Deepa Gahlot for Rediff.com stated "Characters pop in without explanation, like a mysterious white man, Daniel, who wears a pilot's uniform all the time (the costume budget must have run out with Shankari's outfits), and there are bizarre scenes, like Arjun stripping to impress a rival gangster." and rated the series 2.5 stars.Read at source
Sultan of Delhi (TV series) 2023 
Synopsis
Sultan of Delhi (TV series)
Sultan of Delhi (transl. King of Delhi) is an Indian Hindi-language period crime thriller television series written by Suparn Verma and directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Namit Sharma under the banner of Reliance Entertainment. The series is set in Delhi in the year 1962 and is based on writer Arnab Ray's book Sultan of Delhi: Ascension, and stars an ensemble cast including Tahir Raj Bhasin, Mouni Roy, Anjum Sharma, Vinay Pathak, Anupriya Goenka, Nishant Dahiya, Mehreen Pirzada and Harleen Sethi. It premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 13 October 2023.
- Director
- —
- Release
- 13 Oct 2023
- Studio
- Reliance Entertainment
- Run time
- 45 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
3 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Unfavorable
Critics' aggregate for Sultan of Delhi (TV series) is 40/100 from Rediff and Saibal Chatterjee (NDTV).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 4 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Positive 2
Scroll.in stated "The show likes its racy moments – a distraction from the escalating tedium, perhaps?"Read at source
Critical 1
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated the series 1.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Pulp fiction paraded as a chronicle of a time of immense import, Sultan of Delhi is a rather desultory adaptation of a passable book that has an undeniable sense of history."Read at source
Details
Soundtrack
- Tra La La Anmol Malik
- Saaqiya Javed Ali
- Tujh Pe Dil Haar Ke Armaan Malik, Shreya Ghoshal
- Sultan Of Delhi - Theme -
- Tujh Pe Dil Haar Ke - (Armaan Malik Version) Armaan Malik
- Tuje Pe Dil Haar Ke (Lofi Mix) Shreya Ghoshal
Technical specs
- Release date
- 13 Oct 2023
- Run time
- 45 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Studio
- Reliance Entertainment
- Distributor
- Disney+ Hotstar
Trivia
- The series is based on Arnab Ray's 2016 novel 'Sultan of Delhi: Ascension'.
- Initially, Neha Sharma was approached to play the female lead before Mouni Roy was signed.
- The show is set in Delhi in the year 1962.
- The series premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 13 October 2023.
- The production consists of nine episodes.
- The launch event for the series was held on 22 September 2023.
Tags
Indian Series2023Action ThrillerReleasedNot listed in source page
