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Lingam
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Lingam actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Lingam reads strongest on Tension, Serialized and Cliffhanger Intensity.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
Framed for a crime he didn't commit, a kabaddi hero gets pushed into a world he never wanted and ultimately becomes a feared name.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Lakshmi SaravanakumarWriter
Direction
- Lakshmi SaravanakumarDirector
Cinematography
- Dinesh PurushothamanDirector of Photography
Music
- Tony BrittoOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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