Flesh (web series)
{{short description|Indian crime thriller web series}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Flesh (poster).jpg
| genre = Fiction, Crime thriller
| starring = {{ubl|Swara Bhaskar|Akshay Oberoi|Mahima Makwana|Vidya Malvade}}
| based_on = Human Trafficking
| director = Danish Aslam
| writer = Pooja Ladha Sruti
| story = Siddharth Anand
| producer = Siddharth Anand
| music = Manas Chaturvedi - Shikhar Chaturvedi
| company = MARFLIX Indie
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 08
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| location =
| camera = Multi-camera
| presenter = Eros Now
| runtime = 42 minutes
| network = Eros Now
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2020|08|21}}
}}
Flesh is a 2020 Indian crime thriller web series written by Pooja Ladha Surti and directed by Danish Aslam.{{cite web |title=Swara Don's a look ofcops|url=https://www.thequint.com/amp/story/entertainment/hot-on-web/swara-bhasker-as-a-cop-in-flesh-web-series-trailer |website=The quint|date=11 August 2020 }}{{cite web |title=Flesh trailer: Swara Bhaskar plays cops in this hard hitting show based on human trafficking. |url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/tv/flesh-trailer-swarabhaskar-plays-a-cop-in-this-hard-hitting-series-on-human-trafficking-watch-video/story-vnjcHU2YcO4cmqsJyiXbFI_amp.html |website=Hindustan Times|date=11 August 2020 }} The story of this series is based on human trafficking and stars Swara Bhaskar in the lead role.{{cite web|title=It's Akshay Oberoi vs Swara Bhaskar.|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/flesh-trailer-swara-bhasker-akshay-oberoi-eros-now-6550113/lite/|website=The Indian Express|date=11 August 2020 }}
Plot summary
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Cast
- Swara Bhaskar as ACP Radha Nautiyal
- Mahima Makwana as Zoya, a 16-year-old NRI teenage girl and also daughter of Reba and Shekhar who goes missing.
- Akshay Oberoi as Taj, King-pin of human trafficking.
- Vidya Malvade as Reba Gupta, Zoya's mother
- Yudhishtir Urs as Shekhar Gupta, Zoya's father.
- Siddhant Behl as Naman, Assistant of ACP Radha and also a member of Anti-trafficking.
- Bijou Thaangjam as Bali, the care taker and Dog trainer of Taj
- Moinak Dutta
- Shashie Vermaa as ACP Bond
- Nataša Stanković as Paul Madam (NIA Agent)
- Rahoul Dutta{{Cite web |date=2020-08-25 |title=Flesh: From Akshay Oberoi's Taj to Uday Tikekar's Shuvvo, Ranking All the Despicable Villains in Swara Bhasker's Web-Series From Bad to Worst (SPOILER ALERT) {{!}} 📺 LatestLY |url=https://www.latestly.com/entertainment/tv/flesh-from-akshay-oberois-taj-to-uday-tikekars-shuvvo-ranking-all-the-despicable-villains-in-swara-bhaskers-web-series-from-bad-to-worst-spoiler-alert-1985192.html |access-date=2023-01-23 |website=LatestLY |language=en}} as Simon
- Auroshikha Dey as Manda
Production
The first motion poster featuring Mahima Makwana, Swara Bhaskar and Akshay Oberoi was launched on 10 August 2020 by Eros Now social handle.
Critical reception
Flesh received generally positive reviews from critics. Shubhra Gupta, one of the authors of The Indian Express, writes, "Flesh smartly manages to maintain that very tough balance, between showing us repulsive, depraved people doing repulsive, depraved things, and keeping us watching, despite ourselves."{{Cite web|date=2020-08-22|title=Flesh review: A flinch-fest|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/flesh-review-eros-now-swara-bhasker-6564653/|access-date=2020-09-14|website=The Indian Express|language=en}} Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV particularly praised the performance of the lead actors, Swara Bhaskar and Akshay Oberoi.{{Cite web|title=Flesh Review: Swara Bhasker Keeps The Frequently Skin-Deep Show On The Boil|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/flesh-review-swara-bhasker-keeps-the-frequently-skin-deep-show-on-the-boil-2-5-stars-out-of-5-2283198|access-date=2020-09-14|website=NDTV.com}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=9875006}}
- [https://erosnow.com/original/watch/1069270/flesh Flesh] on Eros Now
Category:Hindi-language web series