School of Lies Season 1
8 episodes · about 5 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Good
6 reviews
62
16+
Series premise
A young 12-year-old boy, who goes missing from a private boarding school, RISE, and how the subsequent domino effect it causes as the truth is only as complex as simple.
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.Not available in the USAvailable in India on JioHotstar.
No listing found for the UK.Available in India on JioHotstar.
No listing found for Canada.Available in India on JioHotstar.
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Not available in the UAEAvailable in India on JioHotstar.
All seasons
Season 12023 · 8 episodesGood · 6 reviews16+
62
Cast & crew
Created byIshani Banerjee, Avinash Arun
Season 1 directed byAvinash Arun
Season 1 written byIshani Banerjee, Nishant Agarwala
CastVarin Roopani
Vir Pachisia
Aryan Singh Ahlawat
Aamir Bashir
Nimrat Kaur
Hemant Kher
Geetika Vidya
Divyansh Dwivedi
Series premise
A young 12-year-old boy, who goes missing from a private boarding school, RISE, and how the subsequent domino effect it causes as the truth is only as complex as simple.
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.Not available in the USAvailable in India on JioHotstar.
No listing found for the UK.Available in India on JioHotstar.
No listing found for Canada.Available in India on JioHotstar.
No listing found for Australia.Available in India on JioHotstar.
Not available in the UAEAvailable in India on JioHotstar.
Family Room
Is School of Lies season 1 OK for kids?
Parents should know
A missing-boy mystery at a boarding school that surfaces child abuse, generational trauma and a child-trafficking thread; one scene names blood and murder. Themes of courage amid dark, troubled characters, not a lighthearted watch.
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Sex & nudityNo review evidence yet
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The record, item by item
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“a victim of child abuse and generational trauma that's hollowing him from the inside” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“including one on child trafficking” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the cruel discipline-bondage bit between some masters and students” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“अंदर खून खराब है मर्डर वगैरा है” view the record →
Positive messages · Clear · Reviewer on record
“unlikely acts of courage” view the record →
What the critics said
6 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
YouTube · transcript read · 5 Jun 2023
Film Companion calls School of Lies a triumph of storytelling — empathetic, unsettling, superbly written and acted (especially Ahmed Bashir and… Watch it there →
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Shubhra Gupta · 2 Jun 2023
Gupta finds the series an immersive, engaging watch built on strong performances (Bashir 'excellent') and authentic young actors, though some… Read it there →
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Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 4 Jun 2023
4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in videoFilmi’s reading 7280
2 Jun 2023
Grover finds School of Lies an absorbing, eerie mystery carried by its young cast, especially Roopani and Ohlyan, even though the reveal is… Read it there →
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2 Jun 2023
Chatterjee praises the cast and Avinash Arun's visual craft but says the writers mix the disappearance mystery and abuse/exploitation themes… Read it there →
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Debanjan Dhar · 3 Jun 2023
Dhar calls School of Lies an overstuffed, self-serious mystery whose script never earns the gravity it borrows from abuse and neglect storylines.… Read it there →
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