| Encounter | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sudip Biswas |
| Creative director | Surojit Adhikari |
| Presented by | Professor Soumya Ghosh |
| Starring | Manika Pal De Parag Tyagi Rajesh Shringarpure Adaa Khan Rohit Khurana Shabaaz Abdullah Badi Mishal Raheja Mazher Sayed Eijaz Khan Kinshuk Mahajan Samiksha Bhatt Alan Kapoor Kabir Khan Piyush Sahdev Manish Wadhwa Vishal Karwal Shaleen Malhotra Mahhi Vij Sara Khan Sanjay Gagnani |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 28 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 43 minutes approximately |
| Production company | Endemol India |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sony Entertainment Television |
| Release | 11 April – 27 June 2014 |
Encounter is an Indian crime television series, produced by Endemol India for Sony Entertainment Television. [1] Its central plot was based on 35 encounters in Mumbai over 35 one-hour episodes. [2]
The series was based on reality based crimes, which was made to trace the encounters that took place in different places of India and those which were in media headlines for months and later everyone forgot. [3]
| Episode number | Episode title | Telecast date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 'Dongri ki Chowkdi' terrorizes Mumbai | 11 April 2014 |
| 2 | Police searches for gangster Shankya | 12 April 2014 |
| 3 | Shankya's Encounter | 13 April 2014 |
| 4 | Rise of the Killing Machine | 18 April 2014 |
| 5 | Sharp Shooter Shamsher's Encounter | 19 April 2014 |
| 6 | Story of Contract Killer Sikander Bagdadi | 20 April 2014 |
| 7 | The Police hunts down 'Mangya' | 25 April 2014 |
| 8 | Mangya's master plan | 26 April 2014 |
| 9 | Mangya's Encounter | 27 April 2014 |
| 10 | Mafia Queen - Part 1 | 2 May 2014 |
| 11 | Mafia Queen - Part 2 | 3 May 2014 |
| 12 | Unknown | 4 May 2014 |
| 13 | The rise of Mahesh Murthy | 9 May 2014 |
| 14 | Unknown | 10 May 2014 |
| 15 | Mahesh Murthy's Encounter | 11 May 2014 |
| 16 | Rise of the Byculla boys | 16 May 2014 |
| 17 | Babu gets killed | 17 May 2014 |
| 18 | Ramya's Encounter | 18 May 2014 |
| 19 | Katta Shiv - Part 1 | 23 May 2014 |
| 20 | Katta Shiv - Part 2 | 24 May 2014 |
| 21 | Katta Shiv - Part 3 | 25 May 2014 |
| 22 | Sinha Family Gang | 30 May 2014 |
| 23 | Ulhas and Urmila's Revenge | 1 June 2014 |
| 24 | Aashna's shocking story | 6 June 2014 |
| 25 | Bollywood Extortions - Part 1 | 13 June 2014 |
| 26 | Bollywood Extortions - Part 2 | 14 June 2014 |
| 27 | A thrilling story of Kachra Pada Gang | 20 June 2014 |
| 28 | Story of Achal Kuty and Sharif Dabba | 27 June 2014 |
Throughout the globe, Encounter received mostly mixed to positive critical reception. The show has managed to make a mark with its storyline and presentation along with some brilliant casting. [5]