Jamtara

Image Source : FILE Woman tries ordering scotch whisky online, fell into trap of cyber criminals A 32-year-old woman, who was residing in Gurgaon reported a cybercrime, which made her lose Rs 33000 while ordering scotch whiskey online from a site. The primary investigation has indicated that the cybercriminals were operating from Rajasthan's Bharatpur, area of Nuh…

Jamtara season 2 — out now on Netflix — is an idea looking for a story. The returning director Soumendra Padhi and his new writers' team of newcomer Kanishka, and Ashwin Verman (Cookiees) know where they want some of their characters to end up, but they take the most mundane route to it. Through its eight-episode run, no one from Sunny (Sparsh Shrivastava) to Rocky (Anshumaan Pushkar) goes on any journey while they are headed to their destination. Just as with the first season, Jamtara's second season is too plot-driven.…

Jamtara season 2 — out Friday on Netflix — ups the ante with bigger phishing scams, as our trio of protagonists head into a political conflict. With the local elections fast approaching, returning director Soumendra Padhi weaves a detailed take on the cybercrime operations in Jharkhand, through endless hours of research. The new season is expected to take a character-driven approach, with our heroes' morality and intentions being put to the test. One such candidate is Gudiya (Monika Panwar), who decides to face off…

Jamtara season 2 trailer is here. Following the release date announcement last week, Netflix unveiled a new trailer for Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega's sophomore run. The highly-anticipated series, which is based on true events, returns with “bigger, more dangerous scams.” The upcoming season of Jamtara weaves in old rivalries with new characters, as the Jamtara local elections fast approach. Gudiya Mondal (Monika Panwar) is one such contender, facing off against the corrupt politician Brajesh Bhaan (Amit Sial). Jamtara…

Jamtara season 2 trailer is coming very soon. Netflix India announced Wednesday that the official trailer for the true-crime-inspired series Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega's sophomore run will be out tomorrow, ahead of its release on September 23. Soumendra Padhi returns to direct the latest chapter from a script penned by Trishant Srivastava — part writer on season 1. With the local elections on the horizon, stakes get higher for the trio, Sunny (Sparsh Shrivastav), Rocky (Anshumaan Pushkar), and Gudiya (Monika Panwar), as…

Netflix has announced five Indian originals for September 2022 — the most we've seen in a while. Phishing expands on Jamtara season 2, as bigger players and bigger scams make their way into the Jharkhand city. With stakes raised due to the upcoming elections, politicians try to control phishing but phishing ends up controlling politics. Jamtara season 2 drops all episodes September 23 on Netflix. A few weeks earlier on September 2, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives brings back the titular women in Maheep Kapoor, Bhavana…

Jamtara season 2 finally has a release date: September 23. Netflix India announced early Wednesday that the true-crime-inspired crime series Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega will return for a sophomore run next month. In Jamtara season 2, the stakes grow higher for Sunny (Sparsh Shrivastav) and Gudiya (Monika Panwar) as they push themselves deeper into the world of phishing and cyber-crime. With elections on the horizon, the politicians — including Brajesh Bhaan (Amit Sial) — try to control phishing, but phishing ends up…

In the span of two years between April 2015 and March 2017, police from 12 Indian states reportedly made 23 journeys to the Jharkhand district of Jamtara, some six hours by road from the state capital of Ranchi. They did so to investigate cybercrimes — primarily phishing, or rather vishing, a portmanteau of voice and phishing — that were emanating from one of the most underdeveloped districts, which at the height of its infamy in 2017, buoyed by the effects of demonetisation, was responsible for 80 percent of them by…