Don't know what some people are watching! The AARYA I watched was entertaining, not boring and not a 'copy' of any american TV Show. The performance of the cast is believable(you might come across some people complaining about actors not delivering their dialogues properly, lol, that is what contributes to the vulnerability of the characters!) I have watched my fair share of American/British TV shows, would recommend this "thriller".
483 Reviews
Its Sushmita all the way !!!!!!!!
rajiyer-6652119 June 2020
A story well told, gripping and well maintained. Brilliant performance by Sushmita sen, she nailed it with her acting skills. She deserves more such roles. Gets bit dragged in some portions but thats avoidable. Overall a good watch
Amazing
sameerlodaya19 June 2020
What a series after a long time
Sushmita came with a bang
Role of a mother a wife a daughter a sister a friend a business women alone played by Sushmita
Very nicely directed kept the seats hot for all the 9 episodes
The character of Sushmita was superb and she played amazing also the other stars were icing on the cake
Sush..your fans will be really proud of u
A must see
Sushmita came with a bang
Role of a mother a wife a daughter a sister a friend a business women alone played by Sushmita
Very nicely directed kept the seats hot for all the 9 episodes
The character of Sushmita was superb and she played amazing also the other stars were icing on the cake
Sush..your fans will be really proud of u
A must see
Wondering
anjan-0166619 June 2020
INDIAN OZARK
nsaurav20 June 2020
Absolutely stunning series
highoncricket21 June 2020
If you like "Ozark" series this one is for you.
It is absolutely different from ozark and beautiful it in own's way.
Sushmita sen & unknown actor really set the bar high.
While bollywood films keeps on getting worst, Series are really redifining the bollywood capability.
What a comeback!!!
rishabhsharma-1086020 June 2020
Did never expect such a great story and storytelling. Some twists just blew my mind. Not comparing with breaking bad but there are similarities as to how much a parent can do to save their family.
Brilliant show overall.
Sushmita is back and how!
cseabhi8 August 2020
I thought I was done with Indian web series, most of them full of non sense, over the top drama and sequences but here comes Aarya...Gripping, detailed, very well written and superb performances. Yes, Sushmita Sen is back and how!
Some people are complaining of the slow pace but that's perfectly fine with me if the story binds you. All in all a perfect series for me.
Some people are complaining of the slow pace but that's perfectly fine with me if the story binds you. All in all a perfect series for me.
For the character of a Mother!
ssweetpoornima23 June 2020
🙌🏽🙌🏽
desaiharsh3221 June 2020
Poorly Paced, Too Long.
Perspicuity117 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Aarya moves at an extremely slow pace, the character motives are not completely clear and there are plenty of unnecessary scenes. Sushmita Sen was never really a great actress and has only done here what her limited acting capacity allowed her to do. Namit Das (Jawaahar), Vishwajeet Pradhan (Sampat) and Vikas Kumar (ACP Khan) were the best actors of the show in my opinion. The scenes involving Aarya's elder son and his girlfriend were completely unnecessary, and on top of that both are terrible actors. Why didn't Aarya trust ACP Khan in the first place ? She disliked her family's profession, wanted her husband to leave everything, even threatened her husband of a divorce if he doesn't quit the business and yet when the opportunity arrived knocking at her door, she refused to open it. Also, why didn't Tej (Chandrachur Singh) inform Aarya about his motives ?
The creators should have kept a shorter run time for each episode and wrapped the show in 5 episodes. If they are really serious about a second season, then they should definitely cut down the duration of the episodes and improve the pacing of the show in general. Pacing is a key difference between the shows created by Amazon, Netflix and other digital platforms. While Paatal Lok, The Family Man, Sacred Games, Delhi Crime moved at a fantastic pace, Aarya on the other hand was a bore-fest. It is important to support and promote self-made actors and filmmakers, but that doesn't mean that we should start praising everything that they make. Aarya is at best an average show that took too long to reach its predictable climax.
The creators should have kept a shorter run time for each episode and wrapped the show in 5 episodes. If they are really serious about a second season, then they should definitely cut down the duration of the episodes and improve the pacing of the show in general. Pacing is a key difference between the shows created by Amazon, Netflix and other digital platforms. While Paatal Lok, The Family Man, Sacred Games, Delhi Crime moved at a fantastic pace, Aarya on the other hand was a bore-fest. It is important to support and promote self-made actors and filmmakers, but that doesn't mean that we should start praising everything that they make. Aarya is at best an average show that took too long to reach its predictable climax.
Woah! What a series..
neetabora21 June 2020
Loved it! Everyone acted superb, Sushmita is in the lead & she justified it very well.
Superb thriller.
I thought I was done with Indian web series because of all the controversies in Pataal lok but this one's pretty neat & doesn't disrespect any religion, caste or section.
