Trial By Fire

The seven-episode Netflix series is based on a book by protagonists Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, a couple who lost both their teenage children in the fire ...

Across the series, there are echoes of a country in the choppy throes of globalization. Perhaps it’s only fitting that she’s the heart in the heartbreak of Trial by Fire – a story about long-form smoke rebelling against short-form fires. It might have also punctured the chaos of a moment that was years – of systemic failure, of post-colonial capitalism, of corporate myth-building – in the making. The concept of being a victim, then, is determined by the weakness of being human. It is, for lack of a better term, a long-form performance defying the frills of a short-form one. (Except for the one phase where Shekhar ‘strays’ and seeks solace in the boozy company of a college mate). Similarly, the only sign of the couple having a job comes in the first five minutes of the series, before the tragedy. It manages to be ‘engaging’ as a story without compromising on the tedium of the fight. It cuts out a lot of sensationalism and external noise, and therefore, a lot of narrative crutches. There’s a debt-riddled hustler (Shardul Bhardwaj from , 2019) who is revealed to be one of the careless Uphaar employees at the screening. Dutta’s Border, a violent war blockbuster that celebrates the ideas of sacrifice and state-sponsored killing in pursuit of glory. The void is nameless; the perpetrator is everybody and nobody.

The impact of the series is that the fire isn't its highlight. Prashant Nair has shown the relentless struggle of the Krishnamoorthys with conviction.

“The challenge comes from the fact that the story is real and not a figment of someone’s imagination,” says Abhay Deol. Rajshri Deshpande and Abhay Deol play Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy with such conviction that it blurs the line between reality and art. Netflix’s Trial By Fire, directed by Prashant Nair, brings to life not just the horror of the 1997 Uphaar Cinema fire but also the harrowing 24-year-long legal fight that followed it.

The impact is enhanced manifold by a performance of stupendous power from Rajshri Deshpande as Neelam Krishnamoorthy, who has been at the forefront of the ...

Most of the scenes that Tailang is in are filmed by cinematographer Saumyanand Sahi in long uninterrupted takes that weave patterns around the man's cramped home and its immediate environs, creating a sense of a trap without an exit chute. Another significant layer in Trial by Fire is provided by the gender dynamics that are at play. It points to the shocking culture of callousness and impunity that informs the way public facilities are often run in this country of a billion-plus people. The script adopts a consistently solemn tone to convey the magnitude of the Krishnamoorthy's loss and sorrow. A heart-rending real-life story waiting to be told for more than two decades is finally here in the form of a Netflix series directed by Prashant Nair and Randeep Jha. The tragedy occurred 26 years ago and the subsequent court proceedings have been in the news off and on.

Ansal is one of the accused in the tragedy, which led to the death of 59 people in Delhi's Uphaar Cinema in 1997. The series stars Abhay Deol and Rajshri ...

A slothful or sluggish plaintiff seeking an injunction of the nature which is sought in these proceedings cannot be allowed to claim such reliefs,” the court said. Ansal is one of the accused in the tragedy, which led to the death of 59 people in Delhi’s Uphaar Cinema in 1997. The Delhi High Court has rejected real estate baron Sushil Ansal’s plea seeking a stay on the Netflix show Trial by Fire, which is based on the Uphaar fire tragedy.

The Netflix series about the Uphaar cinema fire is based on the book by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy.

Trial By Fire is also a tribute to the investigators who did not sell out and uncovered the facts. The tragedy of the survivors – caught in stark close-ups – is heart-rending. With sheer persistence, they get a few people to form the Association of the Victims of Uphaar Fire Tragedy – their “army,” which stays united all the years that it takes to fight the case under the guidance of the lawyer KT Tulsi (Kuljeet Singh). And yet, in 1997, a group of people fought a legal battle for a quarter of a century to demand accountability from those who were responsible for the fire at the Uphaar cinema in Delhi. But it is the devastated face of a man who lost all seven members of his family, including a month-old baby, which shakes up the viewer. Fifty-nine people died and many more were injured when a faulty transformer started a fire in the theatre during an afternoon show of Border.

A day before it is to release, web series 'Trial By Fire' got a go-ahead from the Delhi High Court as it refused to grant an interim stay in a suit moved by ...

