Netflix Renews Indian Reality Breakout ‘Lock Upp’ For Second Season

Netflix is returning the inmates to the Lock Upp jail.

A second season of the ‘captive reality’ series, whose full title is Lock Upp: Sach Yaa Sazaa has been ordered following Season 1’s breakout summer, where it placed number one of Netflix’s TV shows list within two days of the premiere and remained in the top ten for seven straight weeks.

The response to the show was so strong that five weekly episodes were expanded to six to satisfy demand, Netflix has said. It eventually amassed 50 million hours viewed in a month.

The show sees Indian celebrities thrown together in a jail cell, where they compete in challenges. What broke through with audiences was some of the more divisive characters discussing their public perception and confronting narratives that have surrounded them.

Netflix said Season 2 “build on that world, bringing audiences back inside the jail for another chapter where personalities collide, dynamics shift, and every secret has the potential to change the game.”

Riteish Deshmukh and Farah Khan return as hosts, with Balaji Telefilms producing. Show creator Ekta Kapoor is producing alongside Shobha Kapoor and Manisha Sharma, with Malaya Pradhan the showrunner.

“Lock Upp: Sach Yaa Sazaa became appointment viewing overnight,” said Monika Shergill, VP of Content at Netflix India. “Viewers invested, debated, and kept coming back. It captured the zeitgeist — not just as entertainment, but also as a space where celebrities talked about topics they rarely do, owned their choices and confronted past trauma.

“Ekta’s bold homegrown idea and the scaled adaptation on Netflix led to entertainment maxxing. Season 2 will be about recreating the same Netflix effect with many new surprises for our audiences.”

Ekta Kapoor, Jjoint Managing Director at Balaji, added: “Lock Upp: Sach Ya Sazaa on Netflix went far beyond what we imagined. The conversations, the inmates, and their most memorable moments continued to live with audiences even after the finale. That’s what makes the return of Lock Upp so exciting.

“The next season will take audiences back into a world they know, but with an entirely new set of stories, personalities, and surprises. And Farah and Riteish will continue to helm the Lock Upp as the formidable jailer duo, bringing their own energy, unpredictability, and dynamic to the next chapter.”

Lock Upp originally launched on ALTBalaji and MX Player in 2022, but was rebooted for Netflix.