The Traitors (Indian TV series) season 2
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The second season of The Traitors premiered on Prime Video on 13 August 2026, with Karan Johar returning as the host.[1] The season concluded on 3 September 2026, with Krystle D'Souza and Rida Tharana winning the season as Traitors.[2] The reunion episode streamed on 9 September 2026.[3]
| The Traitors | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Presented by | Karan Johar |
| No. of contestants | 21 |
| Winners | Krystle D'Souza Rida Tharana |
| Location | Suryagarh Palace, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Prime Video |
| Original release | 13 August – 9 September 2026 |
| Season chronology | |
Format
A group of contestants arrive at the palace in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan with hopes of winning a large cash prize of ₹1 crore that is built up through missions. The players are referred to as the "Innocents", but among them are the "Traitors" — a group of contestants secretly selected by the host. If the Innocents eliminate all the Traitors, they will share the prize fund. However, if any Traitors manage to make it to the end, eliminating the Innocents, they win the entire prize money.
This season also introduced a new pet companion for Karan, a grey Persian cat named ‘Boo’ - a supposed bearer of bad news for the contestants.
The contestants participate in missions to build up their cash prize. In some missions, any contestant may also win a ‘shield’ that grants them immunity from the subsequent murder.
On most nights, The Traitors meet in a secret tower to decide on an Innocent contestant to ‘murder,’ who is then immediately eliminated from the game. The remaining Innocents are unaware of who has been eliminated until the following morning, when that person fails to appear at the breakfast table in the castle.
At the end of each day, the players gather at the ‘Circle of Shaq,’ where they discuss whom to vote out before individually casting their votes. Players vote privately, then reveal their choices one by one, often giving a brief rationale for their decision. The player who receives the most votes is banished from the game and reveals their affiliation. If during the game the number of ‘Traitors’ drops to two, they are given the choice to recruit an Innocent to join them instead of murdering.
After the final Circle of Shaq, the remaining players participate in the End Game. The group are given an opportunity to end the game by unanimous vote. Any vote to continue will lead to another immediate banishment vote. When a unanimous decision is reached to end the game — or when there are only two players left — the remaining players reveal their affiliation. If all remaining players are Innocents, then the prize money is divided evenly among them. However, if any Traitors remain, they win the entire prize money.[4][5]
Production
On 25 June 2026, the show was renewed for a second season.[6] The first teaser was released on July 27, 2026, which revealed the premiere date of August 13, 2026, and the first two contestants joining the show, comedian Munawar Faruqui and actress Mallika Sherawat.[7][8]
The BBC acquired streaming rights for the show after the success of the first season.[9]
Contestants
21 contestants competed on the second series of The Traitors.[10] Sahil Salathia returned from season 1.
Dalip, Ikka, and Prish took a separate route upon arriving at the castle and were instead sent directly to the first mission, where they were suspended in cages. Karan announced that only two of them could be saved. Following the mission, Ikka and Prish were rescued, while Dalip was eliminated. However, Dalip later re-entered the show in Episode 4.
| Contestant | Age | Notability | Affiliation | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karan Singh | 35 | Mentalist | Innocent | Murdered (Episode 2) |
| Munawar Faruqui | 34 | Stand-up comedian | Innocent | Banished (Episode 2) |
| Soundous Moufakir | 31 | Actor | Innocent | Murdered (Episode 3) |
| Harman Singha | 38 | Actor | Traitor | Banished (Episode 3) |
| Ranveer Brar | 48 | Celebrity chef | Innocent | Murdered (Episode 4) |
| Parul Gulati | 32 | Actor & entrepreneur | Innocent | Banished (Episode 5) |
| Abhishek Malhan "Fukra Insaan" |
29 | YouTuber | Innocent | Murdered (Episode 6) |
| Aaditya "Kullu" Kulshreshth | 29 | Stand-up comedian | Traitor | Banished (Episode 6) |
| Shweta Tiwari | 45 | Actor | Innocent | Murdered (Episode 7) |
| Shahneel Gill | 28 | Lifestyle creator | Innocent | Banished (Episode 7) |
| Traitor (from ep. 2) | ||||
| Tanya Puri | 31 | Private detective | Innocent | Murdered (Episode 8) |
| Ikka Singh | 37 | Rapper | Innocent | Murdered (Episode 8) |
| Rhea Chakraborty | 34 | Actor & entrepreneur | Innocent | Banished (Episode 8) |
| Prish | 22 | Content creator | Innocent | Murdered (Episode 9) |
| Ansh Chopra | 28 | Content creator | Innocent | Banished (Episode 9) |
| Mallika Sherawat | 49 | Actor | Innocent | Murdered (Episode 10) |
| Dalip Tahil | 73 | Actor | Innocent | Banished (Episode 10) |
| Sahil Salathia | 38 | Actor | Innocent | Banished (Episode 10) |
| Shalini Passi | 49 | Artist & philanthropist | Innocent | Banished (Episode 10) |
| Rida Tharana | 27 | Content creator | Innocent | Winner (Episode 10) |
| Traitor (from ep. 8) | ||||
| Krystle D'Souza | 36 | Actor | Traitor | Winner (Episode 10) |
Elimination history
Key
- The contestant was a Innocent.
