Trial by Fire Season 1
7 episodes · about 5 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Exceptional
8 reviews
80
16+
Series premise
After the deadly Uphaar cinema fire, two grief-stricken parents navigate the loss of their kids and a dogged fight for justice.
Where to watch
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All seasons
Season 12023 · 7 episodesExceptional · 8 reviews16+
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Cast & crew
Created byKevin Luperchio, Prashant Nair
Season 1 directed byAvani Deshpande, Prashant Nair, Randeep Jha
Season 1 written byAvani Deshpande
Cast
Series premise
After the deadly Uphaar cinema fire, two grief-stricken parents navigate the loss of their kids and a dogged fight for justice.
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.Family Room
Is Trial by Fire season 1 OK for kids?
Parents should know
A seven-episode drama about the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire and the parents' decades-long fight for justice after losing their children; reviewers call it sensitive, heart-rending at times, and centred on quiet courage rather than violence or horror.
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The record, item by item
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“outright, violent intimidation, apathy, and betrayal by those considered close” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“The actual fire is only seen towards the show's end” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“The tragedy of the survivors – caught in stark close-ups – is heart-rending.” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“a heart-shattering yashwantth vasnik plays an elderly man who lost his entire family in the fire” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“needed to have been made, so that nothing like this ever happens again” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“this is what heroism and courage really looks like” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“delayed justice is the equivalent of justice denied” view the record →
Role models · Strong · Reviewer on record
“heroism is continually just turning up time and again with no signs of her slowing down” view the record →
Role models · Strong · Reviewer on record
“a mother handling parental grief, anger and a grit to fight is the prime standout” view the record →
What the critics said
8 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Mike McCahill · 17 Jan 2023
McCahill calls this one of Netflix India's strongest miniseries, praising its maturity of writing, direction and performance and its brisk pacing,… Read it there →
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Pooja Darade · 13 Jan 2023
The critic calls Trial by Fire a must-watch dramatization of the Uphaar tragedy, praising Abhay Deol and Rajshri Deshpande's sincere, restrained… Read it there →
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Shubhra Gupta · 13 Jan 2023
Gupta calls the series a necessary, restrained telling of the Uphaar tragedy, praising its refusal of melodrama and the central performances,… Read it there →
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Deepa Gahlot · 13 Jan 2023
Gahlot finds the series earnest and non-sensational in dramatizing the Krishnamoorthys' fight for justice, singling out the lead performances and… Read it there →
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YouTube · transcript read · 13 Jan 2023
Film Companion calls Trial by Fire a superbly acted, meditative portrait of grief and a decades-long fight for justice, singling out Abhay Deol… Watch it there →
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20 Jan 2023
'Trial By Fire' review: Poignant exploration of a tragedy Read it there →
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Pratikshya Mishra · 13 Jan 2023
Mishra calls the series one of the best examples of telling a true-crime tragedy, praising Deshpande's performance and the sensitive, restrained… Read it there →
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YouTube · rating spoken aloud · 13 Jan 2023
8/10, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
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