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Shaque: Trust No One

Shaque: Trust No One (शक: ट्रस्ट नो वन) is a 2026 Hindi-language mystery thriller streaming series on Netflix about a mother whose nine-year search for her abducted child leads her to suspect the people closest to her. It premiered on September 24, 2026, and was created by Rensil D'Silva and Siddharth P. Malhotra, with D'Silva directing.¹

Key fact	Detail
Format	Hindi-language mystery thriller series, 7 episodes, streaming on Netflix²
Premiere	September 24, 2026¹
Creators	Rensil D'Silva and Siddharth P. Malhotra; directed by D'Silva; produced by Sapna Malhotra and Siddharth P. Malhotra for Alchemy Films¹^•³
Lead	Parineeti Chopra as Anvita, a grieving mother searching for her missing daughter; her series debut⁴
Ensemble	Jennifer Winget, Soni Razdan, Anup Soni, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Harleen Sethi, Sumeet Vyas, and Dhruv Chowdhary⁵
Premise	A mother receives yearly photographs of her abducted child; after nine years the truth points inside her own circle⁵
Episode length	Roughly 35 to 38 minutes per episode (BBFC classifications)⁶

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Premise

The story begins with the abduction of a newborn girl, Apeksha, from a hospital shortly after her birth.⁷ Each year the mother, Anvita, receives a photograph of the missing child, and the yearly reminder keeps her trauma fresh while the investigation accumulates suspects.⁸ Nine years into the search, she discovers that the truth about the kidnapping is not far away but hidden among her closest circle, and the central question becomes whether she can trust the people nearest to her.⁵

Netflix India's series head Tanya Bami described the show as an emotional crime drama with thriller elements, at its heart a mother's relentless nine-year search for her child.¹ Director and co-creator Rensil D'Silva, a filmmaker whose earlier credits include Rang De Basanti and Kurbaan, called it a thriller built on uncertainty, in which every revelation raises another question.⁴^•¹ The series also examines maternal instinct through several women, including Anvita, the character Sakshi, and Anvita's mother-in-law Madhu.⁷

Cast and characters

Parineeti Chopra leads the ensemble as Anvita, marking her first series role after working in films such as Ishaqzaade (2012) and Amar Singh Chamkila (2024).⁴ She said she took the part to enter the binge-watching format and did not draw on real life for the role; she was not yet a mother during shooting, and she learned she was pregnant with her son midway through the filming.³

Tahir Raj Bhasin plays Alok, who in the first episode appears as a supportive husband to Anvita before the character's other shades emerge from the second episode onward; Bhasin described him as living in a gray shade.⁹^•¹⁰ The supporting cast includes Jennifer Winget, Soni Razdan, Anup Soni as Inspector Khurana, Harleen Sethi, Sumeet Vyas, and Dhruv Chowdhary.⁵^•⁸

Production and title

The series was created by Rensil D'Silva and Siddharth P. Malhotra, directed by D'Silva, and produced by Sapna Malhotra and Siddharth P. Malhotra under the Alchemy Films banner.¹^•³ For Malhotra it was his fourth Netflix project, after Tribhanga, Maharaj, and Ikka.¹

The show was earlier known as Talaash: A Mother's Search; no official reason for the subtitle change was given, though multiple existing films and at least one series already carried the name Talaash, and the new subtitle shifted emphasis from the mother's quest to the danger around her.¹¹ The British Board of Film Classification rated the season with advisories for suicide, threat, self-harm, violence, drug misuse, and distressing scenes, with episodes classified at about 35 to 38 minutes each.⁶

Release and reception

Netflix announced the series on September 7, 2026, released the trailer on September 10, and premiered all episodes on September 24, 2026.¹^•⁵

Critical response was mixed. Saibal Chatterjee's review for NDTV awarded 3.5 stars, praising that the viewer genuinely cannot trust anyone.¹² The New Indian Express gave 3 stars, calling the series thrilling but predictable.⁷ The Indian Express judged that the show offers suspense but stays mid, while a Vijaya Chronicle review criticized the melodrama and found Anup Soni's understated Inspector Khurana the standout performance.¹³^•⁸ A Hindi-language Oneindia review rated the series 2 stars, arguing that the strong central idea and early episodes give way to so many twists that the emotional core weakens.¹⁴ The Times of India's listing described the series as relentless and emotional, with its strongest quality a human story about motherhood, instinct, and resilience beneath the mystery.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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