Satrangi Badle Ka Khel Trailer: Anshumaan Pushkar, Mahvash Tell Urgent Story Of Caste And Power

Satrangi - Badle Ka Khel, starring Anshumaan Pushkar, Kumud Mishra, and Mahvash, is releasing on ZEE5 on May 22. The makers of the series launched its trailer on May 11. The show is directed by Jai Basantu Singh and also stars Upen Chauhan and Kashish Duggal. Satrangi - Badle Ka Khel follows Bablu Mahto, a young man raised in the shadows of humiliation and silence as the son of a Launda Naach performer. Growing up in a feudal world divided by caste and power, Bablu learns that survival lies not in strength, but in understanding how power moves. Living a double life as Bablu and Lalli, he begins to navigate two opposing worlds, one of control and one of performance, as he carefully sets into motion a dangerous game between two dominant families,

the Singhs and the Pandeys.

About Satrangi - Badle Ka Khel

In an official statement, director Jai explained that Satrangi, at its core, is about a man who understands that systems are not broken by force alone, but by learning how to move within them. According to him, the series explores revenge, yes, but more importantly, it explores power, who holds it, who performs for it, and who dares to redesign it.Anshumaan Pushkar elaborated that Bablu, the character he plays, has spent his life being unseen, unheard, and underestimated, but beneath that silence is an incredibly sharp understanding of the world around him. His dual existence as Bablu and Lalli becomes his greatest strength as he learns to move through spaces of both power and performance.

Kumud Mishra shared that Satrangi’s complexity impressed him the most. For him, its world is where power is never straightforward, relationships are driven by fear and pride, and every silence carries meaning. For Mahvash, Satrangi is not just a revenge story, but it is about the hunger of a man and the right of a human to get equal respect in this society like any other person. She further shared that it is cinema that blends emotional vulnerability with such strong social undercurrents.

What is Launda Naach?

At its core, Satrangi – Badle Ka Khel draws from the world of Launda Naach, a traditional North Indian folk form where men perform in female attire at community celebrations. The performers are not portraying a separate gender identity, but are ordinary men carrying forward a cultural performance tradition that has existed across generations in rural India. In the series, Launda Naach goes beyond cultural context to become a lens for exploring identity, dignity, masculinity, and survival within a deeply unequal society, bringing a rarely seen world to life with sensitivity, humanity, and depth.