Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Basu Prasad, Swastika Mukherjee, and Purab Kohli Streaming Now On: Disney+ Hotstar
For the uninitiated, Adhura Sach follows (played with haunting desperation by Aditya Gupta), a teen actor from a hit family sitcom. When his female co-star is found dead, Mukul is arrested, and the media convicts him before any trial. The first three episodes build a labyrinth of jealousy, drugs, parental pressure, and a leaked sex tape. Criminal.Justice-Adhura.Sach.S01.A.Dark.Night.4...
Unlike American legal dramas that often deliver verdicts in the same episode, Criminal Justice uses Episode 4 to break the audience's trust. Pankaj Tripathi, Shweta Basu Prasad, Swastika Mukherjee, and
Zara slaps Mukul and calls him a “psychopathic loser.” In a rage, Mukul pushes her. She falls, hits her head on the glass coffee table, and lies motionless. He checks her pulse. She is alive but unconscious. Instead of calling an ambulance, Mukul panics. He stages the scene to look like a sexual assault gone wrong. He removes her jewelry, pours whiskey down her throat, and then—in the most damning shot—he washes his hands, sits on the sofa, and watches the news. He does not touch her again. He lets her die of internal hemorrhage over the next two hours. Unlike American legal dramas that often deliver verdicts
: Zara's mother, Avantika (played by Swastika Mukherjee ), begins to discover more about Mukul's genuine, often volatile feelings toward Zara, casting a shadow of doubt over her own son's innocence.