The series is based on the 1997 Uphaar Cinema tragedy. The suit stated that the `impugned series` is said to be based on true events pertaining to the tragic fire that took place on June 13, 1997, at Uphaar Cinema in Green Park, New Delhi. On June 13, 1997, a fire broke out in the erstwhile Uphaar Cinema at Green Park, New Delhi, in which 59 people lost their lives and over 100 were injured. He approaches only on January 10 when we are scheduled to release the series on January 13, 2023." It is well settled that negligence excludes mens rea and therefore, to call Ansal, a `murderer` and a killer in the `Impugned series.`"Book is grossly defamatory and wilfully false," Advocate Siddharth Aggarwal said.Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa appeared for Upahar Tragedy Victims Association opposed the suit and said, "When the book was published, an application was filed in the Apex Court that they shouldn`t be allowed to travel abroad. On January 4, when the official trailer was released the plaintiff didn`t approach the court.

A massive fire had broken out at the Uphaar cinema during the screening of the Hindi film 'Border' on June 13, 1997, claiming 59 lives.

Justice [Yashwant Varma](/topic/yashwant-varma)denied the interim relief to [Ansal](/topic/ansal)and said a detailed order will be uploaded on the court's website later. [Trafigura Sells Nayara Stake to Hara](/epaper/delhicapital/2023/jan/12/et-front/trafigura-sells-nayara-stake-to-hara/articleshow/96921623.cms) [DRI Issues Show Cause Notice to Samsung India](/epaper/delhicapital/2023/jan/12/et-front/dri-issues-show-cause-notice-to-samsung-india/articleshow/96921630.cms)

Netflix series Trial By Fire has come out today. Featuring Abhay Deol and Rajshri Deshpande in lead roles, the series reminds the audience of the tragic ...

One of the breakthrough cases of civil compensation law in India was filed by them and won rupees 25 crores as compensation but later with a Supreme Court order the amount was The smoke got in the whole building and the DVB got alerted about the situation and the energy supply was stopped which automatically stopped the screening. It also reminded the Indian audience of the tragic death of several people at the Uphaar Cinema in Delhi in 1997. Like today, in 1997 it was June 13 on a Friday when the film Border was screening at the theatres. They brought back the electric supply to the building by 11 am that morning but it is said that the work they did was shoddy and did not completely resolve the issue. It is produced by Endemol Shine India and House of Talkies and stars some remarkable actors like Rajshri Deshpande, Abhay Deol, Ashish Vidyarthi, Rajesh Tailang, Ratna Pathak, Anupam Kher, Shardul Bharadwaj and Shilpa Shukla.

What works for Trial By Fire is Rajshri Deshpande's and Abhay Deol's portrayal of the distraught parents who struggled and toiled for justice for over two ...

And it is also not properly shown how in the end, the court disregarded this to convict the Ansal brothers. Although, the end could have been a little less abrupt. It has so many time-jumps that it loses the viewer after a point. Captain Bhinder gave up his life and those of his wife and four-year-old son in order to save over 150 others. However, the characters simply turn out to be helpless victims. When they are introduced in the fifth episode, you think they are loosely based on the life of Captain Manjinder Singh Bhinder and his family.

Trial By Fire review: The best part of the series is the steadiness it manages to instil even in the most sorrowful faces. No loud chest-beating hysteria, ...

I was in Uphaar that day for the 12 o clock show of ‘Border’, and went off to another film in another part of Delhi: for me, it was just another Friday with back-to-back films. What stays with you is their dignity, despite the occasional, much-deserved outburst , all the more moving because of their quietness: the best part of the series is the steadiness it manages to instil even in the most sorrowful faces. The hiding of it from each other, the inevitable discovery of it, the laying of the plates, the cutting of the slice, the shaky acknowledgement that it is terrible (a bilious green concoction with a red cricket ball and green field), and the comforting of each other, is all done in felt silence. He is clearly a hitman in the employ of a firm who is in turn owned by the Ansals, and you wonder how much of his sinister character was true. There’s also a mysterious dry fruits exporter, played by Ashish Vidyarthi, who goes about threatening the victims and offering them cash inducements to stay away from AVUT ( Association of the Victims of the Uphaar Tragedy). [FIR](https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/everyday-explainers/fir-cognizable-offence-ipc-explained-7780266/) for the longest time, the uncaring officials of the state, the owners of the theatre, Sushil and Gopal Ansal, ‘who own half of [Delhi](https://indianexpress.com/section/cities/delhi/)’, the big law firms who refused to touch the case.

