| Director: | Rajesh Mapuskar |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Location: | India |
| Cinematography: | Sanjay K. Memane |
| Network: | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Company: | BBC Studios India Applause Entertainment |
| Editor: | Antara Lahiri |
| Music: | Siddharth Pandit Japjisingh Valecha |
| Producer: | Sameer Nair |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 6 |
| Related: | Luther |
Rudra: The Edge of Darkness is an Indian psychological crime thriller television series, created for Disney+ Hotstar. It is a remake of British series Luther.[1] The series stars Ajay Devgn, Raashii Khanna and Esha Deol.[2] It received generally positive reviews with praise directed towards Devgn’s performance, Mapuskar’s direction, visual style and cinematography.
DCP Rudraveer Pratap Singh "Rudra" (Ajay Devgn) 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 (Raashii Khanna), who is a psychologically affected Doctor and killer. She was suspected of double murder.
In April 2019, Applause Entertainment acquired the rights to remake the hit BBC One's drama series Luther.[6] 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.[7]
In April 2021, reports came in stating that Akshay Kumar will star in the Indian adaptation [8] 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.[9] Later that month, Raashii Khanna joined for an prominent lead role, then Atul Kulkarni, Ashwini Kalsekar and Ashish Vidyarthi joined the cast.[10] [11] In January 2022, Satyadeep Mishra and Tarun Gahlot were confirmed to be cast in main roles.[12]
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.