Breathe: Into the Shadows
Breathe: Into the Shadows is an Indian crime drama thriller streaming television series created and directed by Mayank Sharma and produced by Abundantia Entertainment for Amazon Prime Video. The series stars Abhishek Bachchan, Amit Sadh, and Nithya Menen in lead roles. All 12 episodes of the series premiered on July 10, 2020. The series was renewed for a second season in October 2021 Synopsis. Dr. Avinash Sabharwal (Bachchan) finds his 6-year-old daughter Siya kidnapped by a masked man. The kidnapper demands that Sabharwal kills a man in order to get his daughter back. In  reality, it is Sabharwal himself who is the masked man, as a result of his multiple personality disorder. Production. The series was officially announced in late 2018, attaching Abhishek Bachchan and Saiyami Kher to star and Amit Sadh from the original series returning as Kabir Sawant. Nithya Menen joined the cast in December 2018. Release. The series premiered on July 10, 2020 on Amazon Prime Video . Reception. Rohan Nahaar writing for "Hindustan Times" called the series "Inept and illogical, [and says] Amazon’s strangest show lets Abhishek Bachchan, Amit Sadh down." Shubhra Gupta writing for "Indian Express" said "Somewhere in  there, in all the roiling and toiling, are the bones of a crackerjack thriller. But this loosely written season 2, bouncing in and out of a kidnapping drama, and the creation and search of a psychotic killer, gets mired in its own muddles, and ends up being plain preposterous." Saibal Chatterjee writing for NDTV called the series "low On oxygen", giving it 1.5 of 5.