Rudra: The Edge of Darkness

Rudra: The Edge of Darkness is a 2022 Indian psychological crime thriller television series, created for Disney+ Hotstar. It is a remake of British series Luther. Directed by Rajesh Mapuskar, it stars Ajay Devgn, Raashii Khanna and Esha Deol. It received mostly positive reviews with praise directed towards Devgn and Khanna's performance, Mapuskar’s direction, visual style and cinematography.

Premise

DCP Rudraveer Pratap Singh "Rudra" is pursuing a suspect who ends up in a comatose state in the hospital. After an inquiry into what happened, he is reinstated in the force.
The time apart has taken its toll on him. His investigations lead him to cross into Aliyah Choksi, who is a psychologically affected doctor and killer. She was suspected of double murder.

Cast

Ajay Devgn as DCP Rudraveer "Rudra" Pratap Singh
Raashii Khanna as Dr. Aliyah Choksi
Esha Deol as Shaila "Shai" Durrani Singh
Atul Kulkarni as DCP Gautam Navlakha
Ashwini Kalsekar as Jt. CP Deepali Handa
Tarun Gahlot as P.I. Prabal Thakur
Satyadeep Misra as Rajiv Dattani
Ashish Vidyarthi as Jt. CP Raman Acharya
Rajiv Kachroo as Mandar Naik
Rajan Kapoor as Sandeep Choksi
Simran Gangwani as Deepa Choksi
Milind Gunaji as Colonel Yashwant Nikose
Vikram Singh Chauhan as Captain Ashok Nikose
K. C. Shankar as Siddheshwar Kumar
Chandresh Singh as Inspector Kamlesh Pandey
Amaara Sangam as Shehnaz Daruwala
Ria Sadhwani as Aatishi Gidwani
Hemant Kher as Mahesh Dubey
Priyanka Setia as Rashmi Dubey
Abhishek Patel as Rajendra Shukla
Khushi Rathode as Monica Dhar
Siya Mahajan as Sakshi Khanna
Meghana Kaushik as Pooja Shastri
Luke Kenny as JK Lamba
Serene Walia as Sara Lamba
Devesh Chobe as Harry Pathak
Vikram Sahu as Gopal Pathak
Jaideep Singh as Jatin Shastri
Suparna Moitra as Ashmaki Shastri
Amit Koushik as Zaheer Sheikh
Rajesh Jais as Commissioner
Saad Chaudhary as SCU Officer
Vanita Harihaaran as SCU Officer Vanita
Swapnil Ajgaonkar as SCU Officer Uttam
Ankit Singh as SCU Officer
Rajat Sharma as SCU Officer
Deepak Rajawat as SCU Officer
Vishwanath Kulkarni as Inspector Shivaji Memane
Vipul Deshpande as Inspector At Rajiv's House

Production

In April 2019, Applause Entertainment acquired the rights to remake the hit BBC One's drama series Luther. In April 2021, Disney+ Hotstar formally announced the show attaching Devgn to star in the lead role with Applause Entertainment and BBC Studios India producing.

Casting

In April 2021, reports came in stating that Ajay Devgn will star in the Indian adaptation and the same was confirmed later that month with the series order from Disney+ Hotstar. In July 2021, Esha Deol was cast as the female lead. Later that month, Raashii Khanna joined for a prominent lead role, then Atul Kulkarni, Ashwini Kalsekar and Ashish Vidyarthi joined the cast. In January 2022, Satyadeep Mishra and Tarun Gahlot were confirmed to be cast in main roles.

Release

The six episode first season premiered on 4 March 2022 on Disney+ Hotstar. In US, the show will be available on Hulu as part of distribution agreements with Star India.