This show is so engrossing that I am now impatient to watch its predecessor, âCriminal Justiceâ (Season One) whenever I have time to spare: I had missed it. This is a wonderful amalgam of drama, social message, humor and courtroom thrills and twists. The 8-episode show also gets into the grimy truth of under-trials in jails and also hints at excesses committed by seemingly normal husbandsâso what is the point that makes their actions questionable, illegal, punishable by law, or otherwise?
The dicey question starts at home for counsel Madhav Mishra (Pankaj Tripathi), summoned from his wedding night to defend Anuradha Chandra (Kirti Kulhari), who has stabbed her husband with daughter Rhea (Adrija Sinha) as a seeming eyewitness. He leaves his devoted wife in the small town and leaves for Mumbai, without bothering about her feelings and later not even communicating with her.
Criminal Justice 2 Review: Kirti Kulhari and Pankaj Tripathi power a hard-hitting tale
Criminal Justice 2 Review: Kirti Kulhari and Pankaj Tripathi power a hard-hitting tale
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is a hard-hitting show that will leave you pondering, questioning and worrying. The show is available for streaming on Disney+Hotstar VIP and stars Kirti Kulhari and Pankaj Tripathi in lead roles.
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Kirti Kulhari and Pankaj Tripathi play lead roles in Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors.
“Innocent until proven guilty,” recalls criminal lawyer Madhav Mishra’s (Pankaj Tripathi) wife, as she explains to her boss in a beauty parlour that one cannot be termed a criminal until their crime has been proven. The small scene in the show delivers a much bigger message, that if you can change the thinking of even one person, you’ve made a difference.
Kirti Kulhari in Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors (2020) | Applause Entertainment/BBC Studios/Disney+ Hotstar
Criminal Justice: Behind Closed Doors is a slow burn by design. The web series revolves around a woman who has suffered gaslighting for so long, she can barely begin to confront the truth of what has been done to her.
Anu (Kirti Kulhari) is married to the highly respected and affluent Mumbai lawyer Bikram (Jisshu Sengupta). His stealthy and sinister ways suggest that he isn’t the “great guy” or the “gem of a person” that he is described to be. Anu’s jangly behaviour indicates that she is at the very tip of the edge. She does fall over, grievously injuring Bikram by driving a knife into his belly.