New Delhi: The trailer of Prime Video’s first Hindi horror series ‘Adhura’ was released on Wednesday. The series, featuring Rasika Dugal, Ishwak Singh, Rahul Dev, Zoa Morani, will premiere on July 7.
The trailer shows a prestigious boarding school in Ooty, set in two timelines - 2022 and 2007. Secrets, disappearances, and eerie occurrences connect a guilt-ridden alumnus Adhiraj (Ishwak Singh)and a troubled student Vedant (Shrenik Arora), blurring the lines between the past and present. As the shocking truth threatens to unravel, the batch of 2007 is forced to confront their inner demons, as the school’s core is threatened, forever changing the lives of those involved.
The seven-episode series is written by Ananya Banerjee, who has also directed along with Gauravv K Chawla. It is produced by Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani and Nikkhil Advani of Emmay Entertainment.
Speaking about his role, Ishwak Singh said doing the character of Adhiraj was intense for him. "Stepping into the shoes of Adhiraj in Adhura has been intense. The series masterfully combines the elements of supernatural and disrubia and has a vivid tapestry of emotions that makes the storytelling very poignant. The audience will experience a horror story that's one of a kind in that it delves deep into the world of supernatural and also into the complexities of human mind. It is very direct at the same time symbolic, which is what makes it an immersive watch.”
Rasika Dugal also spoke about the series and her character. “As an actor, I found it extremely interesting to explore the life of a person who is seemingly in complete control… only to realise, as the story unfolds, that no one is free from their inner demons. That’s why I was thrilled that a character like Supriya came my way. As a student counsellor in a boarding school, Supriya has a complex and captivating journey in which she finds herself torn between her need to nurture and a terrifying past that she cannot seem to leave behind. Adhura explores the delicate balance between human compassion and the unknown forces that lurk within. I'm glad to be back on Prime Video with a new genre and I am hoping audiences will resonate with the humanness of this story while enjoying the spookiness if it all,” she said.
Adhura also stars Rijul Ray, Sahil Salathia, Aru Krishansh Vera, KC Shankar and Jaimini Pathak.