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Amazon MX Player’s ‘Mitti’ Debuts as Realistic Farming Drama

Critics hail Ishwak Singh’s performance with a realistic view of agrarian debt through modern farming techniques.

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Overview

  • The series follows Raghav, a Mumbai marketing executive, as he returns to Dol Chhapra to manage his late grandfather Sudarshan’s heavily indebted farm.
  • Initial setbacks include crop failures driven by unpredictable monsoons, locusts and pressure from loan recovery agents.
  • A government agricultural officer, Kritika, collaborates with Raghav and local farmers to introduce unnat kheti techniques and boost yields.
  • Ishwak Singh’s grounded portrayal anchors the ensemble cast that includes Alka Amin as a devoted grandmother and Pranjal Pateriya and Piyush Kumar as loyal farmhands.
  • Streaming free on its launch day, Mitti has been praised for its authentic rural portrayal and its reframing of farming as a viable entrepreneurial path.