Powder (TV series)

Powder

Title Card of "Powder".
Genre Action, Crime
Directed by Atul Sabharwal
Starring Manish Chaudhary
Pankaj Tripathi
Geetika Tyagi
Rahul Bagga
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
Production
Producer(s) Yash Chopra & Aditya Chopra
Running time Approx. 48 minutes
Production company(s) YRF Television
Release
Original network Sony TV
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original release 3 January – 24 June 2010
External links
Website

Powder was an Indian crime television series which first aired on Sony TV 3 January 2010 and ran for only one season. The story was of the new scenario in substance abuse in India. Praised widely for its aesthetics and storytelling, Powder didn't do good in the ratings. Though the show was inspired from HBO's highly acclaimed series The Wire, it delivered an original story with newly developed characters and scenarios.

The complete season is now available on YouTube.

Plot

Powder is about the narcotics trade in Mumbai, and two men who are on the opposite ends of the law—Head of the NCB (Narcotics Control Bureau) Usmaan Malik (Manish Chaudhary) and Mumbai drug kingpin Naved Ansari (Pankaj Tripathi). Both Usmaan and Naved grew up in the slums of Mumbai and chose different paths that eventually put them in front of each other. The biggest challenge for Usmaan and his team at NCB is to connect Naved with any drug bust or evidence, mainly because Naved is a ghost who does not exist in any civil records. Naved on the other hand, while fending off the authorities off his back, also struggles to climb the political ladder of his own business. The show explores the basic human traits like greed, loyalty, power, friendship, love and betrayal—while showing how the drug trade and authorities function.

During the end of the series, a real life detective from DRI (Directorate of Revenue Intelligence), an institution that had also been portrayed in the series, applauded the makers for their tedious research work and steadfast allegiance to reality. The show was widely lauded for its storytelling and execution, but fell prey to low ratings and kept being pushed into the late night slots.

Main cast

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