Breathe: Into the Shadows

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Breathe: Into the Shadows
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Genre Crime
Drama
Thriller
Created byMayank Sharma
Screenplay by
  • Bhavani Iyer
  • Vikram Tuli
  • Mayank Sharma
Story by
  • Mayank Sharma
  • Vikram Tuli
Directed byMayank Sharma
Starring
Music by Alokananda Dasgupta
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerVikram Malhotra
Camera setupS. Bharathwaj
Running time45 minutes
Production companyAbundantia Entertainment
Original release
Network Amazon Prime Video
Release10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
Related
Breathe (TV series)

Breathe: Into the Shadows is an Indian crime drama thriller television series created and directed by Mayank Sharma and produced by Abundantia Entertainment for Amazon Prime Video. The series stars Abhishek Bachchan, Amit Sadh, and Nithya Menen in lead roles. Season 1 of the series premiered on 10 July 2020. [1] [2] The second season was released on 9 November 2022. [3]

Contents

Synopsis

Dr. Avinash Sabharwal (Bachchan) finds his 6-year-old daughter Siya kidnapped by a masked man. The kidnapper demands that Sabharwal kills a man in order to get his daughter back. The plot revolves around the lengths Avinash will go to save his daughter. [4]

Cast

Episodes

Season 1

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Papa's Princess"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
2"Filthy"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
3"Wings and Chains"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
4"Mind Games"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
5"Reflection"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
6"Turning Point"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
7"Relay Race"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
8"Bad Uncle"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
9"Lights Out"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
10"1996"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
11"Chef's Special"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)
12"C-16"Mayank SharmaScreenplay: Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, Mayank Sharma
Dialogues: Arshad Syed
10 July 2020 (2020-07-10)

Season 2

Production

The series was officially announced in late 2018, attaching Abhishek Bachchan and Saiyami Kher to star and Amit Sadh from the original series returning as Kabir Sawant. [5] Nithya Menen joined the cast in December 2018. [6]

Release

Season 1 premiered on 10 July 2020 on Amazon Prime Video. [7] Season 2 was released on 9 November 2022. [8]

Reception

Rohan Nahaar writing for Hindustan Times called the series "Inept and illogical, [and says] Amazon’s strangest show lets Abhishek Bachchan, Amit Sadh down." [9] Shubhra Gupta writing for Indian Express said "Somewhere in there, in all the roiling and toiling, are the bones of a crackerjack thriller. But this loosely written season 2, bouncing in and out of a kidnapping drama, and the creation and search of a psychotic killer, gets mired in its own muddles, and ends up being plain preposterous." [10] Saibal Chatterjee writing for NDTV called the series "low On oxygen", giving it 1.5 of 5. [11]

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