Adhura

Strange events take place in the Nilgiri Valley School that seem to be connected to Vedant, a 10-year-old new student. When the batch of 2007 returns for its reunion, Adhiraj Jaisingh, an ex-student must face what he did fifteen years ago. But things take a horrifying turn when Vedant and Adhiraj's paths collide. A dark secret begins to reveal itself threatening the lives of everyone on campus.

Adhura (2023) is a Hindi-language Indian miniseries created by Gauravv K. Chawla and Ananya Banerjee for Prime Video. Across seven episodes of roughly forty-one minutes each, it follows ex-student Adhiraj Jaisingh (Ishwak Singh), who returns to the Nilgiri Valley School when his graduating batch of 2007 gathers for a reunion. Fifteen years after the event he has never fully faced, he finds the campus unsettled by strange happenings that seem bound to Vedant (Shrenik Arora), a ten-year-old newcomer. Principal figures include school counselor Supriya Ghosh (Rasika Dugal) and Officer Bedi (Rahul Dev), whose inquiries press on the old guilt. The engine of the story is a slow excavation: each episode peels back a layer of memory, pairing present-day unease with flashbacks to the past. The tone is eerie, tense and melancholic, with a creeping dread that keeps the campus itself feeling like a suspect. Viewers who enjoy the layered secrets of Dark, the moral tension of Sacred Games, and the uncanny child motifs of The Haunting of Hill House will find resonance here. It is a single, self-contained story told as one continuing arc.

• Dark (2017)shared boarding school mystery, supernatural dread tied to a past crime, serialized whodunit
• Sacred Gamesshared Indian thriller tradition, dark secrets in a closed institution, tense serialized mystery
• The Haunting of Hill Houseshared eerie school setting, uncanny child figure, past trauma resurfacing

Created by

Gauravv K. Chawla, Ananya Banerjee

Release Date

2023-07-07

Episode runtime

41 min

Rating

6.6 / 10 (15)

What is Adhura about?

A reunion at a Nilgiri Valley boarding school drags a buried crime back into the open when strange events begin to center on a new ten-year-old student.

What is Adhura like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Adhura as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is Adhura violent?

Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Adhura as moderate.

Which shows are like Adhura?

Shows with a similar feel include Dark (2017), Sacred Games, and The Haunting of Hill House.

How long is Adhura?

Adhura: 1 season, 7 episodes.

Is Adhura still running?

No, Adhura has ended.

Where can I watch Adhura?

In United States, Adhura streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.