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This is an infiltration thriller where the danger is almost entirely social. Shaan Sengupta, an ex-soldier turned undercover operative, works his way into an arms dealer's inner circle through patience and performance, and the series holds that pressure steady across its contained arc. There are no easy exits and no backup; every scene inside the empire carries the weight of a cover that could collapse.
The arms trafficking world here is rendered as a place of comfort and hospitality on the surface, which makes Shaan's position genuinely precarious. Trust, once extended by the people around him, becomes the thing most likely to destroy him. The story builds toward institutional corruption as much as personal confrontation, so the stakes keep widening even as the focus stays tight on one man's sustained deception.
spycraft infiltration, undercover cat-and-mouse and Crime
Crime and Drama
Season 2 · 7 episodes
Disney+ Hotstar
Follows Shaan Sengupta, an ex-soldier, who must infiltrate an arms dealer's inner circle to bring down his empire of war.
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