Khakee : The Bihar Chapter is a Neeraj Pandey creation and produced by Shital Bhatia under the label of Friday Storytellers. The series stars Karan Tacker, Avinash Tiwary, Abhimanyu Singh, Jatin Sarna, Nikita Dutta and Aishwarya Sushmita in prominent roles.
Khakee : The Bihar Chapter is Netflix and director Neeraj Pandey's first collaboration project. Famous for movies like Baby, A Wednesday, M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story and web series Special Ops, the director's next cop series will focus on the fight between good and evil. The series is about a righteous cop, whose mission is to subdue a notorious gangster that leads him to the corruption and lies of the politicians and system. The seven episodes long series released on November 25 and the Twitter reviews from audience is already out.
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Khakee The Bihar Chapter Review
The movie is based on the real life of Bihar's IPS officer Amit Lodha and his second book Bihar Diaries in which he tells about how he subdued one of most notorious local don, Ashok Mahto who was infamously knows as "Gabbar Singh of Sheikhpura". The series is set in early 2000's and Karan Tacker plays the role of IPS Amit Lodha in it. Avinash Tiwary's character is inspired from Mahto.
The Twitter users praised the series' plot and cast performances. A Twitter user wrote "What an absolutely brilliant start to Khakee: The Bihar Chapter. Bihar’s filthy politics captured perfectly. On Netflix."
Another one wrote, "30 mins into Netflix’s new Indian original series #Khakee and I can certainly say that this is my kinda binge watching content. @NetflixIndia @i_neerajpandey."
A user wrote, "Watching Khakee.. I must say you have the best editors in the industry."
A user applauded the makers for bringing such untold stories to the front and wrote, "@Ipsamitlodha7 just saw khakee on Netflix...unsung heroes of police well done sir".
Another one shared his views about the IPS officer who is the inspiration behind Tacker's character and wrote, "Some years back I saw #amithlodha sir @TEDx talk just imagined every thing and got chills. And now I loved #netflixseries #khakee amazing"