- The contestant was a Traitor.
- The contestant was murdered by the Traitors.
- The contestant was banished at the round table.
- The contestant was immune for the banishment and subsequent murder.
| Episode | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traitor's decision |
Shahneel | Karan | Soundous | Ranveer | Abhishek | Shweta | Rida | Tanya | Ikka | Prish | Mallika | |||
| Recruit (offer accepted by Shahneel)[a] |
Murder | Murder (by game of death)[b] |
Murder | Blackmail (offer accepted by Rida)[c] |
Murder | Murder (by curse)[d] |
Murder | |||||||
| Shield | Kullu Munawar |
Abhishek Ansh Kullu Ranveer |
Kullu Shahneel |
Krystle Rhea |
Rida | Ikka Mallika Rida |
Mallika Rida Rhea |
Shalini | None | |||||
| Banishment | Not Introduced |
Munawar | Harman | Tie[e][f] | Parul | Kullu | Shahneel | Rhea | Ansh | Dalip | ||||
| Vote | 11–4–3–1 | 8–7–1–1 | 5–5–2–1–1–1 | 7–6 | 8–4–1–1–1 | 11–1 | 8–1 | 4–2–1–1 | 4–1 | |||||
| Krystle | No Vote |
Tanya | Ranveer | Mallika | Not eligible |
Kullu | Shahneel | Rhea | Ansh | Dalip | ||||
| Rida | Munawar | Harman | Parul | Parul | Kullu | Shahneel | Rhea | Sahil | Dalip | |||||
| Sahil | Munawar | Ranveer | Parul | Parul | Kullu Kullu† |
Shahneel | Rhea | Ansh | Dalip | |||||
| Shalini | Munawar | Harman | Rhea | Parul | Kullu | Shahneel | Rhea | Ansh | Dalip | |||||
| Dalip | Exiled[g] (Episode 1) |
Not Eligible |
Shalini | Shahneel | Rhea | Ansh | Rida | |||||||
| Mallika | No Vote |
Munawar | Ranveer | Krystle | Krystle | Tanya | Shahneel | Rhea | Rida Rida† |
Murdered (Episode 10) | ||||
| Ansh | Munawar | Harman | Tanya | Krystle | Kullu | Shahneel | Rhea | Shalini | Banished (Episode 9) | |||||
| Prish | Munawar | Harman | Sahil | Krystle | Kullu | Shahneel | Rhea | Murdered (Episode 9) | ||||||
| Rhea | Tanya | Ranveer | Krystle | Krystle | Sahil | Shahneel | Mallika | Banished (Episode 8) | ||||||
| Ikka | Ranveer | Ranveer | Parul | Parul | Kullu | Shahneel | Murdered (Episode 8) | |||||||
| Tanya | Mallika | Harman | Krystle | Krystle | Krystle | Shahneel | Murdered (Episode 8) | |||||||
| Shahneel | Munawar | Parul | Parul | Parul | Sahil | Tanya | Banished (Episode 7) | |||||||
| Shweta | Tanya | Harman | Parul | Krystle | Sahil | Murdered (Episode 7) | ||||||||
| Kullu | Munawar | Ranveer | Krystle | Parul | Sahil | Banished (Episode 6) | ||||||||
| Abhishek | Munawar | Harman | Rhea | Parul | Murdered (Episode 6) | |||||||||
| Parul | Mallika | Harman | Krystle | Not eligible |
Banished (Episode 5) | |||||||||
| Ranveer | Tanya | Mallika | Murdered (Episode 4) | |||||||||||
| Harman | Munawar | Ranveer | Banished (Episode 3) | |||||||||||
| Soundous | Munawar | Murdered (Episode 3) | ||||||||||||
| Munawar | Mallika | Banished (Episode 2) | ||||||||||||
| Karan | Murdered (Episode 2) | |||||||||||||
End game
| Decision | Banish | Sahil | Banish | Shalini | Game Ended | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Krystle | Shaq | Sahil | Trust | Shalini | Winner | |||||||||||||||||
| Rida | Shaq | Sahil | Trust | Shalini | Winner | |||||||||||||||||
| Shalini | Shaq | Sahil | Shaq | Rida | Banished | |||||||||||||||||
| Sahil | Shaq | Rida | Banished | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dalip | Banished | |||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- The Traitors, Harman, Krystle, and Kullu were given the opportunity to recruit a remaining Traitor. They choose Shahneel.
