Hundred is an Indian action comedy series starring Lara Dutta and Rinku Rajguru in lead roles which is directed by Ruchi Narain, Ashutosh Shah and Taher Shabbir streaming from April 25, 2020 on Hotstar's label Hotstar Specials.
Contents
Premise
Netra Patil (Rinku Rajguru) learns that she has only hundred days left to live because of her terminal illness meets an ambitious ACP Saumya Shukla (Lara Dutta) and becomes an undercover agent. The duo tries to accomplish their goals in the next hundred days. The series contains suspense, emotional rollercoasters, action scenes, and subtle comedy too.
Cast
Lara Dutta as Soumya Shukla, the ambitious ACP who wants to be like James Bond but ends up being treated as "Downgraded Cop" by her department.
Rinku Rajguru as Netra Patil, a woman with many dreams who was forced to re-evaluate her life, as she found out that she can only live for one hundred days.
Karan Wahi as Manohar Dahiya alias Maddy
Sudhanshu Pandey as Pravin Shukla, Soumya's husband
Parmeet Sethi as Anshuman Goswami
Rajeev Siddhartha as Shantanu Jha
Jayant Gadekar as Diwakar Asole
Rohini Hattangadi
Makarand Deshpande as Satyendra Ahir alias Sattu Uncle
Arun Nalawade
Taher Shabbir
Suyash Zunjurke
Sushil Kumar as Sumit
Production
The series was filmed in location and around Mumbai. Dutta expressed she chose the part because she hasn't portrayed cop in her career and Rajguru debuting in webspace expressed that she chose the part as bindaas Marathi mulgi in which she came to portray something different in each episode.
Release
The series was released on April 25, 2020 by Hotstar on its label Hotstar Specials.
Promotion
The first look and the trailer were released on April 21, 2020, revealing the release date by Hotstar.
Reception
Divyanshi Sharma, in her review for India Today, said that "In all, despite a few hiccups, the show is an entertaining ride and deserves to be on your watch-list this weekend". Nandini Ramnath writing for, Scroll.in, said that "the show belongs to Lara and Rinku despite of its flaws". Saibal Chatterjee writing for NDTV said that "Lara Dutta and Rinku Rajguru hold Hundred together with consistent performances. Rajguru is full of beans, Dutta is steady and sedate.", giving 2.5 out of 5 stars.