Taskaree Web Series Cast: Every Actor, Every Character & the Full Story Behind Netflix’s Biggest Hit

Emraan Hashmi as Arjun Meena — The Man in Uniform

If you thought you knew Emraan Hashmi, Taskaree will make you rethink that.

This is not the romantic lead Bollywood typecast him as for years. Arjun Meena is sharp, cold, principled — a customs superintendent who has spent years chasing smugglers through the invisible corridors of Mumbai’s airport. He’s the kind of officer who notices when a flight manifest doesn’t add up, and he doesn’t let go.

Emraan plays the role with a quiet intensity that is very different from his early Mahesh Bhatt era films. The Taskaree web series cast needed someone who could carry the procedural weight of 7 episodes without going over the top — and he delivers exactly that.

Interestingly, this is Emraan’s second major Netflix India collaboration. He previously starred in Bard of Blood (2019), the espionage series that put him on the OTT map. Pairing him with a Neeraj Pandey production — for the first time ever — was a masterstroke of casting.

Sharad Kelkar as Bada Choudhary — The Villain Who Steals Every Scene

Any crime thriller is only as good as its villain. And Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web got one of the best in the business.

Sharad Kelkar plays Bada Choudhary — the smuggling kingpin at the centre of the syndicate Arjun Meena is chasing. Choudhary is not your screaming, over-the-top movie villain. He is calculated. Composed. The kind of man who runs an international smuggling operation with spreadsheet precision.

Kelkar — best known for his role in Srikanth — brings a menacing stillness to the character that critics specifically called out as a highlight of the show. His performance reportedly earned him a spot on IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities chart in the week following the release.

Amruta Khanvilkar as Mitali Kamath — Suspended, Then Unleashed

Amruta Khanvilkar plays Mitali Kamath, one of the customs officers that Arjun Meena recruits to his team — despite the fact that she was previously suspended. That backstory gives her character an edge and a chip on the shoulder that makes every scene she’s in more interesting.

Known from Malang and a strong track record in Marathi cinema, Khanvilkar is one of the standout performers of the Taskaree web series cast. She ranked second on IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list the week after the show dropped — a number that speaks for itself.

Zoya Afroz as Priya Khubchandani — The Flight Attendant Who Knows Too Much

Zoya Afroz plays Priya Khubchandani — a flight attendant who gets caught smuggling gold by Arjun Meena and is then convinced to go undercover. It’s the classic “reluctant insider” role, and Zoya plays the tension of that position beautifully.

What makes her performance stand out is the layering. Priya isn’t a villain. She’s not exactly a hero. She’s a person caught between two worlds, doing what she has to do to survive — and Zoya conveys that complexity with remarkable subtlety for a relatively newer actress.

She ranked #1 on IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list the week Taskaree dropped. That’s not just a stat — that’s industry recognition of a performance that connected with audiences.

Nandish Singh Sandhu as Ravinder Gujjar — The Team’s Heart

Nandish Singh Sandhu (also known as Nandish Sandhu) plays Ravinder Gujjar — another suspended customs officer whom Arjun Meena brings back to form his A-Team. If Arjun is the brain and Mitali is the edge, Ravinder is the heart of the unit.

Nandish is best known to audiences from Super 30 and his television work. In Taskaree, he gets a full dramatic arc to work with, and he makes the most of it. The chemistry between him, Emraan, and Amruta as a three-person team is one of the most enjoyable dynamics in the show.

Anurag Sinha as Prakash Kumar — The Boss with a Twist

Anurag Sinha plays Prakash Kumar — the senior officer who reinstates the suspended Arjun Meena and tasks him with taking down the Bada Choudhary syndicate. He appears to be a by-the-book superior, but as the show progresses, his character takes a turn that viewers won’t see coming.

His role is crucial to the show’s most surprising plot beat — which we won’t spoil here. What we will say is that Anurag Sinha, known from Sanam Teri Kasam, plays the slow-burn reveal with impressive restraint.

He ranked third on IMDb’s Popular Indian Celebrities list post-release, which confirms that audiences connected with his performance even if they were unsure what to make of his character initially.

Jameel Khan as Suresh Kaka, Freddy Daruwala as Rahul & Anuja Sathe as Meenakshi

These three actors round out the Taskaree: The Smuggler’s Web cast in key supporting roles across all 7 episodes.

Jameel Khan as Suresh Kaka brings a lived-in quality to a character who serves as comic relief and emotional anchor simultaneously. If you’ve seen Jameel Khan’s work in Hindi cinema, you know he’s incapable of giving a bad performance.

Freddy Daruwala as Rahul adds a physical presence to the cast that the action sequences of the later episodes genuinely benefit from. His background in action-heavy roles makes him a natural fit in the Taskaree world.

Anuja Sathe as Meenakshi appears in all 7 episodes and provides an important civilian perspective in a show that could easily become too procedural without it.

The Crew Behind the Camera: Creative Team of Taskaree

The Taskaree web series cast is the face — but the crew is the spine.