- The Traitors Krystle, Kullu, and Shahneel were given a secret mission to choose four players to play the ‘Game of Death’ in plain sight by writing their names on a hanging portrait of Death in the billiards room. They chose Ansh, Krystle, Ranveer, and Shalini. In the game, the players were given cards, with only one being a ‘Life Card’. In each round, the players switched cards, and the player holding the ‘Life Card’ was safe from murder. Ansh and Shalini saved themselves in successive rounds, respectively. In the final round, the two remaining players, Krystle and Ranveer, had to pick a card, with seven of the eight cards being ‘Life Cards’ and one being the ‘Death Card’. Krystle picked a ‘Life Card’, while Ranveer picked the ‘Death Card’, lost the game, and was murdered.
- Following Shahneel’s banishment, Krystle was given the opportunity to blackmail an Innocent into becoming a Traitor or be Murdered. She chose Rida, who possessed a shield and was therefore protected from being Murdered; however, despite this, she accepted the offer.
- The Traitors Krystle and Rida were given a secret mission to murder a player in plain sight by cursing them. They had to tear the chosen player’s image from a book and place it in a hidden drawer behind Boo’s portrait. The victim’s identity would be revealed during the following mission with a minor twist.
- The following ‘Circle of Shaq’ aired in Episode 5.
- The first round of voting resulted in a tie. Per the rules, a second vote was held where the players involved in the tie would not vote and the remaining players could only vote for those who tied.
Missions
| Episode | Money available |
Money earned |
Total pot |
Shield |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ₹12,00,000 | ₹10,40,000 | ₹10,40,000 | Kullu |
| Munawar | ||||
| Three players—Dalip, Ikka and Prish were suspended in cages. Karan announced that only two of them could be saved. The players had to find ‘Potli’ bags that contains a gold coin worth ₹20,000, and place the coins into one of three tubes corresponding to the player they wanted to release. They also had shields, which they could give to any player of their choice upon being rescued. Following the mission, Ikka and Prish were rescued, while Dalip was eliminated. | ||||
| 2 | ₹12,00,000 | ₹10,00,000 | ₹20,40,000 | Abhishek |
| Ansh | ||||
| Kullu | ||||
| Ranveer | ||||
Split into two groups, the players had to push a cannon cart along a designated path while collecting gold bars worth ₹2,00,000 and gunpowder from three pit stop. Each team had to leave two players behind at each pit stop. The team that crossed the finish line first earns a shield for each of its remaining players. | ||||
| 3 | ₹12,00,000 | ₹8,00,000 | ₹28,40,000 | Kullu |
| Shahneel | ||||
| The traitors had to secretly choose two players who they would like to give the shield, they chose Ansh and Mallika.
For this mission, the players split themselves into six groups, with each group entering the museum in an order chosen by the players. Each group had the option to switch a player’s portrait on the “Wall of Shield” with the portrait of any player of their choice. However, doing so would cost ₹1,00,000. They also had to stab one player’s portrait, eliminating them from the race to win the shield. At the end of the mission, the two players whose portraits remained on the “Wall of Shield” would earn the shields.
| ||||
| 4 | ₹10,00,000 | ₹8,00,000 | ₹36,40,000 | Rhea |
| Krystle | ||||
| The players had to mutually select three players, Kullu, Shahneel and Rida who would be ineligible to win the Shield and would answer questions that had been answered by the Traitors the previous night. Each correct answer earned the players a gold bar worth ₹2,00,000 for the prize pot. The remaining players had to open the corresponding boxes one by one. If a player opened a box containing an incorrect answer, they would be out of the race for the Shield. The player who opened the box containing the correct answer to the final question won the Shield. Rhea won the Shield during the mission. Dailp re-entered the game with a shield and gave it to Krystle in Episode 5. | ||||
| 6 | ₹8,00,000 | ₹0 | ₹36,40,000 | Rida |
In this mission, the players had to select eight players and divide them into two teams of four.
