# Grahan (2021)

> A 2016 IPS officer uncovers a buried secret linking her present to a tender 1984 love story shattered by the anti-Sikh riots.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/105879

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 52 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama
- Created by: Shailendra Kumar Jha
- Network: Disney+ Hotstar, JioHotstar
- Cast: Zoya Hussain, Pavan Malhotra, Anshumaan Pushkar, Wamiqa Gabbi, Sahidur Rahaman, Sukhwinder Chahal, Aarya Sharma, Sahaarsh Shuklaa
- TMDB rating: 8.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14820482/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Tone: sombre, tense, mournful, grounded, melancholic

## Synopsis

Grahan (2021) is a Hindi-language Indian crime drama series created by Shailendra Kumar Jha and produced by Jar Pictures for Disney+ Hotstar. Its story moves between two timelines. In 1984 a tender love story is shattered when the anti-Sikh riots tear through the city, and in 2016 IPS officer Amrita Singh, played by Zoya Hussain, pulls at a thread that connects that old violence to her present. Her investigation is the engine of the series: she must navigate institutional resistance, personal risk and the reluctance of people who prefer the past to stay buried, while the earlier storyline follows the couple whose lives are upended. Principal supporting players include Pavan Malhotra, Anshumaan Pushkar and Wamiqa Gabbi as Manjeet Manu Chhabra. Presented as a single eight-episode season of about 52 minutes each, it is one continuing serialized mystery rather than a case-of-the-week format. Its tone is sombre, morally weighty and grounded, with a mournful atmosphere and a steady undercurrent of dread. Viewers who enjoyed the political reckoning of Chernobyl or the layered investigations of Sacred Games will find resonance here.

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