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Matka King

2026 · 2 seasons

A slow, serious climb from modest hustle to dangerous empire, watching ambition quietly corrode a man while the city churns around him.

Created by
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, Abhay Koranne
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Vijay Varma, Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar
Overview
In this fictional tale set in 1960s Mumbai, an enterprising cotton trader who craves legitimacy and respect, starts a new gambling game dubbed ‘Matka’, that takes the city by storm and democratizes a terrain previously reserved for the rich and elite.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, Abhay Koranne
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Vijay Varma, Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • ambition
    • greed
    • power
    • crime
    • corruption
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, crime
    Created by
    Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, Abhay Koranne
    Written by
    Nagraj Popatrao Manjule, Abhay Koranne
    Starring
    Vijay Varma, Kritika Kamra, Sai Tamhankar, Siddharth Jadhav, Bhupendra Jadawat, Gulshan Grover, Jamie Lever, Simran Ashwini
    Music
    Ketan Sodha, Ajay Jayanthi
    Cinematography
    Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
    Length
    2 seasons, 14 episodes
    Network
    Netflix, Prime Video
    Country
    India
    Languages
    Hindi

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