Given Netflix India's success with the crime anthology Indian Predator (for good or for worse), the Uphaar Cinema tragedy of 1997 could have been turned ...

In this sense, Luperchio and Nair have shown great restraint at choosing what to explore in this tragedy that affected hundreds of people in Delhi. Tailang plays a technician who is tasked with checking the transformer that started the fire in an establishment that already didn’t have a good track record with security checks. With its acting and direction hardly getting tonedeaf, the respect for the real-life victims seems genuine in this Netflix original. Based on the book by couple Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy (who lost their children to the fire), the series could have played out as a sensationalist battle of good versus evil. With such a premise and all the media attention it generated, Trial By Fire showrunners Kevin Luperchio and Prashant Nair still maintain enough sensitivity and nuance to tell this story instead of resorting to blatant shock value and tear-inducing sentimentality. This sense of cynicism isn’t lost on the audiences at all even on the other end of the spectrum.

The seven-episode Netflix series is based on a book by protagonists Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, a couple who lost both their teenage children in a ...

Time is a ghost in the series; its passing is felt, rarely seen. The void is nameless; the perpetrator is everybody and nobody. The seven-episode Netflix series is based on a book by protagonists Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, a couple who lost both their teenage children in a fire that spread through South Delhi’s Uphaar Cinema..

Cast: Rajshri Deshpande, Abhay Deol, Ashish Vidyarthi, Shilpa Shukla, Anupam Kher, Ratna Pathak Shah, Shardul Bharadwaj & ensemble. Creator: Kevin Luperchio & ...

The first thing that he has to do is shed all the vanity he is known for on Instagram and be an actor who is vulnerable. Rajshri Deshpande is a performer that is blessed with the art of being minimal but conveying the maximum. Trial By Fire is difficult to watch if you are sensitive but a very important conversation. While everything is as immersive as it can be, there are two half baked story lines that serve the purpose but don’t really fit into the puzzle in an organic way. The tone of the show is as dark as it gets because the writing decides to enter multiple houses that have lost their members and also the houses of the ones responsible. Abhay Deol has a character that is supposed to grieve and yet hold the castle from falling too. The corrupt hierarchy of the government offices, or just the lack of empathy in the social DNA. This is one of the toughest casting coupes one can pull off. Based on the book by same name written by Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy , the Netflix show is a haunting immersive visual retelling of the tragic incident and the aftermath where the parents are fighting for two and a half decade to give their dead children justice and also make sure nothing of this nature happens ever again. The carelessness of the people in power. There is heartache, grief, and the search for redemption, but on top of that there is hope that never dies. Uphaar cinema had a technical malfunction in the morning but they sabotaged it with minor repairs.

Trial by Fire, starring Rajshri Deshpande and Abhay Deol in the lead role, is based on the real-life Uphaar cinema tragedy which took place in 1997.

We are grateful to Netflix for being such courageous partners in telling this story." The scenes were terrible.— Rajeshwari 🇮🇳 (@matkewali) It's a gripping series on an unfortunate tragedy (uphar fire) and the last episode is surely not meant for the faint hearted people. [@AbhayDeol]is such an under-utilised actor in the Indian cinema. [#TrialByFire]on [@NetflixIndia]is one such must watch adaptation. Created by Prashanth Nair and Kevin Luperchio, the series is already out on Netflix.

'Trial By Fire' stars Rajshri Deshpande and Abhay Deol in the lead role. It is streaming on Netflix.

The series doesn't shy away from showing how the accused were trying their best to cover up the tragedy as a mere accident by threatening the family members of the victims and manipulating the evidence. The series starts by showing a regular day for the Krishnamoorthy family but it does not waste any time in showing the horrific tragedy of Uphaar cinema fire. Apart from showing how the family members of the victims are fighting for justice, Trial by Fire shows their trauma in some subtle moments. On June 13, 1997, Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy lost both of their children in the fire that took place in Uphaar Cinema in Delhi during the screening of the Bollywood film 'Border'. A tragic event took place in Delhi in June 1997, and the life of Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy turned upside down. 'Trial By Fire' is the story of a grief-stricken couple who lost their children in the deadly Uphaar Cinema fire and their fight for justice.

