Breathe (TV series)

Breathe is an Indian crime drama thriller television series. It premiered on Amazon Video on 26 January 2018. It is Amazon Prime Video’s second Indian original series after 2017's Inside Edge. The series stars R. Madhavan, Amit Sadh, Hrishikesh Joshi, Sapna Pabbi, Atharva Vishwakarma and Neena Kulkarni. The sequel series starring Abhishek Bachchan is called Breathe: Into the Shadows and debuted on July 10, 2020.

Plot
"Two desperate and driven men must engage in the ultimate cat and mouse game to save the one they love.A dying kid and endless killings.What might one do for the one they love"

Cast

 * R. Madhavan as Denzel "Danny" Mascarenhas
 * Amit Sadh as Senior Inspector Kabir Sawant
 * Sapna Pabbi as Ria Ganguly
 * Neena Kulkarni as Juliet Mascarenhas
 * Atharva Vishwakarma as Joshua "Josh" Mascarenhas
 * Hrishikesh Joshi as Junior Inspector Prakash Kamble
 * Shriswara as Dr. Aruna Sharma
 * Shrikant Yadav as Malwankar
 * Urmila Kanitkar as Margaret Mascarenhas
 * Madhura Naik as Shaina
 * Kali Prasad Mukherjee as Shankar Patil
 * Jayashree Venketaramanan as Anita
 * Anuj Sachdeva as Sameer

Sequel
A follow-up titled Breathe: Into the Shadows starring Amit Sadh, Abhishek Bachchan and Nithya Menen premiered on Amazon Prime Video on July 10, 2020.

Reception
Writing in Hindustan Times, Rohan Naahar states, "Madhavan and Amazon have created the single weirdest show on TV right now, like an adaptation of one of Keigo Higashino’s least popular novels directed by an Anurag Kashyap minion."

Writing in Scroll.in, Vikram Johri wrote, "Viewers may have trouble accepting Madhavan as a cold-blooded killer – his soft features do not help – but to the actor’s credit, he is able to walk the contrast between tender and merciless with admirable finesse."

Shivangi Jalan, a critic from The Indian Express wrote, "The first three episodes become a particularly slow watch. Even the scenes where Sadh and Madhavan appear together fail to carry the kind of weight a thriller is supposed to."