Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega | |
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Genre |
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Created by | Soumendra Padhi |
Written by | Trishant Srivastava Ashwin Verman Kanishka Singh Deo Nishank Verma |
Directed by | Soumendra Padhi |
Starring |
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Composer | Sidhant Mathur |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 18 |
Production | |
Producer | Ajit Andhare (Tipping Point)
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Cinematography | Kaushal Shah |
Editor | Zubin Sheikh |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Original release | |
Network | Netflix |
Release | 10 January 2020 present | –
Jamtara – Sabka Number Ayega is an Indian crime drama web television series created & directed by Soumendra Padhi and written by Trishant Srivastava. [1] The story revolves around the social engineering operations in the Jamtara district of Jharkhand. [2] [3] It was released on Netflix on 10 January 2020. [4] The second season premiered on 23 September 2022. [5]
The story revolves a bunch of small-town young guns who operate a successful phishing racket, but then they come across a corrupt politician who wants a share of their business. Finally there's a newly appointed Police superintendent who wants to fight against them all.
No.
overall |
Season | No. in
season |
Title | Director | Run time (minutes) |
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1 | Season 1 | 1 | Episode 1 | Soumendra Padhi | 35 |
2 | 2 | Episode 2 | 27 | ||
3 | 3 | Episode 3 | 24 | ||
4 | 4 | Episode 4 | 23 | ||
5 | 5 | Episode 5 | 27 | ||
6 | 6 | Episode 6 | 25 | ||
7 | 7 | Episode 7 | 30 | ||
8 | 8 | Episode 8 | 25 | ||
9 | 9 | Episode 9 | 24 | ||
10 | 10 | Episode 10 | 49 | ||
11 | Season 2 | 1 | Episode 1 | 42 | |
12 | 2 | Episode 2 | 37 | ||
13 | 3 | Episode 3 | 37 | ||
14 | 4 | Episode 4 | 40 | ||
15 | 5 | Episode 5 | 40 | ||
16 | 6 | Episode 6 | 41 | ||
17 | 7 | Episode 7 | 47 | ||
18 | 8 | Episode 8 | 54 |
In 2015, Padhi read an article about the phishing operations carried out by school children in Jamtara district which sparked his interest. He sent his writing team to do research. [6] The character of female SP Dolly Sahu was based on Jamtara's Superintendent Jaya Roy. [7]
Kirubhakar Purushothaman of The New Indian Express said that the plot of the series is "tightly-written and disseminates information seamlessly, hooking us from the word go." [8] Udita Jhunjunwala of Scroll.in called it "extremely binge-able" and wrote: "The characterisation and dynamics of Jamtara land somewhere in the realm of the Anurag Kashyap meets Tigmanshu Dhulia universe." [9]
Tanisha Bagchi of The Quint wrote: "Had the narrative been more layered, Jamtara would have been a huge feather in the cap for Netflix, which has churned out disappointing originals such as Chopsticks, Drive, Ghost Stories, etc." [10] Rohan Nahar of Hindustan Times gave a positive review and said that the "underdog series washes away the stench of recent big-budget failures" for Netflix. [11]