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What is Hundred about?
Netra Patil (Rinku Rajguru), a census-department employee, is told she has a terminal brain tumour and about a hundred days to live. ACP Saumya Shukla (Lara Dutta) is a police officer frustrated by sexism at work and the lack of recognition for her abilities. Saumya recruits Netra as an informer, joining Netra’s desire to make the most of the time she has with Saumya’s ambition to solve high-profile cases. The result is an odd-couple police comedy with mortality and workplace discrimination running beneath the cases.
The first season has eight episodes. Ruchi Narain, Ashutosh Shah and Taher Shabbir directed the series; Narain, Shah and Abhishek Dubey are credited as writers. April 2020 reviews described it as a Hotstar Specials/Disney+ Hotstar series, which establishes its release-era association but not where it can be streamed now. Scroll.in and NDTV provide the episode and production context.
Why the lead pairing works
Netra and Saumya approach the partnership from opposite directions. Netra’s diagnosis gives her a reason to throw herself into experiences she might once have avoided; Saumya sees an opportunity to get closer to consequential cases and prove herself in a workplace that undervalues her. Their motives give the familiar buddy-cop setup a personal edge, while their different temperaments supply much of the comedy.
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Dutta and Rajguru are the season’s most reliable asset. Critics repeatedly singled out the contrast between the characters and the actors’ performances: Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express saw an engaging odd-couple foundation, while Saibal Chatterjee at NDTV praised the consistent performances and the way the actors complement each other. Nandini Ramnath at Scroll.in also responded to the characters’ flaws, feistiness and the performers’ willingness to play against type. The chemistry gives the show momentum when its cases do not.
Where the cases and themes lose momentum
The premise asks the series to balance police work, comedy, a terminal-illness story and a critique of gendered workplace barriers. That mix can be lively, but the components do not always reinforce one another. The casework can feel repetitive or implausible, and the escalating stakes sometimes demand more credibility than the show establishes. The gender and mortality strands, meanwhile, are present without always receiving much complexity.
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That unevenness shapes the viewing experience. Gupta objected to repetitive casework and implausibility; The Indian Express’s Ananda Vikram Jain cited sluggish pacing and a script that weakens the binge. Chatterjee found the series entertaining but uneven, while Ramnath felt its rising stakes outstripped what it could convincingly sustain. The criticism is less that the central idea lacks appeal than that the writing does not consistently make its many tones and plot turns cohere.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Is Hundred worth watching?
Yes, if the appeal is a lively, imperfect partnership and the performances carrying it. Dutta and Rajguru make Saumya and Netra worth spending time with, and the comic energy offers a lighter route into the show’s themes. Go in expecting a loose police-comedy season rather than a carefully plotted procedural: the casework and pacing vary, and the serious strands are handled simply. Two April 2020 reviews, by Gupta and Chatterjee, each rated the series 2.5 out of 5: The Indian Express and NDTV.
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