Avrodh: The Siege Within

Avrodh is based on the chapter "We Don’t Really Know Fear" from Shiv Aroor and Rahul Singh's ''India's Most Fearless''. The first seven episodes of the nine-part series delve into the planning of the strike, while the last two cover the strike itself. Each episode has an effective runtime of 23 to 25 minutes. While the planning continues at the highest levels of government in New Delhi, the mission is kept secret from even the senior most ministers. the functioning of militant and terrorist groups in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan's involvement in cross border attacks, international pressure, and even the domestic bureaucratic angle and how journalists fit into the picture. Extensive digital promotion took place, including a virtual press conference and social media promotion. == Cast ==

• Amit Sadh as Major Videep Singh, team leader (Para SF) • Ananth Narayan Mahadevan as Satish Mahadevan • Madhurima Tuli as Journalist Namrata Joshi • Nikhil Sangha as Pankaj Kumar, Namrata's boss • Shehzad Shaikh as Sarthak Srivastav, Namrata's boyfriend • Anil George as Abu Hafeez, mastermind of the Uri attack • Umar Sharif as Wahab • Pavail Gulati as Major Rishabh Sood (Dogra Regiment) • Adarsh Balakrishna as Racy • Arif Zakaria as Ali Raza Khan • Mir Sarwar as Fakhruddin Rasheed • Mohommed Ali Shah as Captain Irrfan Khan • Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Colonel Ajay Saxena (Para SF) • Mohit Chauhan as Colonel B.K. Rastogi (Dogra Regiment) • Vineet Singh as Captain A.P. Mahesh Jagtap • Iqbal Singh Singha as DGMO Lt.General Singha, based on Ranbir Singh • Deepak Kriplani as Navy Chief Chawla • Namit as Air Chief Marshal Deo • Shiladitya Banerjee as Lt.General Anil Dua • Meghana Kaushik as Niharika • Praveena Deshpande as Sunita Bharadwaj • Adil Pala as Adil (Terrorist 1) • Moin Imtiaz Ganai as Moin (Terrorist 2) • Sawar Raja as Sawar (Terrorist 3) • Mark Bennigton as Bob Terry • Prahan Rao as Captain Chirag Malhotra • Saurabh Dubey as Rajesh Chauhan • Sonel Singh as Doctor Gayatri • Syed Fahad Andrabi as Shoaib • Vivek Sangotra as Momin • Sandeep Verma as Sartaj Season 2 • Sanjay Suri • Abir Chatterjee • Mohan Agashe • Ananth Mahadevan • Aahana S Kumra • Rajesh Khattar • Karan Thakur • Arif Zakaria • Adil Pala • Umar Nasir == Reception ==

Critical reception Deepa Alexander of The Hindu gave Avrodh a positive review, saying that there are ample reasons to watch the web-series. India Today review calls Avrodh "a well-rounded series", with both the "guns and the glory" as well as the "facts". Shreya Paul in the Firstpost wrote that Avrodh is a retelling of India's retaliation to the Uri attack, without "unnecessary excesses". Koimoi felt that more could have been done with Avrodh, and as far as it being propaganda or not, "decide for yourself". Thandora Times said the series is a must watch, whereas a Mashable review called Avrodh a "piece of crap" and an "abysmally bad piece of propaganda". == References ==