On 13 June 1997, 59 people lost their lives and 103 were injured when a massive fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema in Delhi's Green Park.

The case went on for over a decade in the Supreme Court. ThePrint quoted Neelam as saying in her book “Trial by Fire” that the move came as a surprise. The Delhi Police arrested cinema owners – Sushil and Gopal Ansal in Mumbai in July 1997, however, later the case was swiftly transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Even today, the fight for justice goes on with cases of evidence tampering against the Ansals. No public announcement system was in place to alert the viewers about the fire. Indian Express quoted senior advocate Harish Salve, who was appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the Delhi High Court in 2007, “Safety measures, meant for panic situations, were not in place in the ill-fated theatre… Even though the fire was swiftly extinguished, the transformer was harmed, according to Indian Express. Even cars at distance were engulfed in the much larger flames. An electrician quickly repaired it only to open the theatre. On 13 June 1997, 59 people died and 103 were injured as a massive fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema in Delhi’s Green Park. Who thought a day out at the cinema would turn into a nightmare? On 13 June 1997, 59 people lost their lives and 103 were injured when a massive fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema in Delhi’s Green Park.

On June 13, 1997, during a screening of J P Dutta's Border, a massive fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema in Delhi's Green Park. A total of 59 people died of ...

In the darkness of the cinema hall, it took a significant while for viewers to even realise there was a massive fire in the building. In a lengthy legal battle, the victims and family members of the deceased tried to hold the cinema owners liable. A year later, the Delhi High Court upheld the conviction but reduced the sentence to one year. Quoting Martin Luther King Jr, a wall in the memorial reads: “No, no, we are not satisfied and will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.” The initial chargesheet filed by the investigating CBI contained the names of 16 accused, including the owners Sushil and Gopal Ansal. Thus, cars parked even at a distance of no more than a metre from the door of the transformer were also engulfed in the flames. There was also no public announcement system to alert the movie-goers of the fire. the persons, who were getting financial gains from the operation of the cinema, were criminally liable for the lapses.” What followed was a protracted legal battle which tried to hold the owners of the theatre accountable. On January 13, Netflix released a mini-series “Trial by Fire”, based on the synonymous book published in 2016. [The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com) looks back at the tragic incident and the bitter fight for justice that followed. On June 13, 1997, during a screening of J P Dutta’s Border, a massive fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema in Delhi’s Green Park.

Trial By Fire is a grim series by Prashant Nair and Kevin Luperchlo and inspired by the 2016 book, 'Trial By Fire The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire ...

There is small solace in the fact that the parents and families of the 59 victims won the biggest ever civil compensation case against the Ansal Brothers who owned the Uphaar cinema. Trial By Fire is a grim series by Prashant Nair and Kevin Luperchlo and inspired by the 2016 book, ‘Trial By Fire The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire Tragedy’. Abhay Deol as Shekhar, Neelam’s supportive husband displays a quiet dignity as he tries to get parents of other victims to join the couple’s pursuit for justice.

As someone who has been reporting on the fire tragedy since 2016, I can vouch for the sincerity and sensitivity of the makers of the film.

As someone who has been reporting on the fire tragedy since 2016, I can vouch for the sincerity and sensitivity of the makers of the film. Because the truth is worth it.) But the question remains the same. Now, ‘It’ can be a movie, a song, a gadget, or the latest viral trend. So, on this show, we talk about things that happen. It is a gripping story, where episode after episode you feel deeply for the characters and experience their pain and anger.

Trial By Fire is a grim series by Prashant Nair and Kevin Luperchlo and inspired by the 2016 book, 'Trial By Fire The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire ...

There is small solace in the fact that the parents and families of the 59 victims won the biggest ever civil compensation case against the Ansal Brothers who owned the Uphaar cinema. Trial By Fire is a grim series by Prashant Nair and Kevin Luperchlo and inspired by the 2016 book, ‘Trial By Fire The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire Tragedy’. Abhay Deol as Shekhar, Neelam’s supportive husband displays a quiet dignity as he tries to get parents of other victims to join the couple’s pursuit for justice.