Cast is superb! Characters like Khan & Daulat were just too apt for the role. Small details are given importance. I liked the solar eclipse reference, especially it's last scene. Dialogues are not heavy and very well delivered, looks like people are talking to each other. This adds to its realism.
Everyone acted well!
We were hooked and completed entire series in one weekend.
Slow poison
ingalegaurav8920 December 2021
Season 2 went downhill
unmesh-369069 January 2022
Sushmita Sen - a brilliant performance in an excellent series.
sourav-saha04821 June 2020
The story and plots are fresh compare to all other similar series like family man, pataal lok, Mirzapur etc. Well written and very good direction with lots of twists and thrills all over the series. Everybody acted very well but Sushmita Sen has overshadowed everyone with her brilliant mind blowing performance. No nepotism only talent speaks here, so support this kind of content. Watched a very good crime drama Hindi series after a long long time. Became a fan of Sen after this series and eagerly waiting for second part.
Utterly bad copy of ozark
poojapahuja26 June 2020
Must Watch
sonalseth-0126320 June 2020
Very nice Mahabharata based story. Sushmita Sen and all the other actors have performed really well. Please do watch it and do go by Google reviews, they haven't tried a bit to defame any profession. Awaiting next season. Well done.
Mind blowing
arunkhatwani21 June 2020
A terrific thriller
ShriArunKumar19 June 2020
Aarya is a crime drama web series co-created by Ram Madhvani, who has directed Neerja (2016) previously. It is based on the Dutch drama series Penoza by Pieter Bart Korthuis. It features Sushmita Sen in the titular role. I binge-watched all the 9 episodes, because I could not stop myself after the first episode.
I like the thrillers which start nicely, build up the pace and ends fantastically- and Aarya is exactly that. I don't want to add any spoiler here, so I would just say that the story is fantastic, to say the least.
I liked all the actors except Chandrachur. He lacks versatility and has a constant worry expression on face. Other than him, all the actors are fantastic. In fact, it seems that every actor has lived the character's life, he/she portrays. Sushmita Sen is the best of the lot. One wonders, why she has been so under-used in Bollywood so far. Her dialogue delivery is terrific. She really gets into the skin of Aarya.
After Neerja, Ram Madhvani has told another story in a realistic manner. Though Aarya is a thriller, the characters, unlike many other thrillers I've seen, are very recognisable and down to earth. The real locations also add to the feel of the movie.
Overall a very gripping thriller to binge-watch.
I like the thrillers which start nicely, build up the pace and ends fantastically- and Aarya is exactly that. I don't want to add any spoiler here, so I would just say that the story is fantastic, to say the least.
I liked all the actors except Chandrachur. He lacks versatility and has a constant worry expression on face. Other than him, all the actors are fantastic. In fact, it seems that every actor has lived the character's life, he/she portrays. Sushmita Sen is the best of the lot. One wonders, why she has been so under-used in Bollywood so far. Her dialogue delivery is terrific. She really gets into the skin of Aarya.
After Neerja, Ram Madhvani has told another story in a realistic manner. Though Aarya is a thriller, the characters, unlike many other thrillers I've seen, are very recognisable and down to earth. The real locations also add to the feel of the movie.
Overall a very gripping thriller to binge-watch.
Not a targeted approach to the story flow
ndav-0487628 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The show is about a woman thrown into an illegal trade left behind by her husband. One of the partners is her own brother who is simply evil and mixed up with the father who is ruthless in many ways. 3rd partner is a goofy idiot with no defined character except for being evil. The lead done by Sushmita is also hugely conflicted for a while dealing with the drug enforcement ACP and other competitors like Shekhawat. Story like gets confusing because the creators keep throwing pull backs at the lead not letting her grow. The pull backs are simple and can be easily conquered with a determined mind. She keeps getting conflicted. Since when did criminals and criminal minds think about what happens to family. They are protective of families but every criminal becomes vulnerable because of family and yet they don't care. AArya seems to be too involved with family while trying to beat the competition and make some money and get out. Characters were built losely. Overall a good show but not a great show. Sushmita delivers and so Sikander Kher also delivers and other supporting actors also are doing a good job but story lines scene building could be a bit more intense along with character building. Characters lack strength - bad or good guys.
Season 2 is a cracker of a thriller
indianature30 December 2021
I watched Season 1 when it was released which was some time ago, remember that it was engrossing enough.
Just finished Season 2 a couple of days ago. Season 2 is slicker, better made and a cracker of a thriller. Sushmita Sen is most convincing as Aarya, a mother of three caught up in the most unanticipated life changing events, and now prepared to face them head on at any cost, for the sake of her children.
No point in summarising the narrative as that would spoil the thrill for those who havent seen Aarya 2 yet.
