Poison (TV series)
Poison is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action crime thriller web series that is streaming on ZEE5. The 11-episode series is written by Shiraz Ahmed and directed by Jatin Wagle. It stars Arbaaz Khan, Riya Sen, Freddy Daruwala and Tanuj Virwani. The series is Arbaaz Khan's digital debut.
Synopsis
Ranveer completes his prison sentence for a crime he did not commit. He sets out to Goa in a quest for revenge. Vikram is a DSP who aspires to become the police commissioner and sets out to nab Antonio Verghese, a don who operates from Goa. What happens when the lives of these three men entwine with each other forms the crux of the series.Cast
- Tanuj Virwani as Ranveer
- Freddy Daruwala as DSP Vikram
- Arbaaz Khan as Antonio Verghese
- Riya Sen as Natasha
- Pankaj Dheer as Barrister D’Costa
- Romit Raj as Jai Dixit
- Archanna Guptaa as Megha
- Ruhani Sharma as Jhanvi
- Pranati Rai Prakash as Ashu
- Saakshi Pradhan as Rani
- Gaurav Sharma as Pawan
- Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Commissioner
- Darshan Gokani as Jacob
- Faisal Rashid as Inspector
Production
Poison was one of the 72 shows that were announced at ZEE5's first-anniversary event in February 2019. However, reports about the series’ cast were being made as early as January 2019. The series marks the second collaboration between Arbaaz Khan and ZEE5, after the webcast of his talk show, Pinch. Along with Arbaaz Khan, actor Freddy Daruwala also makes his digital debut with this series.Zee5 announced the second season Poison 2 which released on 16 October 2020.