What Is the Story About?
It is a typical Ekta Kapoor style soap opera with fewer episodes and an extra budget. There is an old patriarch of a modern Royal family who gets murdered.
There are three potential successors of the throne who become the prime suspect. While people are just exploring the murder, the show already reveals the killer. Yes, then it becomes a drama.
A Saas Bahu drama without the Saas and a lot of drama. There is a loyal, there is a gay son’s marriage and too many things that will fail to entertain you.
Performances?
The choice of actors must be appreciated. Nimrat Kaur, Amol Parashar and Riddhi Dogra play the leads and all three of them are seasoned actors.
The script is nice enough to explore the character arc of each character and thus we even get to see a range in their performances. Nimrat Kaur especially shines in her portrayal and her role comes out to be a nice one in this super boring drama. Even Gaurav Arora’s Brij is a nicely played character who is always in anxiety due to his adopted nature. This anxiety further makes him a suspicious character through and through.
Analysis
It starts with a saree. A royal pool. A dead Maharaja. And a queen who isn’t just grieving. She’s under suspicion.
From the first few minutes of Kull – The Legacy of the Raisingghs, you’re dropped into a palace teeming with secrets, politics, and an old-school murder mystery. The Maharaja is found dead on his 60th birthday, strangled with a saree. The same saree that belongs to his daughter, Indrani. Played by Nimrat Kaur but she’s calm. Measured. Almost too composed. And that’s where things get interesting.
The show doesn’t waste time setting up the drama, which is honestly a relief. But once the scene is set and the royal dysfunction starts unfolding, you start to feel a familiar kind of fatigue. It’s the kind that creeps in when you realise you’ve seen this before. A once-powerful family clinging to their crumbling legacy, playing dress-up in ancestral palaces while their empire collapses under the weight of old secrets and new betrayals. At some point, you’re not watching a mystery anymore. You’re just watching a group of rich, messed-up people pretending their throne still matters.
What’s even more frustrating is that Kull has flashes of something really clever. Just when you think it’s going to follow the same old pattern, it reveals the killer.
Because after that brief rush of excitement, the show slides back into familiar territory. Family secrets. Power games. Political backstabbing. And unfortunately, a whole lot of soap opera energy. You get the feeling that somewhere in the writers’ room, someone asked, “What if Game of Thrones but make it Rajput?”
Nimrat Kaur, to her credit, gives the role weight. She brings a calm intensity to Indrani, a woman who’s both the Chief Minister and the emotional anchor of her crumbling family. She’s constantly pulled between duty and personal guilt, especially when it comes to her youngest brother, Abhimanyu. He’s played by Amol Parashar, and to be honest, he’s exhausting. Not in a “what a well-written chaotic character” way, but in a “why is this man always shouting” kind of way.
Ridhi Dogra as Kavya, the Oxford-educated, sharp, and sensible sister, is probably the most believable character in the show. She brings a maturity the others lack, and you wish she had more screen time. But her role often feels like it’s just there to balance the chaos rather than challenge it.
The biggest problem with Kull is that it tries to be too much at once. One moment it’s a murder mystery. The next, it’s a political thriller. Then suddenly, it’s a family drama with emotional breakdowns and wedding secrets. There’s even a subplot involving missing election funds. It’s like the writers kept throwing ideas at the wall, hoping something would stick. And to be fair, some of it does.
Visually, the show delivers. The palaces are stunning. The costumes are lush. Every frame looks like it’s been designed to scream royalty. But even that can’t hide the cracks in the storytelling. There’s only so much grandeur can do when the emotions don’t feel real.
By the final episodes, you’re not really asking who killed the Maharaja. You’re asking why the show couldn’t stay consistent. It starts strong, takes a big risk, and then loses the very grip that made it different. Instead of doubling down on character depth or tightening the plot, it leans into old-school soap tropes. And while that might work for some, it ends up dulling the emotional impact for everyone else.
Music and Other Departments?
As the show begins, you can judge within 10 minutes that it is a high budget soap opera. The music makes you believe so. As the young prince goes on dealing with his drugs and Kavya is lifting the entire palace on her shoulders, the music seems too loud.
Yes, the set designs are very good. They are believable and grand. They don’t grab your attention like Bhansali’s sets but just do enough to make you fall for it.
Highlights?
Performances
Sets and costumes
Fast screenplay
Drawbacks?
Soap Opera vibes
Too boring at the end
Did I Enjoy It?
In parts
Will You Recommend It?
If you don’t have anything else to enjoy
Kull The Legacy of Raisingghs Series Review by Binged Bureau
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