| Genre: | Crime Thriller Drama |
| Creator: | Nitin Vaidya Ninad Vaidya |
| Story: | Vivek Apte Anshul Vijayvargiya |
| Screenplay: | Anshul Vijayvargiya Anurag Goswami |
| Director: | Santosh Shetty |
| Creative Director: | Anish N Surana |
| Starring: | Bhanu Uday Dipannita Sharma |
| Theme Music Composer: | Raju Singh Panesar |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
| Num Episodes: | 10 |
| Executive Producer: | Anup Poddar |
| Producer: | Nitin Vaidya Ninad Vaidya |
| Cinematography: | Srinivas Ramaiah Arvind Kannabiran |
| Editor: | Rajesh Pandey Munna Prajapati |
| Camera: | Multi-camera |
| Company: | Dashami Creations |
| Network: | Star Plus |
Rudrakaal is an Indian crime thriller television series which premiered on 7 March 2021 on Star Plus and Disney+ Hotstar.[1] Produced by Dashami Creations, it stars Bhanu Uday and Dipannita Sharma.[2] It abruptly went off-air on 10 May 2021, due to the COVID-19 curfew in Maharashtra.
D.C.P. Officer, Ranjan Chittoda is on a mission to find his mentor's killer. Balancing out his personal and professional life, he is in for a shock when the killer is revealed and vows to teach him a lesson.
The production of series began in November 2020 and the series was planned to launch in December 2020.[3] However, its launch was delayed and it was launched in March 2021. Before its television premiere, the first episode was released a week before in Hotstar on 28 February 2021.[4] On 13 April 2021, when the chief minister of Maharashtra announced a curfew from 15 April, the shoot of Rudrakaal halted until the government's next hearing. Soon, the show's cancellation was confirmed.[5]
Talking about the preparations for his role, lead actor Bhanu Uday stated, "The character of DCP Ranjan Chittoda required a lot of attention to detail. It required me to visit my local police station and understand the various characteristics of a police officer. They were kind enough to guide and help me understand the minuscule details like body language, police protocol and the most important aspect the mind-set of a cop". Further he stated, "I gained 10 kg of weight for this role in a span of 15 days and underwent extreme preparation for the same".[6] Rudhraksh Jaiswal playing Anshuman Chittoda stated, "I had to watch a couple of movies which helped me bring out the right amount of emotion. I also learnt to play the guitar by watching videos. Besides that, we (cast from the show) attended workshops."[7]
The first promo of the series was released on 19 December 2020 featuring Bhanu Uday. The series premiered on 7 March 2021 in the 7:00 pm time slot on StarPlus and offered special access to episodes, a week before airing through Hotstar VIP. It later shifted to the 6:00 pm time slot to accommodate the IPL 2021.[8]
Santosh shetty directed this crime thriller, he has been done fabulous work in Cid before, Co directed by Pride Subramnain and Anshul kumar sharma is associate director,Ramesha k barti] was First Assistant Director in this thriller series. Ramesha k barti was also associated with Bullets series and directed movie Goswami Lakshminath Pramahans