The Trial (Indian TV series)

Noyonika Sengupta, a law school graduate, is a housewife who gave up her career to look after her children. When her husband, Rajeev Sengupta, is arrested for a sex and corruption scandal, she starts working as a junior lawyer at a law firm to support her family. Noyonika now has to balance both her work and family life while also having to deal with the humiliation she faces from her husband's scandal.

• Kajol as Noyonika Sengupta
• Jisshu Sengupta as Rajiv Sengupta: Noyonika's husband
• Alyy Khan as Vishal Chaubey
• Sheeba Chaddha as Malini Khanna: A name partner at the firm.
• Kubbra Sait as Sana Shaikh: A consultant at the firm.
• Gaurav Pandey as Dheeraj Paswan
• Shruti Bisht as Ananya Sengupta: Noyonika and Rajeev's older daughter.
• Suhani Juneja as Anaira Sengupta: Noyonika and Rajeev's younger daughter.

• Beena Banerjee as Seema Sengupta: Rajiv's mother.
• Aseem Hattangadi as Illyas Khan: Family friend of the Senguptas.
• Aamir Ali as Pradeep Shinde: Police officer and Sana's love interest.
• Atul Kumar as Daksh Rathod: TV news reporter
• Manasvi Mamgai as Juhi Bhatia
• Rituraj Singh as Sharad Jhadav
• Kiran Kumar as Kishore Ahuja: A name partner at the firm.
• Aditi Singh as Tina / Latika Kalra
• Shyam Kishore as Bharat Mishra: Rajiv's lawyer.

• Arjun Kachroo as Rajat Kakkar
• Suchitra Pillai as Shivani Bahl
• Vijay Vikram Singh as Takesh
• Flora Saini as Anisha Menon
• Swayam Joshi
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• Nirbhay Jain
• Nancy Gill as Kavya Bola
• Aparna Menon as Rose Mathews

A collaboration between Disney+ Hotstar and Kajol was announced in July 2022 with a teaser video revealing an untitled series.{{Cite web |last=Whittock |first=Jesse |date=2022-07-18 |title=Disney+ Hotstar To Produce Series With Indian Star Kajol |url=https://deadline.com/video/disney-hotstar-indian-star-kajol/ |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} In August, shooting commenced at Juhu Studios in Mumbai where a set was built depicting an office setting. On 8 September 2022, the first look was released, announcing the title as well as the show being an adaptation of the American series of the same name.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-08 |title=The Good Wife FIRST LOOK: Kajol asks 'shuru kare?' as she enters courtroom in Indian adaptation of the series |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/the-good-wife-first-look-kajol-asks-shuru-kare-as-she-enters-courtroom-in-indian-adaptation-of-the-series-1189154 |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=PINKVILLA |language=en}} The motion poster was released on 9 June 2023, with the trailer on 12 June announcing the release date of 14 July.

All episodes of The Trial released on Disney+ Hotstar on 14 July 2023.{{fact|date=December 2023}}

The show has received mostly mixed reviews from critics.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title=The Trial Twitter Review: Kajol's acting praised, but some call it 'cheap remake' of The Good Wife |url=https://www.news9live.com/entertainment/ott/the-trial-twitter-review-kajols-performance-praised-but-some-call-it-cheap-remake-of-the-good-wife-2212785 |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=News9live |language=en-US}}

Anuj Kumar of The Hindu opined, "The makers have looked beyond the obvious faces that dot the OTT space these days and have brought back some lesser-seen powerhouses."{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Anuj |title='The Trial' series review: Kajol passes with flying colours |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-trial-series-review-kajol-passes-with-flying-colours/article67079713.ece |url-access=subscription |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=14 July 2023 |language=en-IN}}

Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express opined, "For the second season, can we expect smoother writing, less choppy situations, and please, none of those sonorous voice-overs which feel like they were written as bumper-sticker lines to the wise?"{{cite news |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |author-link=Shubhra Gupta |title=The Trial review: Kajol's web series debut never hits the high points |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/the-trial-review-kajol-web-series-debut-never-hits-high-points-8835709/ |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=The Indian Express |date=14 July 2023 |language=en}}

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave a mixed review and rated the series 3 stars out of 5, stating, "Not everything in this world is by the book. One of the key characters in The Trial avers that a lawyer's job is to defend a client, not the truth."{{cite news |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |author-link=Saibal Chatterjee |title=The Trial Review: Kajol Is At Once Seething And Smarting |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/the-trial-review-kajol-is-at-once-seething-and-smarting-3-stars-4205970 |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=NDTV |date=14 July 2023}}{{rating|3|5}}

Critic Deepa Gahlot reviewed the series for Scroll.in stating, "Kajol is given annoying internal pop-philosophical monologues about love, trust, destiny and faith."{{cite news |last=Gahlot |first=Deepa |author-link=Deepa Gahlot |title='The Trial' review: Kajol is the chief draw of overwrought legal show |url=https://scroll.in/reel/1052596/the-trial-review-kajol-is-the-chief-draw-of-overwrought-legal-show |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Scroll.in |date=14 July 2023}}

Santanu Das of Hindustan Times felt the dialogue is poor and wrote, "None of the performances land, even the always-reliable Sheeba Chaddha meets the fate of a poorly written boss-lady archetype."{{cite news |last=Das |first=Santanu |title=The Trial review: Kajol's OTT debut serves no pyaar, some kaanoon, and a lot of dhokha |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/the-trial-review-kajols-ott-debut-serves-no-pyaar-some-kaanoon-and-a-lot-of-dhokha-101689341713724.html |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |date=14 July 2023 |language=en}}

Tushar Joshi of India Today wrote, "On the flip side, the score and music sounds outdated and some of the dialogues stand out as a sore thumb in an otherwise modern setting. There is a lack of cohesiveness between the episodes and you need to be patient to make it to the point where the actual fun starts."{{cite news |last=Joshi |first=Tushar |title=The Trial Review: Kajol is good but Sheeba Chadha wins the battle of performances |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/binge-watch/reviews/story/the-trial-review-kajol-is-good-but-sheeba-chadha-wins-the-battle-of-performances-2406503-2023-07-14 |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=India Today |date=14 July 2023 |language=en}}{{rating|3|5}}

A critic from Rediff.com wrote, "Blame it on my expectations, but we've seen far more absorbing and closer-to-life court room dramas in recent times – the slow burn Criminal Justice, spirited Guilty Minds and, of course, the glitzy Suits being one of my all-time favourites."{{cite news |last=Nair |first=Divya |title=The Trial Review: Kajol Is Brilliant! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/the-trial-review/20230714.htm |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=Rediff.com |date=14 July 2023 |language=en}}{{rating|3.5|5}}

Pinkvilla gave a mixed review, saying, "The Trial counts for a nice weekend binge despite few clichéd tropes and plot conveniences."{{cite news |last=Jogani |first=Rishil |title=The Trial Review: Kajol led courtroom drama engages and impresses despite plot conveniences and clichés |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/reviews/the-trial-review-kajol-led-courtroom-drama-engages-and-impresses-despite-plot-conveniences-and-cliches-1230186 |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Pinkvilla |date=14 July 2023 |language=en}}{{rating|3|5}}

{{reflist}}

• [https://imdb.com/title/tt21975100/?ref_=m_nmfmd_act_2 The Trial] at IMDb
• [https://www.hotstar.com/sg/tv/the-trial-pyaar-kaanoon-dhokha/1260143201 Trial] on Disney+ Hotstar

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