The Night Manager stars Anil Kapoor,

Aditya Roy Kapur and Sobhita

Dhulipala,[6][7][8] and Tillotama Shome, Ravi
Behl, Saswata Chatterjee in supporting
roles.[9][10]

Plot
Shantanu 'Shaan' Sengupta, a former
Lieutenant in the Indian Navy, is currently
working as a night manager in a premiere
star hotel in Dhaka, amidst the Rohingya
genocide in 2017. He is approached by
Safina Kidwai, a 14-year-old girl married to
the majority share owner of the star hotel,
Freddie Rehman, to help her escape to
India. Upon his refusal, she steals his
phone and discreetly records a meeting in
Shaan's phone between Shaildendra
'Shelly' Rungta and her Freddy, about
buying and smuggling illegal arms into
Bangladesh. She also takes pictures of the
paperwork and returns the phone to Shaan,
so that he can view everything. Upon
seeing everything, he goes to his friend,
Vikram Bhagwat, of the Indian High
Commission in Dhaka, to share the
information and evidence.

Vikram, in-turn, sends the information to

RAW officer, Lipika Saikia Rao, who is the
in-charge of Bangladesh, in New Delhi. She
has been keeping tabs on Shelly and
believes that the evidence she received
from Safina and Shaan is enough to
officially go after him. She requests Shaan
to keep Safina safe for a night, till she
arrives in Dhaka the next afternoon.
Meanwhile, both Freddie and Shelly come
to know about their meeting being leaked;
Shelly asks Freddie to kill Safina. He, along
with his men, search the entire hotel for
her. Shaan takes Safina to a new wing that
is currently under construction in the star
hotel, for safekeeping. The next day, as he
goes out to get food for Safina, he calls
Lipika to inquire about her current
whereabouts, however, Lipika realizes that
her phone has been bugged and orders
Shaan to hurry back to Safina. He comes
back just as Safina falls to her death from
the wing. Her death is ruled as a suicide by
the local police, who say that she stole
jewelry from the high-profile guests in the
hotel and jumped as she was caught. This
devastates both Shaan and Lipika,
knowing completely well that both Freddie
and Shelly were behind her death. This
prompts Shaan to leave his job.

Two years later, Shaan now lives a

reclusive life in Shimla, working as a night
manager in a star resort. He is constantly
haunted by his failure of not being able to
save Safina back in Dhaka. However, one
day, his superior tells him that Shelly, along
with his associates, is coming to stay in
the resort for a few days. Once they arrive,
Shaan collects strong information, from
the trash in his room, and mails it to Lipika.
Over the course of his stay, Shelly
constantly runs into Shaan. Each time, he
is impressed with Shaan's demeanor. He
even gives his coat to Shaan, as token of
remembrance, as he leaves the resort. The
next day, Shaan is visited by an undercover
Lipika, who has now been demoted to the
archives section of the agency. They both
decide to infiltrate Shelly's syndicate. After
a dramatic set-up orchestrated by Lipika
and her co-worker, Sarang, Shaan is able to
reach Sri Lanka, by posing as an
international runaway, to get close to
Shelly.

He saves his son, Taha, in a fake

kidnapping planned by Lipika. However, to
further make it look real, he purposefully
gets injured. Upon seeing and searching
Shaan, both Shelly and his righ-hand man,
Brij Pal alias BJ, find a Sri Lankan passport
with a different alias, on him. They decide
to take him with them, for his recuperation.
Shaan, as a result, successfully infiltrates
Shelly's gang and succeeds in creating
chaos amongst them. Shaan eventually
finds out that Shelly is on the verge of
bankruptcy and plans to go to Riyadh, to
meet Bargati, an oil baron, with the hopes
of making a deal with him. He also finds
out that he has an Indian partner going by
the alias, Indra Dhanush. Using Shelly's
lawyer, G. V., Lipika plants a set-up in
Riyadh, to get BJ arrested, under
homosexuality, which is banned in the
Middle East. After it is successful, Shelly,
with no other way out, offers Shaan the
CEO position, which was previously
occupied by BJ, for 30 days. Intending to
take him out from the inside, Shaan happily
agrees to the offer.
Cast
Anil Kapoor as Shailendra Rungta, Shelly
Aditya Roy Kapur as Shantanu Sengupta
'Shaan
Sobhita Dhulipala as Kaveri 'K' Dixit,
Shailendra's girlfriend
Tillotama Shome as Lipika Saikia Rao,
RAW Officer
Ravi Behl as Jaiveer 'Jayu' Singh, Shelly's
associate
Rukhsar Rehman as Mrinal Singh,
Jaiveer's wife
Saswata Chatterjee as Brij Pal alias BJ,
Shelly's right-hand man
Varun Shashi Rao as Naren Rao
Anand Vikas Potdukhe as Sarang
Potdukhe
Bagavathi Perumal as D'Silva, Lipika's
contact in Sri Lanka
Jagdish Rajpurohit as Nasser Loshkar,
Shaan's superior in Dhaka
Salim Siddiqui as P. Tiwari, Policeman
Resh Lamba as Freddie Rehman, Shelly's
associate and owner of the star hotel in
Dhaka
Arista Mehta as Safina Kidwai Rehman,
Freddie's wife
 Supriya Shukla as Farzana Kidwai,
Safina's mother
Shrenik Arora as Taha Rungta, Shelly's
son
Joy Sengupta as Danish Khan, Lipika's
superior in the RAW
Akashdeep Sabir
Owais Bhatt
Bhupendra Singh Negi
Vikram Kapadia
Vipul Deshpande

