

Powder
Powder is an Indian crime television series which first aired on Sony TV January 3, 2010 and ran for one season. The story is of the new scenario in substance abuse - a generation embracing drugs. Powder an insight of the durg lord, Naved Ansari, and an honest team of Narotics Control Bureau led by Usmaan Malik IRS who plans to nab Ansari before he can hoodwink the system into letting him go scott free.
Cast

Pankaj Tripathi
Naved Ansari

Manish Chaudhary
Usmaan Ali

Rahul Bagga
Mahendra Ranade

Geetika Tyagi
Brinda Sawhney

Jagat Rawat
Raja

Gaurav Sharma
Karthik Sharma

Rasika Dugal
Rati
Maneesh Verma
Ashwani Khanna

Manish Raj Sharma
NCB Officer Anuj Sharma

Gaurav K Sharma
Kartik

Sharat Sonu
Birju Pandit
Gagan Singh Sethi
Shiven Singh

Firoz Khursheed Khan
Khalid Qureshi

Vikas Kumar
Umesh Jagdale

Subrat Dutta
Bose
Seasons

E1A Drug Lord Called Naved Ansari
Jan 3, 2010
A drug kingpin's younger brother is arrested by the police. Now, the NCB intends to go after the main guy.

E2Infighting Sabotages a Mission
Jan 10, 2010
Ansari plans to shift to Karachi. Meanwhile, problems arise due to the difference in opinions of Brinda and Mahendra.

E3Drug Raids Across The City
Jan 17, 2010
All the perpetrators caught by the NCB are granted bail. NCB chief asks Usmaan to let Naved go for now and get more petty arrests to boost their numbers. Problems between Brinda and Mahendra continue.

E4Brinda Proves her Worth
Jan 24, 2010
Brinda gets tipped off about Naved's new shipment and NCB tries to inflict as much damage as possible.

E5The Battle Against Drug Trade
Jan 31, 2010
Brinda represents NCB Mumbai in an international conference on the battle against drug trade. Pinto escapes from police custody. Ansari goes to Dubai to discuss future drug trade ambitions with his boss.

E6An Associate's Murder
Feb 7, 2010
Leading the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Usmaan Ali Malik and his team set on a hot pursuit of the drug baron Naved Ahmed Ansari and his gang of peddlers.

E7Brinda Follows Ansari's Trail
Feb 14, 2010
Brinda continues pursuing the case of Jagat Tripathi's murder and its connection with drug smuggling. Usmaan tries to convince his boss to nab Ansari before its too late.

E8A Foe Turned Friend?
Feb 21, 2010
Brinda and Mahendra are on their way to Chamba to nab Raja. Ansari wants to get out of the country as soon as possible. Usmaan and Kartik come across an angry mob while arresting a criminal.

E9DRI Decides to Trump the NCB?
Feb 28, 2010
Mahendra and Brinda gather information about drug trade in Chamba. Usmaan takes a reluctant drug addict to a rehabilitation center. Karthik is given a tip about a huge drug cartel in Rajasthan.

E10Ansari's Brother Rises
Mar 7, 2010
Ansari makes plans for the future of his drug empire and makes sure that Wasim can work in his lieu. Brinda and Mahendra continue their work in Chamba. Raghav, a rival of Ansari, is released from jail after a long time.

E11Danger in Disguise
Mar 14, 2010
Mahendra and Brinda try to nab Raja but find that he's holding two hostages and plan to free them and also arrest him.

E12A Failed Mission
Mar 21, 2010
Wasim asks Rati to marry him. Naved's drugs are stolen from his warehouse and his boss in Dubai negates his initial offer to shift to Dubai.

E13Ansari Under Surveillance
Mar 28, 2010
NCB and DRI are trying to get Ansari at Wasim's wedding. Brinda is still bummed out as she is being kept out of this.

E14Ansari's Change of Plans
Apr 4, 2010
ANC, NCB and DRI are all getting closer to Ansari. Brinda is arresting a lot of people in Rajasthan who are part of a drug cartel.

E15Crackdown on Ansari
Apr 11, 2010
Usmaan is frustrated that DRI and ANC are doing better than them in the Ansari investigation. DRI is following Ansari's money trail. Brinda asks for Mahendra's help with nabbing a drug-related chemical manufacturing company.

E16NCB tightens its hold
Apr 18, 2010
NCB surveils Ansari very closely after he returns from Burma. Brinda comes back to office. Mahendra tries to sort out his issues with Kartik.

E17Container Surprise
Apr 25, 2010
NCB and ANC try to seize Ansari's drug consignment in a joint operation. DRI joins in but separately. Ansari is monitoring the shipment as well as each and every movement of all these organisations and is still not cancelling the shipment. What's his plan?

E18An Untimely Death
May 2, 2010
After Kartik's death, everyone is devastated. They try to find inconsistencies in the facts of the demolition of the building that was supposed to be the cause of Kartik's death.

E19Wasim to the Rescue
May 9, 2010
A new officer joins NCB. Mahendra thinks Raja killed Kartik and wants to take revenge. Brinda stops him and makes him join her and her former acquaintance in a fight against drugs and Kartik's killers. Jagdale may also join them.

E20The Karthik Conspiracy
May 16, 2010
Ashwini is pissed as DRI handed over all their investigation to NCB. The new hire, Shiven, finds a breakthrough in the case. Usmaan adds Brinda, not Mahendra, to the Ansari taskforce. Jagdale pretends to show interest in a bribe from Dayal.

E21The DRI crackdown
May 23, 2010
DRI approaches minister Jagat Tripathi to get Ansari's case from NCB. Raghav offers to become a witness against Ansari. Mahendra and Jagdale play their own cards in order to bring down Ansari.

E22The Political Intervention
May 30, 2010
NCB finds the guy who killed Rajesh. That guy named Raja as the person who hired him and so NCB is going to arrest him. Ansari comes to know about this and asks Wasim to get Raja killed, which he agrees to.

E23A Leak in the NCB?
Jun 6, 2010
Rati comes to know about her brother's death but doesn't say anything during interrogation. Shiven returns as an injured hero. Everybody at NCB is disappointed as Ansari has escaped the country.

E24Mahendra in Trouble
Jun 13, 2010
Dayal finds out that the money he gave to Jagdale has come back to him. Ansari and Dayal set up a trap in order to figure out what exactly is happening. Ashwini asks Bose to contact RAW and ask them for a favor.

E25The Final Plan in Motion
Jun 20, 2010
Jagdale is arrested on anti-corruption charges. Brinda informs NCB about Mahendra's drug deal. Brinda asks for Ashwini's help to transport Mahendra after he's arrested.

E26Usmaan-Ansari Face Off
Jun 27, 2010
Wasim intends to flee to Bangkok. Ansari's partners think that Wasim has got something to do with all the NCB's raids. Vigilance department issued a summon for Brinda as she was seen helping Mahendra escape.
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Powder is an Indian crime television series which first aired on Sony TV January 3, 2010 and ran for one season. The story is of the new scenario in substance abuse - a generation embracing drugs. Powder an insight of the durg lord, Naved Ansari, and an honest team of Narotics Control Bureau led by Usmaan Malik IRS who plans to nab Ansari before he can hoodwink the system into letting him go scott free.























