A Simple Murder Season 1

7 episodes · about 4 hours · complete season
2020 · all episodes at once · Hindi · SonyLIV
Filmi Score · season 1
Good
7 reviews
58
Age guidance
18 and up
A · rated by SonyLIV · Family Room ↓
18+
Series premise

A failed entrepreneur, Manish, has a lot going on in life, personal and professional, when he finds himself involved in a case of mistaken identity and ends up getting a contract to kill a young girl, along with an advance of five lakh rupees. The target is the daughter of an influential politician, who has his eyes on the Hoshiarpur ticket. Amid the chaos, Manish, and his wife, Richa must make choices where either greed will get the better of them or they will find their lost sense of self worth.

Where to watch

No listing found for the US.Available in India on SonyLIV.

All seasons

Season 12020 · 7 episodesGood · 7 reviews18+
58
Cast & crew
Created byPrateek Payodhi, Akhilesh Jaiswal
Season 1 directed bySachin Pathak
Season 1 written byPrateek Payodhi
Cast

Series premise

A failed entrepreneur, Manish, has a lot going on in life, personal and professional, when he finds himself involved in a case of mistaken identity and ends up getting a contract to kill a young girl, along with an advance of five lakh rupees. The target is the daughter of an influential politician, who has his eyes on the Hoshiarpur ticket. Amid the chaos, Manish, and his wife, Richa must make choices where either greed will get the better of them or they will find their lost sense of self worth.

Where to watch

No listing found for the US.Available in India on SonyLIV.

Family Room

Is A Simple Murder season 1 OK for kids?
Parents should know
A dark-comedy crime caper about an accidental hitman; violence and killings are played for laughs, with some crude language, mild sexual innuendo, and a subplot about a couple fleeing an honour-killing threat.
Drinking, smoking, drugsNo review evidence yet
Role modelsNo review evidence yet
The record, item by item
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the brazenness of the violence” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“a rising body-count” view the record →
Language · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“spewing gaalis” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“a hotel where you can hire ladies of the night for a bit of S&M” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“a few condom-packet jokes” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the threat of an honour killing” view the record →
Positive messages · Clear · Reviewer on record
“many moments of redemption” view the record →

What the critics said

7 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Gupta praises the show's confident serio-comic tone, sharp writing and strong ensemble cast, especially Sushant Singh and Ayyub, with only a minor… Read it there →
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Ramachandran calls the show an effective dark comedy driven by strong performances and sharp writing, with only the sudden tonal shift into its… Read it there →
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Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 22 Nov 2020
The critic praises A Simple Murder's dark-comedy writing, editing, and ensemble performances (Priya Anand especially), while flagging the… Watch it there →
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Jhunjhunwala calls the black comedy an entertaining ensemble ride anchored by strong performances from Sial, Singh and Ayyub, though she flags the… Read it there →
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Bhattacharjee praises Ayyub's lead turn and the show's early comic energy but closes saying the series ultimately gets tangled in too many… Read it there →
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Ramnath finds the show repetitive, unevenly paced and only sporadically funny, kept afloat mainly by its cast, and closes criticizing the… Read it there →
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A Simple Murder Season 1 Review: Unnecessarily complex Read it there →
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