The Traitors India
The Traitors is an Indian reality series streams on Prime Video, based on the Dutch series De Verraders. It premiered on 12 June 2025 and concluded on 03 July 2025. The show was hosted by Karan Johar.
Following the premise of De Verraders, the show features a group of contestants participating in a game similar to Mafia or Werewolf, where an informed minority must eliminate an uninformed majority to win. Meanwhile, the "Innocents" are tasked to discover the "Traitors" and vote them out of the game in order to win. The series is filmed in and around Suryagarh Palace.
Format
A group of contestants arrive at the palace in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan with hopes of winning a large cash prize of ₹1 crore that is built up through missions. The players are referred to as the "Innocents", but among them are the "Traitors" — a group of contestants secretly selected by the host. If the Innocents eliminate all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund. However, if any Traitors manage to make it to the end, eliminating the Innocents, they win the entire prize money.The contestants participate in missions to build up their cash prize. In some missions, any contestant may also win a ‘shield’ that grants them immunity from the subsequent murder.
On most nights, The Traitors meet in a secret tower to decide on an Innocent contestant to ‘murder,’ who is then immediately eliminated from the game. The remaining Innocents are unaware of who has been eliminated until the following morning, when that person fails to appear at the breakfast table in the castle.
At the end of each day, the players gather at the ‘Circle of Shaq,’ where they discuss whom to vote out before individually casting their votes. Players vote privately, then reveal their choices one by one, often giving a brief rationale for their decision. The player who receives the most votes is banished from the game and reveals their affiliation. If during the game the number of ‘Traitors’ drops to two, they are given the choice to recruit an Innocent to join them instead of murdering.
After the final Circle of Shaq, the remaining players participate in the End Game. The group are given an opportunity to end the game by unanimous vote. Any vote to continue will lead to another immediate banishment vote. When a unanimous decision is reached to end the game — or when there are only two players left — the remaining players reveal their affiliation. If all remaining players are Innocents, then the prize money is divided evenly among them. However, if any Traitors remain, they win the entire prize money.
Production
The first official teaser was posted on Prime Video's social media on 17 September 2024, announcing that filming had begun. Later on 30 May 2025, the official trailer of season 1 was released with the premiere date of June 12, 2025.On 25 June 2025, the show was renewed for a second season.
Contestants
20 contestants competed on the first series of The Traitors India. In a minor twist, Anshula and Maheep have a pre-existing relationship, as Maheep is Anshula’s paternal aunt.Elnaaz was chosen by the rest of the players as the least trustworthy and she chose Nikita to be eliminated from the game on arrival at the castle in Episode 1. However, Nikita re-entered to the show in Episode 3.
| Contestant | Notability | Affiliation | Finish |
| Sahil Salathia | Actor | Innocent | Murdered |
| Raj Kundra | Actor and entrepreneur | Traitor | Banished |
| Lakshmi Manchu | Actress and producer | Innocent | Murdered |
| Karan Kundrra | Actor | Innocent | Banished |
| Mukesh Chhabra | Casting director | Innocent | Murdered |
| Maheep Kapoor | Reality show alumni | Innocent | Banished |
| Ashish Vidyarthi | Actor | Innocent | Banished |
| Raftaar | Musician | Innocent | Banished |
| Janvi Gaur | Astrologer | Innocent | Murdered |
| Elnaaz Norouzi | Actress | Traitor | Banished |
| Sufi Motiwala | Content creator | Innocent | Murdered |
| Anshula Kapoor | Content creator | Innocent | Banished |
| Jannat Zubair Rahmani | Actress | Innocent | Murdered |
| Apoorva Mukhija | Content creator | Innocent | Banished |
| Jasmin Bhasin | Actress | Innocent | Murdered |
| Purav Jha | Content creator | Traitor | Banished |
| Sudhanshu Pandey | Actor and singer | Innocent | Banished |
| Harsh Gujral | Stand-up comedian | Innocent | Banished |
| Harsh Gujral | Stand-up comedian | Traitor | Banished |
| Nikita Luther | Poker player | Innocent | Winner |
| Uorfi Javed | Reality show alumni | Innocent | Winner |