House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths (2021) S01

Suicide, murder… or something else? This docuseries examines House of Secrets: The Burari Deathschilling truths and theories around the deaths of 11 members of a Delhi family.

House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths is a 2021 docuseries by Netflix. Created by Leena Yadav and Anubhav Chopra, the three-part series explores the theories surrounding House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths the demise of 11 members of the same family on 30 June 2018. Termed as the Burari deaths by the media, the true-crime docuseries released on 8 October 2021.[1] The series is directed by Leena Yadav and Anubhav Chopra. A. R. Rahman and his ensemble of musician group, Qutub-E-Kripa, composed and produced the score of the docuseries.[2] Yogendra Mogre and Katherine Leblond are the producers while Aseem Bajaj and James Haygood are the executive producers. Yadav began conceptualising the series with Anubhav Chopra, who worked as an assistant director in prominent Bollywood films. She came up with multiple conversations revolving around the people who witnessed the incident and police officers and journalists. The team also came in connection with the brother of one of the victims, saying that “it was very therapeutic because they had not even spoken about the issues amongst themselves”.[5] She had covered a total of 400 hours which was considered to be “difficult” and “emotionally draining” but said that it was a “big learning experience”. Unlike other documentaries which had a “cinematic approach in the coverage of real incidents”, Yadav wanted the documentary to be gripping, and must have “a perspective among various people who witnessed the crime angle”. Eventually, the inclusion of voice-over in the documentary made it to be “thrilling and effective”. The three-part series highlighted the secretive nature of Indian families, where many families are seemingly, ‘normal’ and ‘well-functioning’ on the surface, but are plagued by issues of all kinds.