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, Palomi Ghosh, Jisshu Sengupta and

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in the lead roles. The series is set in

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township of

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, and revolves around a haunted house and a book that captures the imagination of a group of wannabe ghost hunters. It premiered on

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on 19 July 2019. The series was announced in November 2018.

Synopsis

The story follows a group of children: Sameera (Sharma), Satyajit (Gandhi), and Devraj (Kamble), who live in

, Goa. The inquisitive friends from a ghost club and decide to seek a ghost at an old haunted villa in their neighbourhood as their first mission. Their curiosity stems from an old story involving an old man who died in a novel called ''The Ghost of Sultanpore''. However, before the children are able to discover a ghost, a new family moves in and the legend of the villa resurfaces in frightening intensity. The story revolves around the mystery behind the titular

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, which seems to harbor a grudge against those who try to remove it from the manor . It is further complicated by the narrative of past occupants, with the story jumping between decades. Sudden deaths, past of Sultanpore and unnatural powers are also the storylines of the webseries.

Cast and characters

Main

* Palomi Ghosh as Jenny Fernandes, mother of Nick and Anya *

as Inspector Ravi Anand * Jisshu Sengupta as Amit Roy, a

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teacher, faking as Roy, son of Fakeer. *

as Peter Fernandes, Jenny's husband * Aarna Sharma as Sameera "Sam" Anand, Inspector Anand's daughter and the leader of the ghost club * Aaryansh Malviya as Nikhil a.k.a. Nick, member of the ghost club * Palash Kamble as Devraj "Bunty" Banerjee, member of the ghost club *

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as Satyajit "Gablu" Tandon, member of the ghost club * Sara Gesawat as Anya Fernandes, Jenny's daughter and a violinist

Recurring

* K C Shankar as Selwyn *

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as Inspector Sushant * Aliraza Namdar as Father Mason * Harish Khanna as Moses * Rinki Singhavi as Inspector Mira *

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as Charu, mother of Fakeer. She has paranormal powers within her. * Abhishek Banerjee as Fakeer, son of Charu who inherited paranormal powers from his mother. * Sumit Singh as Mr. Tandon, father of Gablu * Kiran Ahuja as Mrs. Tandon, mother of Gablu * Palash Dutta as Mr. Banerjee father of Bunty * Debonita as Mrs. Banerjee, mother of Bunty * Rammakant Daayama as Dr. Spirit, a fraud who claims to call spirits and ghosts

Guest stars

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as Madhav Matthew the ghost story writer. He died under suspicious circumstances. * Elli Avram as Anita * Meenacshi Martins as Maria Lopes, the maid * Masood Akhtar as James Almeida, ex gardener of Madhav Matthew, owner of Goodhead bar * Boloram Das as Harish (peon) * Tulsi Das as Vacso Lopes *

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as Carol, Jenny's mother, who died under mysterious circumstances

Episodes

References

External links

* {{ Netflix original current series Indian television series distributed by Netflix 2019 Indian television series debuts 2019 Indian television series endings Indian horror fiction television series Hindi-language Netflix original programming Horror fiction web series