Bhram (web series)
| Bhram[2][3] | |
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| Genre | Horror[4] |
| Written by | K Hari Kumar |
| Story by | K Hari Kumar |
| Directed by | Sangeeth Sivan |
| Starring | Kalki Koechlin Sanjay Suri Bhumika Chawla |
| Music by | Kingshuk Chakravarty |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Bunty Raghav Sangeeth Sivan |
| Cinematography | Vidushi Tiwari Suman Sahu Sandeep Yadav |
| Editors | Saju Chandran Pratik Chitalia |
| Camera setup | Vidushi Tiwari Akhil Sasidharan |
| Production companies | Inspire Creation Sangeeth Sivan Production Mehra Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee5 |
| Release | 24 October 2019[1] – present |
Bhram[5] is a psychological horror/thriller wherein the protagonist suffers from PTSD and traverses all kinds of extremes (paranormal, mythical, psychological) in order to unearth a long-forgotten truth. The twisted forgotten past reveals new truths and changes everything.[6]
Cast
- Kalki Koechlin as Alisha Khanna[7][8][9]
- Bhumika Chawla as Ankita Paul
- Sanjay Suri as Peter Paul
- Eijaz Khan as Pradeep Choudhary
- Chandan Roy Sanyal as Insp. Rawat
- Satyadeep Misra as Fr. Alfred Joseph
- Sangeeta Ruia as Durga
- Aashit Chaterji as Abdul
- Vikram Kochar as Avtar
- Ahtesham Hussain as Constable Shamsher
- Garima Kaushal as Kritika Paul
- Omkar Kapoor as Yash Khanna
- Anjali Tatrari as Ayesha Sayyed
- Tushar Bakshi as Alfie
- Mir Sarwar as Elder Yakub
- Ansh Sinha as Younger Yakub
- Utsav Sarkar as Paglu
- Dharampreet Gill as Immanuel
- Chetan Sharma as PP
- Vikram Dwivedi as PC
- Harsh Vashisht as Dr Saini
- Jashn Agnihotri as Mrs. Saini
- Raj Zutshi as Dr Rao
- Hari Kumar K. as Journalist
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Produced by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Porter Hill Murder" | Sangeeth Sivan | Bunty Raghav, Sangeeth Sivan | 24 October 2019 | |
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After spending 6 months in psychiatric care, Writer Alisha Khanna arrives at her sister, Ankita’s hillside home in order to recover from her illness. However, her arrival in the hill town coincides with some weird happenings including the disappearance of an 18-year-old girl,Sara and boy,Emmanuel of St Augustine’s School from the woods in Porter Hill. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Help Me" | Sangeeth Sivan | Bunty Raghav, Sangeeth Sivan | 24 October 2019 | |
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Alisha Khanna sees a mysterious girl in her hallucinations but does not want to confide it to Ankita or her brother-in-law, Peter. Alisha accepts the offer for taking a creative writing workshop in St Augustine’s, but she feels she has been there before. Has she? | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Down the Cursed Road" | Sangeeth Sivan | Bunty Raghav, Sangeeth Sivan | 24 October 2019 | |
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Peter’s friend Pradeep meets an accident and the locals believe that it must have been the work of the tribal deity, Ukkala. However, Inspector Rawat does not believe in folklore but suspects something sinister and tracks a body in the jungle. Who is he? | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Guilt" | Sangeeth Sivan | Bunty Raghav, Sangeeth Sivan | 24 October 2019 | |
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One night, Alisha goes missing from the house and Peter and Rawat find her in the woods strangling herself. Alisha believes that she was brought there by a girl called Ayesha and then attacked by a masked creature. Is she imagining things or were they real? Most importantly, who is Ayesha? | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Drowning" | Sangeeth Sivan | Bunty Raghav, Sangeeth Sivan | 24 October 2019 | |
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In another hallucinatory episode, Alisha drowns in the bathtub and hurts herself in the struggle. On the same day, the dead body of the girl,sara from St Augustine’s is found in the woods. Incidentally, Dr Saini found similar marks on the necks of Sarah and Alisha, which makes him feel that there is some connection between the two. He refers Alisha to Dr Rao, a renowned hypnotist. Can he help her? | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Haunted Memory Lane" | Sangeeth Sivan | Bunty Raghav, Sangeeth Sivan | 24 October 2019 | |
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After a grave hypnosis session with Dr Rao, Alisha spends some time off at Peter’s heritage resort where she encounters Saida, the woman whom she had seen in her hallucinations.She finds out that,Saida was the mother of Ayesha,who was found dead 20 years ago in the woods.Further she learns about Ayesha through her diary and decides to meet the man responsible for the murder. But something far more disturbing is waiting for her. Will she be able to bear the truth? | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Skeletons in the Cupboard" | Sangeeth Sivan | Bunty Raghav, Sangeeth Sivan | 24 October 2019 | |
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Dr Rao is murdered, and Alisha becomes the main suspect. Can Dr Saini and Rawat find enough evidence to plead her innocence or will Dr Rao’s clouded diagnosis about Alisha’s split personality be used against her. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The King of the Jungle" | Sangeeth Sivan | Bunty Raghav, Sangeeth Sivan | 24 October 2019 | |
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Rawat finds Ayesha’s diary at Fr Joseph’s place which throws a new light on the investigation. He is damn sure that Alisha is the murderer, but Alisha goes missing! Peter and Pradeep look for alisha in the woods and fall as a victim of ukkala. Alisha wakes up, she is in the middle of the woods, bound and gagged. In front of her stands the monstrous deity, Ukkala. | ||||||
References
- ^ "Bhram special screening: Mommy-to-be Kalki Koechlin's glow at the premiere is unmissable!". Bollywoodlife.
- ^ "Kalki Koechlin on 'Bhram': 'It's More of a Psychological Thriller Than a Horror Story'". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "Well-acted, picturesque & handsomely assembled scare fest". GlamSham.
- ^ "'Brahm is a heady mix of paranormal and psychological elements': Kalki and Sanjay on ZEE5 show". New Indian Express.
- ^ "ZEE5 Original Web Series Bhram Poster: Kalki Koechlin Has Us Hooked, Booked And Intrigued". Zee TV. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
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- ^ "Kalki Koechlin's eerie performance the only saving grace". New Indian Express.
- ^ "Kalki Koechlin to feature in web series Bhram". Indian Express. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Bhram": Kalkis eerie performance the only saving grace". Outlook India.