Writing review for India Today, Shweta Keshri raised the concern of logic in the script, and wrote "For instance, a dramatic explosion at the nuclear plant leaves Dayal with just a few scratches.Read at source
Salakaar 2025 
Synopsis
Salakaar
Salakaar is an Indian Hindi-language action espionage thriller series created and directed by Faruk Kabir starring Naveen Kasturia, Mouni Roy, Mukesh Rishi, Purnendu Bhattacharya, Ashwath Bhatt, and Surya Sharma. It was released as JioHotstar-original on 8 August 2025.
- Director
- Faruk Kabir
- Release
- 8 Aug 2025
- Studio
- Sphere Origins
- Run time
- 39 min
- Language
- —
Reviews
5 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Wikipedia-cited reviews for Salakaar are generally positive overall across 5 collected excerpts. The cited excerpts do not provide enough numeric scores for an aggregate. Positive excerpts point to performances.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-keyless-enricher) from 5 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
Positive 5
Nandini Ramnath of Scroll.in wrote "Salakaar claims to be inspired by actual events.Read at source
Chirag Sehgal for News18 stated "The show’s dialogues are another major letdown, often feeling forced and unnatural."Read at source
Rahul Desai for The Hollywood Reporter India stated "sounds like a great show - a long-form Raazi perfaps."Read at source
Vinamra Mathur of Firstpost praised performance of Mouni Roy and Mukesh Rishi.Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 8 Aug 2025
- Run time
- 39 min
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Faruk Kabir
- Studio
- Sphere Origins
- Distributor
- JioHotstar
Trivia
- Salakaar is an Indian Hindi-language action espionage thriller series created and directed by Faruk Kabir.
- The series stars Naveen Kasturia, Mouni Roy, Mukesh Rishi, Purnendu Bhattacharya, Ashwath Bhatt, and Surya Sharma.
- Salakaar was released as a JioHotstar-original on 8 August 2025.
- The five-episode series features Mouni Roy playing the dual roles of Mariam and Srishti Chaturvedi.
- Mukesh Rishi portrays the character of Zia-ul-Haq in the series.
- Firstpost critic Vinamra Mathur specifically praised the performances of Mouni Roy and Mukesh Rishi.
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