Shodha on OTT: Pawan Kumar-led suspense thriller the remake of THIS Hindi series?

Shodha on OTT: Netizen points out similarities between Shodha and a Hindi series starring Sharib Hashmi, Anupriya Goenka, and Aamir Dalvi, which is on the same platform

Pawan Kumar in Shodha

Shodha is a 6-episode Kannada suspense thriller series dropping on Z5 (via OTTplay Premium too) on August 29, 2025, with actor-filmmaker Pawan Kumar in the lead. Directed by Sunil Mysooru, based on a script by Suhas Navarathna, the show, according to the trailer, follows Pawan’s character Rohit, whose wife Meera goes missing, but when she returns, he is not convinced that Meera (Siri Ravikumar) is who she claims she is. Is Meera an imposter, or is Rohit experiencing trauma related memory-loss? That is at the core of the series. which also stars Saptami Gowda, Arun Sagar and Anusha Ranganath, among others.

Shodha the remake of Khoj-Parchaiyo Ke Uss Paar?

When the trailer of Shodha came out, the first impression was that the premise seemed familiar, be it the missing wife, or the memory loss bit. And now, an eagle-eyed netizen has pointed out that the feeling is not unfounded. The claim is that Shodha is the Kannada remake of the 2024 Hindi series Khoj - Parchaiyo Ke Uss Paar, a 7-episode mystery thriller directed by Prabal Baruah, starring Sharib Hashmi, Anupriya Goenka, and Aamir Dalvi.

Khoj - Parchaiyo Ke Uss Paar follows Ved, whose wife Meera goes missing, and how he then believes that the woman who returns claiming to be Meera, is an imposter. As he tries to figure out the truth about Meera, Ved begins to question his own sanity. Does sound similar, right? What’s interesting is that the Hindi series is also available on Z5.

Also read: Khoj - Parchaiyon Ke Uss Paar Review: Sharib Hashmi and Anupriya Goenka's thriller series misses the mark with its incoherent narrative

In a conversation with Pawan, who also served as ‘script doctor’ on the show, OTTplay had addressed the issue of familiarity in the concept of Shodha and he’d said, “Apparently, there is a very old story that came out on BBC, which, I haven’t seen or read, but when I got the script, I had asked the team how original it was. I was told that this BBC story had been adapted over time in many languages. One of the inspirations is from there. But what we cracked when Suhas wrote it was that it was more an adaptation than based on the original. Then, when it came to me, we changed a lot more and it has found its own originality.”

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FAQs

Q. Who is the director of Shodha?

A. Sunil Mysuru, who made the Kannada film Orchestra Mysuru earlier, is the director of Shodha.

Q. When and where will Shodha stream?

A. The 6-episode Shodha is coming to Z5 on August 29. It is a suspense thriller with Pawan Kumar in the lead.

Q. Who is on the cast of Shodha?

A. Shodha stars Pawan Kumar, Siri Ravikumar, Arun Sagar, Anusha Ranganath and Saptami Gowda, among others.

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