The teams then competed against each other in pairs, with each pair presented with three options:
Following the mission, Prish, Rida, Sahil and Shahneel received keys to the Armory. | ||||
| 7 | ₹12,00,000 | ₹0 | ₹36,40,000 | Rida |
| Mallika | ||||
| Ikka | ||||
In this mission, the players were handcuffed together. They had to mutually decide which player they wanted to release. The released players then get an opportunity to meet Karan, who presented them with three options:
Following the mission, Rida, Mallika, and Ikka chose the Shield, while Shalini chose the Destiny Card. In the subsequent Circle of Shaq, Shalini was given the opportunity to use her ‘Destiny Card’ to save the banished player, Shahneel. However, she chose not to use it. | ||||
| 8 | ₹14,00,000 | ₹2,00,000 | ₹38,40,000 | Rida |
| Mallika | ||||
| Rhea | ||||
| The Traitors Krystle and Rida were given a secret mission to murder a player in plain sight by cursing them. They had to tear the chosen player’s image from a book and place it in a hidden drawer behind Boo’s portrait. The victim’s identity would be revealed during the following mission.
Before the mission, all players except Ansh, Ikka, and Shalini, who were missing, received a ruby worth ₹2,00,000. On their way to the mission, they had the opportunity to earn a Shield by giving up their ruby.
Dalip was the only remaining player with a ruby upon arriving at the mission, so ₹2,00,000 was added to the prize pot. By using his ruby, he had the opportunity to guess which of Ansh, Ikka, and Shalini had been murdered. If he guessed correctly, the chosen player would be saved from the murder. He chose Ansh, but the correct answer was Ikka. | ||||
| 9 | ₹20,00,000 | ₹10,00,000 | ₹48,40,000 | Shalini |
| In this mission, the players are seated around a round table. In each round, they are blindfolded while host Karan spins the table. A box is placed on the table, and whichever player the box lands near gets the opportunity to remove their blindfold and eliminate another player by shining a torch on them.
Karan then takes the box to the eliminated player, who gets a chance to guess who eliminated them. If their guess is correct, ₹5 lakh is added to the prize pot and the player who made the elimination is eliminated from the game. If the guess is incorrect, the eliminated player is out. Before the mission began, Ansh walked out. Following the successive eliminations of Sahil, Dalip, and Rida; Krystle, Mallika, and Shalini remained. They were then presented with three options, which were placed inside the box:
They mutually decided: Shalini took the Shield, Mallika took the Dagger, and Krystle took the Mask. ---Krystle used the Mask to invite Mallika to reveal her identity, which turned out to be an Innocent. | ||||
| 10 | ₹25,00,000 | ₹17,60,000 | ₹66,00,000 | None |
| The players had to collect gold bars, each worth ₹80,000, from camels in a corral by taking them from the camels’ rugs, and then blast a statue of the Traitors using TNT within ten minutes.
In the end, ₹17,60,000 was added to the prize pot from the mission. | ||||
Reception
The season two received a mixed-to-positive response, with praise for its cast, production and Karan Johar’s hosting, while some reviews criticized the pacing and manufactured suspense. The season also generated significant discussion on social media. Variety reported that it became Prime Video’s No. 1 non-English title worldwide during its launch week.[11]
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "Episode 1" | August 13, 2026 |
| 12 | 2 | "Episode 2" | August 13, 2026 |
| 13 | 3 | "Episode 3" | August 13, 2026 |
| 14 | 4 | "Episode 4" | August 20, 2026 |
| 15 | 5 | "Episode 5" | August 20, 2026 |
| 16 | 6 | "Episode 6" | August 20, 2026 |
| 17 | 7 | "Episode 7" | August 27, 2026 |
| 18 | 8 | "Episode 8" | August 27, 2026 |
| 19 | 9 | "Episode 9" | August 27, 2026 |
| 20 | 10 | "Episode 10" | September 3, 2026 |
| 21 | 11 | "Reunion" | September 9, 2026 |