Adrishya: Undercover Stories of Indian Spies

Season: 1

In battles won and wars lost, there are many lives claimed regardless of the victor. It's not easy to face the perils of warfare even as a trained soldier. Discover the life of the best Indian spies, living through the danger, fear, triumphs and captures.

Documentary

1Mon, Aug 12, 2024

Jeevsiddhi

Chanakya had a vision for a united country that could fight big foreign forces. He enlists Jeevsiddhi, who enters the innermost circles of Rakshasa’s court, and attempts to turn an enemy of the state into one of its most powerful ministers.

2Tue, Aug 13, 2024

Bahirji Naik

Shivaji’s army’s head was its chief intelligence officer, Bahirji Naik, a tribal warrior who was chosen to lead by Shivaji himself. Bahirji Naik, the master of disguises, has managed to silently sink into the pages of history.

3Tue, Aug 13, 2024

Noor Inayat Khan

Discover Noor Inayat Khan, who grew up in the midst of the growing Sufi movement in Europe. Noor walks into the most dangerous post in all of Paris – that of the sole link between the rebel groups of France and their support system in England.

4Tue, Aug 13, 2024

Kacha

Kacha’s story is from a time when both gods and demons were mortal, existing as warring tribes. Kacha ventures into enemy territory, and his life to fulfill his promises to the gods.

5Tue, Aug 13, 2024

Aziz Un Nisa

Discover Aziz Un Nisa: a woman who starts out as a spy, attending parties and passing information about her British patrons to the rebels, sheltering the rebels and even actively participating in the planning of the uprising.

6Tue, Aug 13, 2024

Ravindra Kaushik

Known as the Black Tiger in the intelligence agencies of India, Ravindra Kaushik was sent to Pakistan as a double agent at the age of 22. With a new identity, he became part of the army and discovered the core planning strategies of the military regime.

7Tue, Aug 13, 2024

Saraswati Rajamani

Saraswati Rajamani – Netaji’s Spy: Born to a wealthy Indian family in Burm. At a young age, Saraswati decided that for India to be truly independent, force would be required and the perpetrators of injustice must be made to pay for their crimes.

8Tue, Aug 13, 2024

Durga Bhabhai

Durga Bhabhi, is best known for having traveled undercover with Bhagat Singh when the British police were on the lookout for him in relation to the murder of Saunders.

9Tue, Aug 27, 2024

Chand Bardai

Chand Bardai- The Poet Spy: A court poet, a jester, and a master of disguises, Chand Bardai served under Prithviraj Chauhan, the king of the Hindu Chauhan dynasty that ruled over Ajmer and Delhi.

10Fri, Sep 27, 2024

Ksn & Kao

While still in its earliest days, Kao and KSN managed to put together a brilliant team of men who were trained in guerrilla warfare and weakened the presence of West Pakistan soldiers in Bangladesh.

11Tue, Aug 27, 2024

Sharan Kaur

Sharan Kaur- The Warrior Spy: Sharni was an 18-year-old Hindu girl living in the North West frontier province. After being kidnapped on her wedding day, she later became a Khalsa warrior and a shrewd spy.

12Tue, Sep 03, 2024

Ajit Doval

Discover Operation: Black Thunder and how the head of operations of the Intelligence Bureau, Ajit Doval, posed as an ISI agent, and entered the Harminder Sahib and is known to have lived with the enemy for over two months.

13Tue, Aug 27, 2024

Amar Bhushan

Discover Amar Bhushan, once the number two man of R&AW, handling the counter espionage unit of the intelligence agency began to suspect that a member of the agency was passing information to the CIA.