Taskaree : The Smuggler’s Web (lit. ‘Smuggling : The Smuggler’s Web’ ). It is an Indian Hindi language superhit crime thriller TV series. Created by Neeraj Pandey. Written by Neeraj Panday, Vipul K. Rawal. Directed by Neeraj Panday, Raghav M. Jairath, B. A. Fida. Starring Emraan Hashmi, Sharad Kelkar, Amruta Khanwilkar, Zoya Afroz, Nandish Sandhu & Anurag Sinha.
The series follows an Indian Customs Service team stationed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport as they combat an international smuggling syndicate.
It released on Netflix on 14 Jan.2026. It opened to positive reviews from critics with praise for it’s performances.
It became the first Indian series of reach number one on Netflix’s global non English TV list. It achieved 5.4 million views while tracking ahead of the Korean rom com ‘Can This Love be translated?’
Risha Ganguli of ‘Times Now’ gave 3.5/5 stars. She wrote ‘Strong performances by Emraan Hashmi & Sharad Kelkar especially keeps it engaging’. Titas Chowdhary of ‘News 18’ also gave 3.5/5 stars.
Bollywood Hungama gave 3/5 stars. Lachmi Deb of ‘Firstpost gave 3/5 stars. She wrote ‘Once you start watching, you would n’t feel like giving it up! Wait till the end because that is the real twist of the show. Not for a minute are you going to be bored’.
I share the sentiment. But I need to give more stars. I enjoyed it.
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