Kull – The Legacy Of The Raisinghs Review: Nimrat Kaur, Ridhi Dogra And Amol Parashar Star In A Courtroom Drama With Familiar Hues
Title: Kull – The Legacy of the Raisingghs
Director: Sahir Raza
Cast: Nimrat Kaur, Ridhi Dogra, Amol Parashar, Gaurav Arora, Rohit Tiwari, and Rahul Vohra
Where: Streaming on JioHotstar
Rating: 3 Stars
In this series, there’s something deliciously ironic about watching a royal family implode in real-time—within the magnificent halls of a Rajasthani palace that echoes more with betrayal than with history. This eight-episode saga is less about legacy and more about lineage in freefall. It is less royal reckoning and more a regal reboot of domestic melodrama.
The series opens with a classic Agatha Christie-esque flourish—a corpse in the palace pool, secrets soaking the rugs, and a patriarch who may or may not have been murdered. Chandra Pratap Raisinggh (Rahul Vohra), the Alzheimer-afflicted monarch, spends his final days suspecting his kin of plotting against him, and frankly, one can’t blame him. This clan wouldn’t blink twice before slipping poison into their pot of lassi.
The heirs of this dubious throne are a delightful mix of Machiavellian ambition and garden-variety dysfunction. There’s Brij (Gaurav Arora), the illegitimate son, brooding like a misplaced Byronic hero. Rani Indrani (Nimrat Kaur), the demure daughter with a spine of steel, ensures the CM’s chair is her hereditary right. Kavya (Riddhi Dogra), the practical one, is torn between salvaging the palace through hotelier partnerships and salvaging her crumbling marriage. And Yuvraj Abhimanyu (Amol Parashar) is a portrait of princely decay—addicted, indebted, and equipped with a wit as sharp as his downfall is imminent.
Their motives are as layered as a baklava—sweetened with secrets, spiced with ambition, and wrapped in centuries of class privilege. And yet, for all its promise of psychological complexity, the series stumbles at the altar of execution. The narrative often feels like it’s playing Cluedo in slow motion. Red herrings abound, but not all of them are cooked well. Plot twists arrive with much ceremony but little coherence (a blood-soaked bed without explanation? Even the ghosts must be shrugging).
Still, credit where it’s due. The visual palette is rich and immersive—opulent palatial corridors shadowed by family secrets. Episodes 7 and 8 finally tighten the noose of intrigue and offer moments of genuine tension. But by then, viewers have already learned to lower their expectations and enjoy the melodrama for what it is—palace intrigue wrapped in old soap.
The performances are the glue. Nimrat Kaur’s Rani Indrani is a commanding presence—half politician, half mother-India avatar. Riddhi Dogra brings depth to a character who could’ve easily been reduced to a pawn, while Amol Parashar’s charming petulance as the wayward prince adds unexpected zing. One wishes the writing had matched their energy instead of rehashing themes like greedy or ambitious heirs, secret affairs, and political backstabbing as if the wheel had never been invented.
Overall, Kull is a legacy drama that borrows heavily from its predecessors—be it Shakespeare, soap operas, or star-studded family feuds. It’s compelling, if not coherent; stylish, if not sharp. Or, as the Yuvraj quips in his moment of accidental wisdom: “Bade bade palaces mein choti choti galatiyaan hoti hain, guys.” Precisely. Pass the popcorn, and don’t ask about the blood.
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