Khakee: The Bihar Chapter
Genre	Crime Action Thriller
Created by	Neeraj Pandey
Written by	Neeraj Pandey
Directed by	Bhav Dhulia
Starring	Karan Tacker Avinash Tiwary Abhimanyu Singh Jatin Sarna Ravi Kishan Ashutosh Rana Nikita Dutta Shraddha Das Anup Soni
Composer	Advait Nemlekar
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
Production
Producer	Shital Bhatia
Cinematography	Hari Nair
Editor	Praveen Kathikuloth
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Friday Storytellers
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	November 25, 2022 (2022-11-25) – present

Khakee: The Bihar Chapter is an Indian crime thriller streaming television series created and written by Neeraj Pandey.^[1] Produced by Shital Bhatia, under Friday Storytellers.^[2] It stars Karan Tacker, Avinash Tiwary, Abhimanyu Singh, Brijeshwar Singh Jatin Sarna, Ravi Kishan, Ashutosh Rana, Nikita Dutta, Aishwarya Sushmita, Anup Soni, Shraddha Das, Neeraj Kashyap and Bharat Jha.^[3]

The series premiered on Netflix on 25 November 2022.^[4]

Plot

This series is based in Sheikhpura district, Nalanda district and Patna district. Chandan Mahato, who was actually Pintu Mahato in real life,^[5][6] is a member of Ashok Mahto gang, which has been active in Nalanda and Sheikhpura for many years. The story is about how Sheikhpura IPS Amit Lodha brings the Ashok Mahto gang to justice, while navigating his own personal issues.^[7][8][9]

Cast

• Karan Tacker as SP Amit Lodha IPS
• Avinash Tiwary as Chandan Mahto
• Abhimanyu Singh as SHO Ranjan Kumar
• Brijeshwar Singh as New SHO Rajeev Soni
• Aditi Singh as Ruby Kumari, Sahu's wife
• Jatin Sarna as Dilip “Chawanprash” Sahu
• Ravi Kishan as Abhyuday Singh
• Ashutosh Rana as IG Mukteshwar Chaubey IPS
• Sushil Kumar as ASI Satyaprakash, the mutton guy
• Ashit Kumar as Informer
• Nikita Dutta as Tanu Lodha, Amit's wife
• Aishwarya Sushmita as Meeta Devi, Sahu's wife
• Neeraj Kashyap as Constable Shiv Ram
• Anup Soni as DIG Sudhir Paswan
• Shraddha Das as Saumya Mukherjee
• Amit Anand Raut
• Kali Prasad Mukherjee as Ravinder Mukhiya
• Vinay Pathak as Sri Ujjiyaar Prasad, former CM of Bihar
• Naval Shukla as Sri Sarvesh Kumar, CM of Bihar
• Sanjay Pandey as SHO Kanhaiya Bharadwaj
• Susheel Singh as Bharat “Bharta” Yadav
• Bharat Jha as SI Ajit Kumar
• Vijay Kumar Dogra as Jaiswal
• Meenakshi Chugh as DGP’wife

Episodes

Production

Development

The series was announced in October 2022,^[11] and teaser of the series was released on 28 October 2022.^[12] The official trailer was released on 5 November 2022.^[13] The series was renewed for a second season in August 2023.^[14]

Casting

Karan Tacker was cast in the titular role,^[15] and was joined by Avinash Tiwary as the other lead.^[16]