Adhura

Adhura  is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language horror thriller television series on Amazon Prime Video. It stars Rasika Dugal, Ishwak Singh and Rahul Dev and is directed by Ananya Banerjee and Gauravv K. Chawla and produced by Monisha Advani, Nikkhil Advani and Madhu Bhojwani. The series premiered on the OTT platform Amazon Prime Video on July 7, 2023. The primary shooting for the series was done in The Lawrence School, Lovedale.

Plot
Strange occurrences at the Nilgiri Valley School seem to be related to 10-year-old new pupil Vedant. Adhiraj Jaisingh, an ex-student, will have to confront his actions from fifteen years ago when the class of 2007 comes together for its reunion. But when Vedant and Adhiraj cross paths, the situation takes a terrifying turn. The lives of everyone on campus are in danger as a sinister secret starts to come out.

Episode 1: Psycho Puppy Killer (45 mins)

The Dean of Nilgiri valley school dies under suspicious circumstances. While Vedant is being bullied by fellow students in the boarding school, they lock him up in a locker and he mysteriously comes out of it.There starts the series of mishaps in his surrounding. A puppy is killed and Vedant is found near with blood all over his clothes. Everyone starts to believe he is the killer while newly appointed dean asks Supriya to look after him as Vedant's parents disregard the fact that he is having hard time adjusting.

Adhiraj flies in from US to school for reunion. There he meets Malvika who was his love interest in school, now married to Dev along with others but Ninad is missing and Adhiraj seems to be hiding some secrets.

Episode 2: Shadow boy - 39 mins

Ninad becomes friends with Adhiraj aka Adi who saves him from bullies at school. He creates a comic book world for himself by calling himself a shadow man and savior as phoenix man. All the grown ups have their own insecurities even after all these years.

In the function when Adi is called on stage, Vedant walks up to him and says something that disturbs him. Vedant faints and is kept under observation.

Episode 3: If You Make Trouble, You Will Be Punished (41 mins)

On the last day of school, Malvika plans a surprise date for Adi and get stood up. That's when Dev takes advantage and eventually marries her. Ninad in the heat of moment tries to kiss Adi and Adi calls him names in rage.

In present, Adi goes to Kotavali and gets to know from Ninad's parents that he is missing from 15 years and left a note stating his grandfather is not well while confirming Coach Vyas to be his guardian. Also, the case is closed with no results and police imposing to accept that Ninad left willingly and is not missing. When he is back at school, Suyash commits suicide under influence. On the way back to room while Adi has a panic attack he sees Vedant walking up to him and confirming that he is fighting back.

Episode 4: The Boy Who Lives Inside Vedant (42 mins)

Police start the investigation and asks old students to stay back for one more day. Malvika starts to have second thoughts about her breaking up with Adi. Rajat is attacked by an unknown entity and is almost choked to death and Vedant also goes through same suffocation as him. Both of them survive the incident.

In the flashback of Vedant, he is offered in help and possessed by Ninad.

Episode 5: No Exit (41 mins)

A new investigating officer, Officer Bedi, is assigned for the case who wants to find out truth by hook or crook. Rajat dies mysteriously similar to Suyash by jumping off of an old building.

It is revealed that on the last day of school, Dev had beaten Ninad up for making Malvika cry.

Episode 6: Hush Little Baby (39 mins)

While pulling out Rajat's body, police finds another body in the dump. Adi believes it is Ninad's. He tries to find out what must have happened. Adi investigates on his own and finds out that Suyash, Rajat and Dev assaulted Ninad on last day and Coach Vyas and peon Devi Prasad were all involved in the case. Dev tries to flee from campus only to see mass murders in front of him pointing him to stay back.

Vedant again has seizures and Supriya takes him to hospital. In the flashback, Supriya was suffering from post partum depression and accidentally kills her newborn. Her husband commits suicide.

Episode 7: The Farewell (58 mins)

Dev is killed in front of everyone and it seems to have been sorted. But when Ninad's belongings are retrieved, Adi finds a badge and he walks up to Malvika. When he asks her to confess, she denies. Ninad was pushed to death from height due to jealousy. She is killed as well and Ninad's soul leaves for good.

Supriya tries to connect with her dead child's spirit and is possessed by someone else instead. She calls Adi for help while he is leaving for US.

Cast

 * Rasika Duggal as Supriya Ghosh, counsellor at Nilgiri public school
 * Ishwak Singh as Adhiraj Jaisingh
 * Shrenik Arora as Vedant
 * Rahul Dev as Officer Bedi
 * Poojan Chhabra as Ninad Raman
 * Zoa Morani as Malvika Seth Jamwal
 * K.C. Shankar as Dean K. C. Swamy
 * Priya Banerjee as Nancy
 * Jaimini Pathak as Chandra Prakash
 * Arjun Deswal as Young Adhiraj
 * Sahil Salathia as Suyash Verma
 * Rijul Ray as Dev Jamwal
 * Aru Krishansh Verma
 * Akanksha Vishwakarma
 * Zabi Shaikh