Breathe: Into the Shadows

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. The second season was released on 9 November 2022.

Synopsis

Dr. Avinash Sabharwal 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.

Cast

Abhishek Bachchan as Dr. Avinash Sabharwal/ J
Amit Sadh as Kabir Sawant
Nithya Menen as Abha Sabharwal
Ivana Kaur as Siya Sabharwal
Shrikant Verma as Jaiprakash
Saiyami Kher as Shirley
Plabita Borthakur as Meghna Verma
Hrishikesh Joshi as Prakash Kamble
Shradha Kaul as Zeba Rizvi
Shruti Bapna as Natasha Garewal
Resham Shrivardhan as Gayatri Mishra
Shataf Figar as Dr. Narang
Nizhalgal Ravi as Principal Krishnan Moorthy
Gouri Agarwal as Bonnie

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. Nithya Menen joined the cast in December 2018.

Release

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

Reception

Rohan Nahaar writing for Hindustan Times called the series "Inept and illogical, Amazon’s strangest show lets Abhishek Bachchan, Amit Sadh down." 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." Saibal Chatterjee writing for NDTV called the series "low On oxygen", giving it 1.5 of 5.