Rudra: The Edge of Darkness is a 2022 Indian psychological crime thriller television series, created for Disney+ Hotstar. It is a remake of British series Luther. Directed by Rajesh Mapuskar, it stars Ajay Devgn, Raashii Khanna and Esha Deol. It received mostly positive reviews with praise directed towards Devgn and Khanna's performance, Mapuskar’s direction, visual style and cinematography.
Premise DCP Rudraveer Pratap Singh "Rudra" (Ajay Devgn) is pursuing a suspect who ends up in a comatose state in the hospital. After an inquiry into what happened, he is reinstated in the force.
The time apart has taken its toll on him. His investigations lead him to cross into Aliyah Choksi (Raashii Khanna), who is a psychologically affected doctor and killer. She was suspected of double murder.
Cast Ajay Devgn as DCP Rudraveer "Rudra" Pratap Singh Raashii Khanna as Dr. Aliyah Choksi Esha Deol as Shaila "Shai" Durrani Singh Atul Kulkarni as DCP Gautam Navlakha Ashwini Kalsekar as Jt. CP Deepali Handa Tarun Gahlot as P.I. Prabal Thakur Satyadeep Misra as Rajiv Dattani Ashish Vidyarthi as Jt. CP Raman Acharya Rajiv Kachroo as Mandar Naik Rajan Kapoor as Sandeep Choksi Simran Gangwani as Deepa Choksi Milind Gunaji as Colonel Yashwant Nikose Vikram Singh Chauhan as Captain Ashok Nikose K. C. Shankar as Siddheshwar Kumar Chandresh Singh as Inspector Kamlesh Pandey Amaara Sangam as Shehnaz Daruwala Ria Sadhwani as Aatishi Gidwani Hemant Kher as Mahesh Dubey Priyanka Setia as Rashmi Dubey Abhishek Patel as Rajendra Shukla Khushi Rathode as Monica Dhar Siya Mahajan as Sakshi Khanna Meghana Kaushik as Pooja Shastri Luke Kenny as JK Lamba Serene Walia as Sara Lamba Devesh Chobe as Harry Pathak Vikram Sahu as Gopal Pathak Jaideep Singh as Jatin Shastri Suparna Moitra as Ashmaki Shastri Amit Koushik as Zaheer Sheikh Rajesh Jais as Commissioner Saad Chaudhary as SCU Officer Vanita Harihaaran as SCU Officer Vanita Swapnil Ajgaonkar as SCU Officer Uttam Ankit Singh as SCU Officer Rajat Sharma as SCU Officer Deepak Rajawat as SCU Officer Vishwanath Kulkarni as Inspector Shivaji Memane Vipul Deshpande as Inspector At Rajiv's House
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Production In April 2019, Applause Entertainment acquired the rights to remake the hit BBC One's drama series Luther. In April 2021, Disney+ Hotstar formally announced the show attaching Devgn to star in the lead role with Applause Entertainment and BBC Studios India producing.
Casting In April 2021, reports came in stating that Ajay Devgn will star in the Indian adaptation and the same was confirmed later that month with the series order from Disney+ Hotstar. In July 2021, Esha Deol was cast as the female lead. Later that month, Raashii Khanna joined for a prominent lead role, then Atul Kulkarni, Ashwini Kalsekar and Ashish Vidyarthi joined the cast. In January 2022, Satyadeep Mishra and Tarun Gahlot were confirmed to be cast in main roles.
Release The six episode first season premiered on 4 March 2022 on Disney+ Hotstar. In US, the show will be available on Hulu as part of distribution agreements with Star India.
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