Aranyak

After a foreign teenage tourist goes missing in a misty village, Kasturi, a frazzled local cop, is forced to team up with her city-bred successor, Angad, on a high-profile case that unearths skeletons and resurrects a long-forgotten legend of a savage serial killer in the woods.

Aranyak (2021) is an Indian Hindi-language crime mystery series created by Rohan Sippy for Netflix. Raveena Tandon plays Kasturi Dogra, a frazzled local police officer, opposite Parambrata Chatterjee as Angad Malik, the city-bred officer sent to succeed her. Their engine is a high-profile case: a foreign teenage tourist goes missing in a misty mountain village, and the investigation keeps turning up skeletons that the community would rather leave buried. Ashutosh Rana appears among the principal cast as Mahadev Dogra, and Zakir Hussain and Indraneil Sengupta round out the suspects and officials around the case. The story unfolds as one eight-episode arc of roughly forty-minute chapters, a single continuing investigation rather than a case of the week. Its atmosphere is damp, brooding and suspicious, with the village's landscape feeling as much like a character as the people. Along the way the search revives a long-forgotten legend of a savage serial killer lurking in the woods, blending folklore with grounded police work. Fans of Twin Peaks, Mare of Easttown and Sacred Games will find resonance in its rural dread and morally tangled investigation.

Audiences rate the single season positively for its atmospheric mystery and strong lead performances, with a modest but favorable following.

• Twin Peaksslow burn small town dread, police investigation into a missing person, folklore woven into a modern crime case
• Mare of Easttowngritty police procedural tone, flawed detective protagonist, murder investigation across a tense community
• Sacred GamesIndian crime thriller, serial killer mystery, moody atmospheric investigation

Created by

Rohan Sippy

Release Date

2021-12-10

Episode runtime

41 min

Rating

7.7 / 10 (63)

What is Aranyak about?

A frazzled local cop and her city-bred successor hunt for a missing tourist in a misty village where an old serial killer legend resurfaces.

What is Aranyak like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Aranyak as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.

Is Aranyak violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Aranyak as moderate.

What did critics think of Aranyak?

Audiences rate the single season positively for its atmospheric mystery and strong lead performances, with a modest but favorable following.

Which shows are like Aranyak?

Shows with a similar feel include Twin Peaks, Mare of Easttown, and Sacred Games.

How long is Aranyak?

Aranyak: 1 season, 8 episodes.

Is Aranyak still running?

No, Aranyak has ended.

Where can I watch Aranyak?

In United States, Aranyak streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.