Kaala Season 1
8 episodes · about 6 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Mixed
7 reviews
46
18+
Summary
A father-son tale set against the backdrop of a complex financial crime and a little-known time in the history of India and Bangladesh. Watch their dark journey.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.No listing found for the UK.Available in India on Vi Movies and TV.
No listing found for Canada.Available in India on Vi Movies and TV.
No listing found for Australia.Available in India on Vi Movies and TV.
Not available in the UAEAvailable in India on Vi Movies and TV.
All seasons
Season 12023 · 8 episodesMixed · 7 reviews18+
46
Cast & crew
Created byBejoy Nambiar
Season 1 directed byBejoy Nambiar
Season 1 written byShubhra Swarup, Francis Thomas, Bejoy Nambiar, Pryas Gupta and 2 more
CastRohan Vinod Mehra
Avinash Tiwary
Jitin Gulati
Taher Shabbir
Danish Aslam
Nivetha Pethuraj
Elisha Mayor
Hiten Tejwani
Summary
A father-son tale set against the backdrop of a complex financial crime and a little-known time in the history of India and Bangladesh. Watch their dark journey.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.No listing found for the UK.Available in India on Vi Movies and TV.
No listing found for Canada.Available in India on Vi Movies and TV.
No listing found for Australia.Available in India on Vi Movies and TV.
Not available in the UAEAvailable in India on Vi Movies and TV.
Family Room
Is Kaala season 1 OK for kids?
Parents should know
A sprawling father-son thriller about a hawala money-laundering probe, moving between 1988 and 2018. Includes a wartime ambush, a poisoning death, exploited labourers, and one on-screen romance; critics focus on tangled plotting rather than graphic content.
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The record, item by item
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“a group of soldiers are killed in a surprise attack” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“someone poisons Shubhendu and he dies” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“killers who like photographing their victims” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“someone poisons Shubhendu and he dies” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“exploited tea-estate labourers” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“with whom he is romantically involved” view the record →
Positive messages · Some · Reviewer on record
“the story of an honest officer fighting against black money” view the record →
What the critics said
7 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
15 Sep 2023
3/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in textFilmi’s reading 6560
15 Sep 2023
Saha finds Kaala stylish but uneven: solid music and visuals, but confused politics, thin writing for Ritwik and the women, cartoonish Bengali… Read it there →
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YouTube · rating spoken aloud · 16 Sep 2023
6/10, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in videoFilmi’s reading 6060
Nandini Ramnath · 15 Sep 2023
Ramnath finds Kaala's core premise about hawala corruption and vendetta serviceable, with the cast leaving a mark, but says the overwrought tone,… Read it there →
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YouTube · transcript read · 15 Sep 2023
Film Companion finds Kaala a stylish but scattered web series — atmospheric visuals, banging music and a strong Avinash Tiwari turn can't offset… Watch it there →
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15 Sep 2023
Chatterjee argues Kaala wastes strong production value and committed performances on muddled politics and hollow character writing, and ultimately… Read it there →
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Shubhra Gupta · 15 Sep 2023
Critic finds Kaala's plot construction incoherent, faulting the writing for tangling too many timelines, locations and characters, leaving the… Read it there →
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