Mandala Murders

Name: Mandala Murders
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2025-07-25
Cast: Vaibhav Raj Gupta

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When a series of ritualistic murders shakes a small town, a detective and an ex-cop must investigate a mystery with deep ties to their pasts.

Release Date:
25th July, 2025

Actress:
Surveen Chawla, Vaani Kapoor

Actors:
Vaibhav Raj Gupta

Director:
Gopi Puthran, Manan Rawat

Writers:
Gopi Puthran, Goswami Anurag, Matt Graham

Music Directors:
Ankit Balhara, Sanchit Balhara

Season 1

2025 8 Episodes

Season 1 premiered on July 25, 2025.

When a series of ritualistic murders shakes a small town, a detective and an ex-cop must investigate a mystery with deep ties to their pasts.

Episodes

E1: Chapter 1

In 1950s Charandaspur, a ritual fails to reach its culmination. In the present day, ex-officer Vikram Singh probes a murder with missing body parts.

July 25, 2025 50 min
E2: Chapter 2

Officer Rea travels to Charandaspur where she meets Ananya. Vikram confronts someone from his past. A masked figure lurks in the forest.

July 25, 2025 40 min
E3: Chapter 3

Shastri, a shadow worshipper, reaches out to Rea with an ominous prediction. Vikram learns more about the mandala symbol and its meaning.

July 25, 2025 43 min
E4: Chapter 4

Haunted by memories of his partner, Vikram teams up with Rea to decode eight mandalas linked to the murders — and to stop a harrowing attack.

July 25, 2025 38 min
E5: Chapter 5

As Rea searches for the princess's identity, she opens up to Vikram about her fears. Ananya takes charge at home, while Jimmy cracks the next code.

July 25, 2025 34 min
E6: Chapter 6

Vyankat's revelations leave Vikram shocked and furious. Upon learning that the next victim could be a child, Rea scrambles into rescue mode.

July 25, 2025 32 min
E7: Chapter 7

In the 1950s, Nandini, a scientist, visits Charandaspur where she meets Rukmini, who brings a sinister warning. Later, she builds a wish-granting device.

July 25, 2025 37 min
E8: Chapter 8

Vikram is kidnapped to be sacrificed to revive Yast. Can Rea follow in her grandmother's footsteps and stop the ritual before it's too late?

July 25, 2025 35 min

Mandala Murders Review: Vaibhav Raj Gupta Breaks His Gullak & Joins Vaani Kapoor In An Epic World — Mandala Murders Review: Vaibhav Raj Gupta & Vaani Kapoor Aim For Stars But Land On Moon! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Mandala Murders Review: Star Rating:

Cast: Vaani Kapoor, Vaibhav Raj Gupta, Surveen Chawla, and ensemble

Creator: Gopi Puthran

Director: Gopi Puthran & Manan Rawat

Streaming On: Netflix

Language: Hindi

Runtime: 8 episodes of 40 minutes each

Have you ever appreciated someone way too much just because they dared to be different? Well, this entire piece will be that appreciation post because in a world where we are celebrating anything that is above average (IYKYK), we get a web series on a spicy Friday afternoon, when one is in all spirit to dive into the weekend mode but Mandala Murders arrive to play with that mood but leaving you with a satisfied session of binge!

The web series is dark with a gritty premise and promises psychological depth. And in all probability, it will be your next binge-watch obsession. But does it truly deliver what it has promised? Well, absolutely yes, without a doubt!

Mandala Murders Review: What’s It About:

Mandala Murders takes you into the darkest corners of myth meets fiction in a world that is almost real but feels too delusional to believe. The story of Mandala Murders goes way beyond where a woman (Shriya Pilgaonkar), called Chudail by the villagers, tries to make her experiment with some strange body parts successful, which could make a deity. But the experiment is stopped by the villagers, with everyone being burnt alive!

Story moves forward many many years later when murders start happening in Charandaspur. All these murders connect dots to an age old conspiracy. All the murders point to a Mandala art, and the protagonists, Vaani Kapoor and Vaibhav Raj Gupta, start decoding these Mandalas.

Mandala Murders Review: What Works:

From the first frame, Mandala Murders establishes a truly unsettling atmosphere. The visuals are at times impossible to look at if you are not a brave hearted one but all of them beautifully yet disturbingly complement the plotline. It’s visually arresting, even when it’s unsettling.

Gopi Puthran, Anurag Goswami, and Matt Graham’s screenplay, along with Avinash Dwivedi and Chirag Garg’s additional screenplay, is brilliant to begin with! As the story proceeds and the backstories interconnect, the web series becomes a desirable binge-watch! No matter how disturbing the world is! The core concept of the show, following a series of murders linked to a ‘yantra’ and a coin that grants your wishes in return for a thumb, creates an intrigue that steals the show in the beginning itself! The initial episodes do a brilliant job of hooking you in, presenting a puzzle that feels genuinely unique and disturbing.

Mandala Murders Review: Star Performance:

The lead cast of Mandala Murders is brilliant. Vaibhav Raj Gupta breaks his Gullak image to join a very powerful Vaani Kapoor. Vaibhav emotes in scenes while he connects to the trauma of his past. A lost mother, a dead brother, and a girlfriend in a coma. Vaani Kapoor plays along with her inner demons, making sure that she picks the direction of the entire plot very right! Surveen Chawla as the local political leader struggles a bit. Probably because her accent feels to rehearsed as the leader.

Mandala Murders Review: What Doesn’t Work:

Mandala Murders comes along with its flaws. There are a lot of threads left untangled as the protagonists try to decode the mandals and we configure out the connections between the demon, the god, the vardaan, and the sacrifices. However, each and every thread that is solved is so chilling and captivating that the flaws get overlooked!

Mandala Murders Review: Last Words:

Honestly, when I saw the trailer of the web series, I was sure this was something worth watching! But I did not imagine that this web series would directly land on the moon while aiming for the stars! It is a brilliantly done epic that needs a season 2 ASAP.

4 stars!

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