''Flesh'' is a 2020

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n crime thriller web series written by Pooja Ladha Surti and directed by

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. The story of this series is based on human trafficking and stars Swara Bhaskar in the lead role.

Plot summary

Cast

* Swara Bhaskar as ACP Radha Nautiyal * Mahima Makwana as Zoya, a 16-year-old NRI teenage girl and also daughter of Reba and Shekhar who goes missing. * Akshay Oberoi as Taj, King-pin of human trafficking. *

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as Reba Gupta, Zoya's mother * Yudhishtir Urs as Shekhar Gupta, Zoya's father. *

Siddhant Behl Siddhant Behl is an Indian actor, writer and theatre artist. He debuted in Bollywood as a lead actor with the 2016 film Jugni, starring Sugandha Garg and directed by Shefali Bhushan. Career Behl started his career in theatre, which he believ ...

as Naman, Assistant of ACP Radha and also a member of Anti-trafficking. *

Bijou Thaangjam Bijou Thaangjam (born Thangjam Biju Singh) is an Indian actor, lyricist, art director, chef and entrepreneur. He is of Meitei descent originally from Imphal, Manipur. He was one of the contestants on the reality cooking competition MasterChef ...

as Bali, the care taker and Dog trainer of Taj * Moinak Dutta * Shashie Vermaa as ACP Bond *

Nataša Stanković Nataša Stanković Pandya ( sr-Cyrl, Наташа Станковић, born 4 March 1992) is a Serbian dancer, model and actress based in Mumbai, India. She made her debut in Bollywood films with the political drama '' Satyagraha'' directed by P ...

as Paul Madam (NIA Agent) * Rahoul Dutta as Simon

Production

The first motion poster featuring Mahima Makwana, Swara Bhaskar and Akshay Oberoi was launched on 10 August 2020 by Eros Now social handle. On 11 August 2020, the trailer of the show was released.

Critical reception

Flesh received generally positive reviews from critics. Shubhra Gupta, one of the authors of ''

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

,'' writes, "Flesh smartly manages to maintain that very tough balance, between showing us repulsive, depraved people doing repulsive, depraved things, and keeping us watching, despite ourselves." Saibal Chatterjee of

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particularly praised the performance of the lead actors, Swara Bhaskar and Akshay Oberoi.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=9875006
Flesh
on Eros Now Hindi-language web series 2020 web series debuts Crime thriller web series