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television series, produced by Endemol India for Sony Entertainment Television. Its central plot was based on 35 encounters in Mumbai over 36 one-hour episodes.

Plot

The series was based on reality based crimes, which was made to trace the encounters that took place in different places of India and those which were in media headlines for months and later everyone forgot.

Cast

* Manoj Bajpayee as Anchor

Episodic appearances

* Aditya Redij as Inspector Bhagat Dave * Shalmalee Desai as Mrs. Bhagat Dave * Parag Tyagi as Inspector Ajay Vishwas * Shivani Manchanda as Ragini Ajay Vishwas * Rajesh Shringarpure as Shankya * Shabaaz Abdullah Badi as Ujjwal * Adaa Khan as Sonali *

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as Shaikh Ali * Pramod Moutho as Commissioner Lawrence Perreira * Mishal Raheja as Inspector Nitin Kamte *

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as Dr. Preeti * Mazher Sayed as Sub Inspector Manish Kadam * Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Assistant Police Commissioner Vikramjeet Shinde *

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as Shamsher Bhopali * Avantika Hundal * Gopal Singh as Sikander Bagdadi * Eijaz Khan as Inspector Ali Rizvi *

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as Mangesh (Mangya) Waghmare * Sushmita Daan as Razia Ali Rizvi * Prakash Ramchandani as MLA Janak Shetty * Kinshuk Mahajan as Inspector Vinod More * Samiksha Bhatt as Malini Vinod More *

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as Sub Inspector Avinash Salunkhe * Mahesh Shetty as Mahesh Murthy * Vishal Nayak as Anand Murthy * Manish Khanna as Babu Rode * Rohit Roy as Senior Inspector Milind Mandlik * Yuvraj Malhotra as Inspector Rizwan Mirza * Murli Sharma as Katta Shridhar * Alan Kapoor as Krishna * Shresth Kumar as Amay * Nandish Sandhu as Inspector Sartaj Qureshi * Saurabh Dubey as Mr. Qureshi * Sara Khan as Ayesha Raza * Ravi Gossain as Kallan *

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as Inspector Vikas Sawant * Akshay Dogra as Ramya Narvekar * Raj Singh as Varun Surve * Vishal Thakkar as Baburam Sawant * Prithvi Zutshi as Police Commissioner Vijay Mohanty * Raman Khatri as Ramesh Solanki * Piyush Sahdev as Inspector Anil Barve * Mita Vashisht as Maya Sinha * Rohit Purohit as Girish Sinha * Nidhi Jha as Geeta Sinha * Neetha Shetty as Ritu Joshi * Arup Pal as Police Commissioner Kapil Mhatre *

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as Inspector Tilak Nambiyar *

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as Urmila *

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as Sub Inspector Sapna * Behzaad Khan as Ulhas * Ruslaan Mumtaz as Inspector Praveen Joshi * Raj Arjun as Dr. Roshan Lal * Govind Khatri as Bhau * Manini Mishra as Inspector Mita Gaekwad *

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as Aashna * Vinay Jain as Police Commissioner Surya Paneskar *

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as Bijoy * Siraj Mustafa Khan as Fazlu * Ganesh Hedge as Pasha * Bhanu Uday as Inspector Praveen Waghle * Manish Wadhwa as Hegde *

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as Naina * Kabbir as Dariyab Pathan * Sanjay Gagnani as Inspector Farid Khan * Siddharth Vasudev as Suhas Kariyappa Kunchenaad * Puneet Vashisht as Vikas Kariyappa Kunchenaad * Nikhil Arya as Inspector Ajay Karmakar * Jignesh Mehta as Inspector Sudeep Sharma * Pankaj Vishnu as Prasadrao Godse * Rio Kapadia as Police Commissioner * Shaleen Malhotra as Inspector Achal Kutty * Hanif Hilal as Sharib Dabba * Tushar Jha as Child Achal Kutty

Reception

Throughout the globe, ''Encounter'' received mostly mixed to positive critical reception. The show has managed to make a mark with its storyline and presentation along with some brilliant casting.

References

{{Sony Entertainment Television India Shows 2014 Indian television series debuts Sony Entertainment Television original programming Indian reality television series Indian crime television series 2014 Indian television series endings Fictional portrayals of police departments in India Television series about organized crime Works about organised crime in India

Plot

Cast

Episodic appearances

Reception

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