Episodes
Part [a] Season [a] Episodes Originally released

1 4[b] 16 February 2023
1
2 4[b] 30 June 2023
 No. No. in
Title Directed by Written by Original release date
overall season

Shridhar Raghavan,
Sandeep Modi,
1 1 "Zakhm" Akshat Ghildial, 16 February 2023
Priyanka Ghose
Shant anu Srivast ava

Former Indian Navy Lieut enant Shant anu "Shaan" Sengupt a, is current ly working as a night
manager in a premiere st ar hot el in Dhaka, amidst t he Rohingya genocide in 2017. He is
approached by Safina Kidwai, wife of t he majorit y share owner of t he st ar hot el, Freddie
Rehman, t o help her escape t o India. Upon his refusal, she st eals his phone and discreet ly
records a meet ing bet ween Shaildendra "Shelly" Rungt a and Freddy, about buying and smuggling
illegal arms int o Bangladesh. She also t akes pict ures of t he paperwork and ret urns t he phone t o
Shaan, so t hat he can view everyt hing. Upon seeing everyt hing, he cont act his friend, Vikram
Bhagwat , of t he Indian High Commission in Dhaka, t o share t he informat ion and evidence. Vikram,
sends t he informat ion t o RAW officer, Lipika Saikia Rao, who is t he in-charge of Bangladesh, in
New Delhi. She has been keeping t abs on Shelly and believes t hat t he evidence she received
from Safina and Shaan is enough t o officially go aft er him. She request s Shaan t o keep Safina
safe for a night , t ill she arrives in Dhaka t he next aft ernoon. Meanwhile, bot h Freddie and Shelly
come t o know about t heir meet ing being leaked; Shelly asks Freddie t o kill Safina. He, along wit h
his men, search t he ent ire hot el for her. Shaan t akes Safina t o a new wing t hat is current ly under
const ruct ion in t he st ar hot el, for safekeeping. The next day, as he goes out t o get food for
Safina, he calls Lipika t o inquire about her current whereabout s, however, Lipika realizes t hat her
phone has been bugged and orders Shaan t o hurry back t o Safina. He comes back just as Safina
falls t o her deat h from t he wing. Her deat h is ruled as a suicide by t he local police, who say t hat
she st ole jewelry from t he high-profile guest s in t he hot el and jumped as she was caught . This
devast at es bot h Shaan and Lipika, knowing complet ely well t hat bot h Freddie and Shelly were
behind her deat h. This prompt s Shaan t o leave his job.

Two years lat er, Shaan now lives a reclusive life in Shimla, working as a night manager in a st ar
resort . He is const ant ly haunt ed by his failure of not being able t o save Safina back in Dhaka.
However, one day, his superior t ells him t hat Shelly, along wit h his associat es, is coming t o st ay
in t he resort for a few days.

Shridhar Raghavan,
Sandeep Modi,
2 2 "Mission" Akshat Ghildial, 16 February 2023
Priyanka Ghose
Shant anu Srivast ava
Aft er Shelly and his t eam arrive, Shaan collect s st rong informat ion, from t he t rash in his room,
and mails it t o Lipika. Over t he course of his st ay, Shelly const ant ly runs int o Shaan. Each t ime,
he is impressed wit h Shaan's demeanor. He even gives his coat t o Shaan, as t oken of
remembrance, as he leaves t he resort . The next day, Shaan is visit ed by an undercover Lipika,
who has now been demot ed t o t he archives sect ion of t he agency. They bot h decide t o
infilt rat e Shelly's syndicat e. Aft er a dramat ic set -up orchest rat ed by Lipika and her co-worker,
Sarang, Shaan is able t o reach Sri Lanka, by posing as an int ernat ional runaway, t o get close t o
Shelly.

