Suchin Mehrotra reviews Lukkhe, the Himank Gaur-directed musical crime drama on Amazon Prime Video — a rise-of-an-artist, rise-of-a-drug-empire revenge saga set against the backdrop of the Punjab rap scene. Lakshvir Singh Saran plays Lucky, a Chandigarh-based hockey player blackmailed into infiltrating the gang of rapper Nihall AKA MC Badnaam — a criminal chemist by day, dealer by night — played by King in a debut acting turn that, Suchin says, is the best thing on offer. Raashii Khanna is the police officer running Lucky as her undercover asset, while Shivankit Parihar plays rival rapper OG. Created by Agrim Joshi and Debojit Das Purkayastha, the eight-episode series rounds out its ensemble with Kritika Bharadwaj, Nakul Roshan Sahdev, Palak Tiwari, Ayesha Raza Mishra, and Yograj Singh. Suchin unpacks why a show with so many juicy ideas — the seductive cocktail of crime and hip-hop, a rapper rivalry gone too far, the cost of being an artist in 2026 — can’t quite cook with its ingredients. Despite a Fast and Furious-style undercover spine, Udta Punjab inspirations, and Raj and DK-esque wackiness, the makers wrestle with how much fun they’re allowed to have, lean too heavily on lengthy backstories, and never let stakes truly rise. King is a piercing, simmering joy as Badnaam — those steely silences could kill — but OG is taken weirdly seriously, and the series stalls in fits and starts across its eight episodes. Watch the full review for the THR India bottomline.