bajpai (Piyush Mishra), the family patriarch, explains the title in the show: "This humid city Mumbai adds salt to everything, water, air, people and their relationships, as a result, they become rustic." The plot follows the family members' crisscrossing lives as each confronts the past, the present, and an uncertain future, with parents' expectations of their children and the pressure to succeed by any means as recurring threads.4 • 7
According to producer Sunshine Productions, the drama is set against the backdrop of a middle-class wedding. As the dysfunctional family reunites for the occasion, its dynamics come to the fore: dark secrets, strained relationships, infidelity, love, sibling rivalry, and, in the show's own description, deep unshakeable familial bonds. The elder generation grapples with loneliness while the younger manage the struggles of nuclear-city life.2
Production and release
SonyLIV announced Salt City as an original series produced by Applause Entertainment in association with Sunshine Productions, directed by Rishabh Anupam Sahay. The platform released the official trailer on 16 June 2022, the same day all episodes became available for streaming. The trailer's logline read, "Experience the journey of a family with an unusual story."5 • 8
The episode titles include "Dark Chocolate" (S1E5), "Ab Bacha Kya" (S1E6), and "Kaun Hoon Main" (S1E7).3 SonyLIV also lists a Telugu-language version of the show on its platform, described there as available in seven languages.7
Cast
The principal cast pairs veteran and younger actors. Piyush Mishra plays the patriarch Harish Bajpai; Divyendu Sharma, Gauahar Khan, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Eisha Chopra, Jitin Gulati, Manish Anand, Pranay Pachauri, and Monica Chaudhary appear in leading roles, with Navni Parihar and Apeksha Porwal also credited. The Times of India review singled out Divyenndu and Monica Chaudhary as perfectly cast in their respective roles.5 • 4 • 9 In a July 2022 newspaper interview, Monica Chaudhary said she gained twenty kilos to suit her part in the series.10
Reception
The season received mixed notices. Archika Khurana of The Times of India gave it 2.5 out of 5, describing it as a mediocre drama about a dysfunctional family while crediting the character arcs as well written; readers averaging ratings on the same page gave it higher marks than the critic did (3.4/5 from 12 users on the season page, 2/5 on the series page).4 Gadgets360 lists a 3.3 rating,1 and IMDb users have rated the series 6.1 out of 10.6 On JustWatch's daily streaming charts, which track user activity from about 1.7 million users per day, the show has ranked as high as 20th and spent 4 days in the top 100.3
Availability
In India the series streams on SonyLIV and VI movies and tv with a subscription, and free with advertisements on SonyLIV.3 It is also listed on Airtel Xstream.11
References
- Salt City Web Series (2022), Gadgets 360
- Salt City, Sunshine Productions
- Salt City (2022), JustWatch
- Salt City Season 1 Review: A mediocre drama about a dysfunctional family, The Times of India (16 June 2022)
- Salt City trailer: Piyush Mishra, Gauahar Khan, Divyenndu Sharma lead this complex family drama, The Indian Express (4 June 2022)
- Salt City (TV Series 2022), IMDb
- Salt City (Telugu) Web Series, SonyLIV
- Salt City | Official Trailer | SonyLIV Originals, YouTube
- Salt City, OTTASIA
- The Pioneer, Vijayawada English edition, 25 July 2022 (Monica Chaudhary Salt City interview)
- Salt City, Digit Binge
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 › Premiered 2021 to 2025
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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