TV series

The Jengaburu Curse

2023 · 1 season

A slow-burning investigative thriller that feels heavy with unease, weaving personal loss into a shadowy corporate and political mystery.

Overview: A sudden call brings back Priya, a financial analyst from London to Odisha. A series of strange events follow as she sets on the search for her missing father, an activist who was imprisoned for siding with an indigenous tribe. Against the backdrop of bauxite mining, unexplained deaths and displaced tribals, Priya discovers an international nexus connecting various cities and Jengaburu. Why is the small mining town of Jengaburu at the epicentre of this?
How it feels: Tense, dark, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Corruption, environment, family, justice
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: corruption
environment
family
justice
conspiracy
Places: small town
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none