9 Hours
9 Hours is an Indian Telugu-language survival crime thriller streaming television series created by Krish Jagarlamudi, directed by Niranjan Kaushik and has an ensemble cast of Taraka Ratna, Madhu Shalini, Ajay, Ravi Varma and Ravi Prakash. This series basic plot line was adopted from the famous Telugu Crime Novel "Thommidi Ghantalu," written by Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy and made some changes to make a sequel[1][2] 9 Hours was premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 2 June 2022.[3]
| 9 Hours | |
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Krish Jagarlamudi |
| Based on | Tommidi Gantalu by Malladi Venkata Krishna Murthy |
| Written by | Krish Jagarlamudi |
| Directed by |
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| Starring | |
| Composer | Shakthi Kanth Karthick |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Telugu |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 9 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Rohith Pisapati |
| Producers |
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| Production location | India |
| Cinematography | Manojh Reddy |
| Editor | Dharmendra Kakarala |
| Production company | First Frame Entertainments |
| Release | |
| Original network | Disney+ Hotstar |
| Original release | 2 June 2022 |
Cast
- Taraka Ratna as CI Prathap
- Ajay as Dasarath Ramayya
- Madhu Shalini as Chitralekha; wife of Prathap
- Ravi Varma as Nagendra
- Pandu as Young Nagendra
- Ravi Prakash as Shivaji
- Ankith Koyya as Nandakumar "Nandu"
- Vinod Kumar Alva as Jailor Viswanath
- Sritej as Poorna
- Sameer as Chandrasekhar
- Preethi Asrani as Sravani
- Banerjee as ACP Krishnamachari
- Parvathi Nirban as Girija
- Chitram Seenu as Koti
- Gemini Suresh as Chidambaram
- Vajja Venkata Giridhar
- Achyuth Kumar as prisoner
- Suresh Kumar as P. Indrasena Rao; manager of Deccan Imperial Bank
- Jwala Koti as Ambaji Rao
- Naga Mahesh as Munuswamy Naidu
- Siddharth Gollapudi as Dr. Paul
- Venkata Giridhar as Purushottam
- Monika Reddy as Suguna
- Roopa Hegde as Meherunnisa
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | "Hour 01" | Niranjan Kaushik Jacob Verghese | Krish Jagarlamudi | June 2, 2022 |
| 2 | "Hour 02" | Niranjan Kaushik Jacob Verghese | Krish Jagarlamudi | June 2, 2022 |
| 3 | "Hour 03" | Niranjan Kaushik Jacob Verghese | Krish Jagarlamudi | June 2, 2022 |
| 4 | "Hour 04" | Niranjan Kaushik Jacob Verghese | Krish Jagarlamudi | June 2, 2022 |
| 5 | "Hour 05" | Niranjan Kaushik Jacob Verghese | Krish Jagarlamudi | June 2, 2022 |
| 6 | "Hour 06" | Niranjan Kaushik Jacob Verghese | Krish Jagarlamudi | June 2, 2022 |
| 7 | "Hour 07" | Niranjan Kaushik Jacob Verghese | Krish Jagarlamudi | June 2, 2022 |
| 8 | "Hour 08" | Niranjan Kaushik Jacob Verghese | Krish Jagarlamudi | June 2, 2022 |
| 9 | "Hour 09" | Niranjan Kaushik Jacob Verghese | Krish Jagarlamudi | June 2, 2022 |
Reception
Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu in her review stated that "The payoffs in the form of twists and turns happen rather late and are not enough. Perhaps it was alluring to have nine episodes to befit the title, but the series could have done with liberal trimming".[4] Echoing the same, Pinkvilla's Arvind V opined that "The survival drama trappings deserved a better canvas, and a profound script. Torture and beatings are no substitute for thrills and drama".[5]
Comparing it with Money Heist, Latha Srinivasan of Firstpost praised the performances of the ensemble cast while criticizing the screenplay and writing.[6] Giving a mixed review, Neeshita Nyayapati of The Times of India wrote that "You don't always buy what 9 Hours is selling you, there are moments you will pause and wonder how plausible whatever is playing out on screen is. But the series does manage to do its job by keeping you engaged".[7]
References
- "9 Hours Web Series: Review, Trailer, Star Cast, Songs, Actress Name, Actor Name, Posters, News & Videos", The Times of India, retrieved 14 June 2022
- Service, Tribune News. "Parvati Nirban talks about her latest web show 9 hours". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- "'9 Hours' trailer shows up the violent side of robberies - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (4 June 2022). "'9 Hours' web series review: This overdrawn Telugu crime drama intrigues partly". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- "9 Hours Review: This bank robbery series has both hits and misses". Pinkvilla. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- "9 Hours review". Firstpost. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- Nyayapati, Neeshitha (2 June 2022). "9 HOURS SEASON 1 REVIEW : GOOD STORY AIDED BY A STELLAR CAST". The Times of India.
External links
- 9 Hours at IMDb
- 9 Hours on Disney+ Hotstar