He saves his son, Taha, in a fake kidnapping planned by Lipika. However, t o furt her make it look
real, he purposefully get s injured. Upon seeing and searching Shaan, bot h Shelly and his righ-hand
man, Brij Pal alias BJ, find a Sri Lankan passport wit h a different alias, on him. They decide t o
t ake him wit h t hem, for his recuperat ion

Shridhar Raghavan,
Sandeep Modi,
3 3 "Mehmaan" Akshat Ghildial, 16 February 2023
Priyanka Ghose
Shant anu Srivast ava

Shaan, as a result , successfully infilt rat es Shelly's gang and succeeds in creat ing chaos
amongst t hem. Shaan event ually finds out t hat Shelly is on t he verge of bankrupt cy and plans
t o go t o Riyadh, t o meet Bargat i, an oil baron, wit h t he hopes of making a deal wit h him. He also
finds out t hat he has an Indian part ner going by t he alias, Indra Dhanush. Using Shelly's lawyer, G.
V., Lipika plant s a set -up in Riyadh, t o get BJ arrest ed, under homosexualit y, which is banned in
t he Middle East .

Shridhar Raghavan,
"Sweet ly- Sandeep Modi,
4 4 Akshat Ghildial, 16 February 2023
waala" Priyanka Ghose
Shant anu Srivast ava

Aft er it is successful, Shelly, wit h no ot her way out , offers Shaan t he CEO posit ion, which was
previously occupied by BJ, for 30 days. Int ending t o t ake him out from t he inside, Shaan happily
agrees t o t he offer.
Filming
The series was shot in Shimla, Jaisalmer,
Delhi, Mumbai, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and
Middle East.[11]

Release
The Night Manager premiered on Disney+
Hotstar on 16 February 2023.[12][13][14]

Reception

Season 1

The Night Manager is the first Indian TV

series set to feature on the new cover
authored by John le Carre.[15]

The Night Manager received mostly

positive reviews with praise directed
towards the screenplay, production values,
performances (particularly Kapoor, Kapur
and Shome) and the direction.[16]

Anuj Kumar of The Hindu wrote "The series

also provides a platform for some
understated performers to showcase their
talent. Aditya Roy Kapoor finally gets a
role where his performance matches his
personality. The writing demands a certain
emotional gravitas from him, and Aditya
delivers."[17]
Saibal Chatterjee for NDTV wrote "Because
this version of the series takes four
episodes to portray what was packed into
three in the 2016 British production, it ends
at a point where a great deal still remains
to be unpacked."[18]

Rohan Naahar for The Indian Express rated

3 stars out of 5 and wrote "The first part
contains just four episodes, and the
second, a pre-cap reveals, will arrive in
June. Will audiences even be interested in
returning to the series in three months?
Who knows? Especially if they have
access to the original as well."[19]
Deepa Gahlot for Rediff.com wrote "The
series, with Sandeep Modi as showrunner
and co-director with Priyanka Ghose, gets
the superficial trappings of the plot but not
the complicated circuitry that makes the
Le Carré novel tick."[20]

Roktim Rajpal of India Today rate 2.5 star

out of 5 and wrote "The Night Manager
loses its steam from the second episode
onwards. Several inherently intriguing
sequences fail to pack a punch. The
kidnapping sequence is perhaps the
weakest of the lot. It lacks the intensity
needed to make an impact."[21]
Dishya Sharma for News18 wrote "Like
most series, The Night Manager also
witnesses a dip in pace in the third
episode, slowly laying out all the cards.
However, due to the abrupt end to the
series, the dip doesn’t fully shoot up in the
fourth episode, leaving you hanging
midair."[22]

Ajit Andhere of Deccan Chronicle wrote

"For some reason, only the first part of the
series comprising four episodes has been
released with the announcement of the
next to follow soon. However, this serves
as a major hindrance as the story is known
to all already."[23]
Nandini Ramnath for Scroll.in felt Tillotama
Shome played the most valuable role and
wrote "eceptively bumbling, resourceful,
and ruthless when she needs to be,
Shome’s Lipika is a perfectly judged scene-
stealer who gives the defanged remake
the bite it is missing when its leads are
around."[24]

Reviewing the series, Tina Das of ThePrint

wrote "While comparisons with the original
are unavoidable, the adaptation to suit an
Indian viewership does not dilute the
experience. The themes of alienation of
each character, and of dealing with the
ghosts of the past emerge every few
minutes, especially for Shaan."[25]

Notes
a. Some publications refer to "part" as
"season."
b. Initially planned for 8 Episode season but
later released in 2 parts with 4 episodes
each

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