Kaun? Who Did It? Explained

Genre:	Crime
Creator:	Umesh Bist
Director:	Saket Yadav Asif Malik
Starring:	Sushant Singh Samvedna Suwalka
Theme Music Composer:	Sanjay Dhakan
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi
Num Seasons:	3
Num Episodes:	99
Producer:	Guneet Monga Achin Jain
Location:	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Cinematography:	Sonu Paswan Abhishek Shukla
Editor:	Akshara Prabhakar
Runtime:	17 minutes
Company:	Sikhya Entertainment

Kaun? Who Did It? is an Indian interactive crime show that debuted on Flipkart Video on 9 January 2021.^[1] The series stars Indian actors Sushant Singh as Detective Adi Bhagat and Samvedna Suwalka as Inspector Malini. The location of the series is set in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The series was produced by Guneet Monga's production house, Sikhya Entertainment^[2] with Sunjoy Shekhar as writer and Umesh Bisht as showrunner.^{[3] [4] [5]} The show concluded its first season with 35 episodes. The second season was announced by Flipkart on its official YouTube channel on 20 May 2021 with a trailer and launched on 24 May 2021.^[6]

Overview

Kaun? Who Did It? is an interactive crime fiction show that follows a retired ex-cop turned private detective, Adi Bhagat, and his protégé inspector Malini.^[7] Launched on 9 January 2021, season 1 has 33 daily episodes with a new murder case every day. After Adi and Malini go through the case details, suspect interrogations and evidence, the show allows users to play detective where they are able to guess who the killer is before Adi reveals it himself.^[8] If the user is right, they can win prizes from Flipkart.^[9]

Cast

• Sushant Singh as Detective Aadi Bhagat
• Samvedna Suwalka as Inspector Malini
• Aniruddh Roy as Dabloo Rawat
• Himanshu Bamzai as Lakshya
• Shabaaz Abdullah Badi as Manav
• Deepshikha Nagpal
• Surabhi Tiwari as Pallavi
• Prachi Hadda as Moira
• Kavita Banerjee as Suzzanne Khambata
• Priya Arora as Poonam

Production

The first look of the series was released on 23 December 2020 with an intriguing poster that features Sushant Singh and Samvedna Suwalka. The poster uncovers a somber Sushant oozing with mystery along with assistant police inspector, Samvedna, while they solve complicated crime mysteries.^{[10] [11]}

The show was announced using an optical illusion teaser on 26 December on Flipkart Video's YouTube followed by the official trailer which was launched on 6 January 2021.^[12]

Release

Kaun? Who Did It? is a Flipkart Video original series which aired on the Flipkart app from 9 January 2021.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thota. Ranganath. 2021-01-07. Flipkart app to air Guneet Monga's crime thriller 'Kaun? Who Did it?' from Jan 9. 2021-01-07. MaaHyderabad. en-GB.
2. Web site: 30 December 2020. Rutuja Sawant and Karan Sharma bag Sikhya Productions' Kaun?. 2021-01-07. Tellychakkar.com. en.
3. Web site: Bhasin. Shriya. 2021-01-06. Sushant Singh to play a detective in new crime show. India TV. en.
4. Web site: 2021-01-05. The White Tiger, WandaVision, Normal People: What's streaming on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Lionsgate Play in January. Firstpost.
5. News: Sushant Singh's Kaun Who Did It season 2 teaser out, fans laud late actor Bikramjit Kanwarpal's performance . The Indian Express . 2021-05-19 . en.
6. News: 'Kaun? Who Did it?' season 2 set to return . telanganatoday.com.
7. Web site: 2021-01-06. Flipkart Video launches interactive crime fiction series. Social Samosa. en-US.
8. Web site: 2021-01-06. सावधान इंडिया से बाहर होने के बाद अब Flipkart वीडियो पर क्राइम शो होस्ट कर रहे सुशांत सिंह. Jansatta. hi.
9. Web site: 2021-01-06. Unleash your inner detective with Kaun? Who did it?. Indian Television. en.
10. Web site: 23 December 2021. First Look: A Unique interactive crime fiction show – Kaun? Who did it?. APN News Channel. en-US.
11. Web site: 2021-01-06. Flipkart Video and Sikhya Entertainment are set to bring out your inner detective with Kaun? Who did it?. Cine Blitz. en-US.
12. Web site: 7 January 2021. Sushant Singh is on the case in Flipkart Video and Sikhya Entertainment's Kaun? Who did it?. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111110155/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2021/jan/7/28340. live. 11 January 2021. 2021-01-07. Cinestaan.