Just finished Season 2 a couple of days ago. Season 2 is slicker, better made and a cracker of a thriller. Sushmita Sen is most convincing as Aarya, a mother of three caught up in the most unanticipated life changing events, and now prepared to face them head on at any cost, for the sake of her children.
No point in summarising the narrative as that would spoil the thrill for those who havent seen Aarya 2 yet.
Sushmita great...everything else frustrating.
srathi12310 February 2022
Sushmita was amazing in this show - her calm demeanor and deep voice was just perfect.
But everything else about the show was frustrating. The director kept killing people for no real reason. The series got boring and depressing as it went along. The finale of season 1 was somewhat decent as it wrapped things up.
The season 2 was bad from the beginning to the end, so avoid that even if you like season 1. Even Sush looked tired and dull in season 2.
But everything else about the show was frustrating. The director kept killing people for no real reason. The series got boring and depressing as it went along. The finale of season 1 was somewhat decent as it wrapped things up.
The season 2 was bad from the beginning to the end, so avoid that even if you like season 1. Even Sush looked tired and dull in season 2.
SEN is BACK !!
souvikriju21 June 2020
SUSHMITA SEN IS BACK OR I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HAS STARTED HER REAL ACTING CARRIER ! SHE IS JUST KICKASS !
I was extremely looking forward to to watch this series, and man it hasn't disappointed me. RAM MADHVANI is also back after long time. The story is one type of slow burn, like international Series it develops the charecters slowly so that you can connect with them. The Performance of the whole cast is just brilliant. And Susmita Sen, off ! BOLLYWOOD was just wasting her. She perfectly pulled off the role of AARYA. The role has many layers which was just perfectly acted by her.
The series consists 9 episodes and each episode is 1 hour long so you have to give 9 hours to watch the series, that might be the only bad thing, the editing. But otherwise it worth a watch and It worth a hype. Extremely looking forward for the next season.
The series consists 9 episodes and each episode is 1 hour long so you have to give 9 hours to watch the series, that might be the only bad thing, the editing. But otherwise it worth a watch and It worth a hype. Extremely looking forward for the next season.
Interesting but very slow!
Biswas_1 December 2021
Before Arya 2 releases, I managed to complete S1.
TBH, according the series, the story begins from when Tej gets assassinated but for audience, the real fun begins from Ep6. Before that, the series moves extremely slowly with family members constantly mourning now and them about the death of Tej and those sequences are so long that you wish the editing was better.
Overall, this series is not only about the illegal drug buisness story but about individual characters and their own stories and conflicts . Whenever the latter kicks in, the series slows down. It seems the director wanted to get us immersed heavily into the Sareen family and not just leave it as a superficial part which imo is a good thing but it slows down things. Whenever the main story kicked in, the series shifted gears.
Some scenes are outright uncomfortable making it a doubtful family watch. Two young kids lip locking , consuming drugs and stuff ....then Aarya's daughter barely looking 16 smoking cigarettes , lip kissing a foreigner out of romance stuff like that felt weird and uncomfortable to me and seriously feel kids should stay away from this series, strictly adult series.
Sushmita sen still packs in the power to nail such roles. A lot of starcast all have done a decent job.
Honest opinion , dont watch this series after seeing Arya S2 trailer (the mistake I made). The person who killed Tej can be predicted from far off if you see the S2 trailer.
TBH, according the series, the story begins from when Tej gets assassinated but for audience, the real fun begins from Ep6. Before that, the series moves extremely slowly with family members constantly mourning now and them about the death of Tej and those sequences are so long that you wish the editing was better.
Overall, this series is not only about the illegal drug buisness story but about individual characters and their own stories and conflicts . Whenever the latter kicks in, the series slows down. It seems the director wanted to get us immersed heavily into the Sareen family and not just leave it as a superficial part which imo is a good thing but it slows down things. Whenever the main story kicked in, the series shifted gears.
Some scenes are outright uncomfortable making it a doubtful family watch. Two young kids lip locking , consuming drugs and stuff ....then Aarya's daughter barely looking 16 smoking cigarettes , lip kissing a foreigner out of romance stuff like that felt weird and uncomfortable to me and seriously feel kids should stay away from this series, strictly adult series.
Sushmita sen still packs in the power to nail such roles. A lot of starcast all have done a decent job.
Honest opinion , dont watch this series after seeing Arya S2 trailer (the mistake I made). The person who killed Tej can be predicted from far off if you see the S2 trailer.
Indian IMDB rating is not trustable.
rishabh-176646 February 2022
Again Indian IMDB rating disappointed me and many of my acquaintances and friends shares the same feeling. I began watching it just because of the hype and ratings. But After watching so many quality content, this series would show you all the flaws acting, direction, plot the whole series could have. Really School drama kind of acting direction. Please if you are accustomed to quality content, skip this as it will just waste your time.
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