6 gripping thrillers to watch as Sarzameen releases
As Prithviraj Sukumaran, Kajol, and Ibrahim Ali Khan's Sarzameen released on JioHotstar, take a look at gripping thrillers on OTT.
Special Ops is focused on the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent Himmat Singh, played by Kay Kay Menon.
Special Ops
The story is about a serial killer, Shubh Joshi, who believes in bringing about the end of Kalyug by committing sins. It stars Barun Sobti and Arshad Warsi in the lead.
Asur 2
The Indian anthology crime thriller series features a recurring character, Madhav Mishra, played by Pankaj Tripathi, who acts as a defense lawyer navigating complex criminal cases.
Criminal Justice 5
The crime thriller web series that explores the dark underbelly of India, delving into themes of crime, politics, and social inequality.
Paatal Lok
Starring Kareena Kapoor, Vijay Varma and Jaideep Ahlawat, the film is about a single mother entangled in a criminal investigation finds an unlikely ally in her neighbor, a brilliant maths teacher.
Jaane Jaan
The American action thriller stars Gabriel Basso in the title role. The series emerged as the third-most-viewed debuting series on Netflix in its first four days.
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In Sarzameen, a stern military man allows his only son to be murdered by terrorists in Kashmir because… nation comes first or something. You often hear about parents who proudly declare that they are willing to sacrifice their children for the country, and perhaps Prithviraj Sukumaran's Vijay Menon is cut from the same cloth as those folks. The only difference is that his son isn't a soldier on the front-lines, but a child for whom he feels no love. Played by Ibrahim Ali Khan, the child's name is Harman, and the only reason his father hates him is that he isn't like the other boys; he's timid, he can't play sports, and he speaks with a stutter. Bizarrely enough, Sarzameen implies that Vijay wouldn't have let his son die had he conformed to the 'norms' of boyhood. If Harman didn't have a speech impediment, the movie suggests, he'd likely have lived. 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