Rafuchakkar

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Rafuchakkar
Genre
Written byArjun Singgh Baran
Kartik Nishandar
Directed byRitam Srivastav
Starring
Music byDewal Parashar
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producersSunil Dolamani Panda
Rahul Rawat
Producers
Production companies
  • GSEAMS
  • Jio Studios
Original release
Network JioCinema
Release15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)

Rafuchakkar is a 2023 Hindi-language heist comedy TV series on JioCinema. It is written by Arjun Singgh Baran and Kartik Nishandar and directed by Ritam Srivastav. [1] It stars Maniesh Paul, Priya Bapat, Aksha Pardasany, Sushant Singh, Lekha Prajapati and others. [2] [3] [4]

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Plot summary

A weird tale of Pawan Kumar, often known as Prince, who is accused of committing odd frauds involving anything from diet cookies to low-cost aeroplanes. A guy of many guises, is he a con artist or simply an upright man caught up in the web built up around him? [5] [6]

Cast

Release

Rafuchakkar is scheduled to be released on JioCinema on 15 June 2023. [7] [ needs update ]

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