Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated 4 out 5 stars and wrote 'The script adopts a consistently solemn tone to convey the magnitude of the Krishnamoorthy's loss and sorrow. It was also their trial by fire, made a reality by Neelam and Shekhar, who have managed to start some ‘badlaav’, as opposed to ‘badla’, even though their fight for justice is far from over.' She wrote 'Gopal and Sushil Ansal may still be the biggest names in the construction business, the charges against them may have been drastically reduced, they may have escaped serving their long sentence, but there is no missing the fact that they were brought to book. Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express expressed that she was in the same theatre for the 12 o clock show, just three hours before the incident but moved to another theatre, and after reaching home she got the information about the incident. Prashant Nair, Randeep Jha, Avani Deshpande Akanksha Vishwakarma as female AVUT member.Punit Tiwari as Veer Singh's Son-in-Law.Abhishek Sharrma as Ujjwal (Shekhar and Neelam's son).

Rajshri Deshpande as Neelam Krishnamoorthy.

The web series is based on the book Trial by Fire: The Tragic Tale of the Uphaar Fire Tragedy authored by Neelam Krishnamoorthy and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy. It stars Abhay Deol, Ashish Vidyarthi, Anupam Kher, Rajshri Deshpande, Rajesh Tailang, Ratna Pathak, Shilpa Shukla, Shardul Bharadwaj and others. Trial By Fire is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language crime drama television series written by Prashant Nair, Kevin Luperchio and directed by Prashant Nair and Randeep Jha.

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