Glory is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language sports thriller television series written and directed by Karan Anshuman and Kanishk Varma for Netflix. The series is produced by Karan Anshuman and Mohit Shah of Atomic Films. It stars Divyenndu, Pulkit Samrat and Suvinder Vicky as pivotal role.
The series was filmed mostly across Haryana. John Schmidt served as the cinematographer of the series. John Stewart Eduri composed the background score.
The first season of Glory was released on 1 May 2026.
Contents
Premise
In a small-town boxing hub, two brothers investigate a shocking murder while navigating a troubled reunion with their father, a renowned coach.
Cast
Divyenndu as Devinder "Dev" Singh
Pulkit Samrat as Ravinder "Ravi" Singh
Suvinder Vicky as Raghubir Singh alias "Coach Sir", Head Coach and owner of Haryana Boxing Club; Dev, Ravi, and Gudiya's father
Jannat Zubair Rahmani as Gudiya Singh, Dev and Ravi's younger sister
Kashmira Pardeshi as Bharti, Arvind's wife and Ravi's lover
Ashutosh Rana as Viju Sangwan, Head Coach and owner of Shakti Boxing Academy; Raghubir's rival
Sayani Gupta as Joyna Hazarika, Dev's love interest
Yashpal Sharma as Sarpanch
Sikandar Kher as Kookie Yadav
Zakir Hussain as DSP Phogat
Vishal Vashishtha as Inspector Arvind Shekhawat, Ravi's friend and Bharti's husband
Renji Panicker as Coach Panicker, Head Coach at NSI
Tanisha Sharma as Sonika
Kunal Thakur as Raka Singh Beniwal, Raghubir and Viju's student; Ravi's rival boxer
Vladimir Angelove as Alexei Rustinov, Assistant Coach at NSI
Yugam Sood as Nihal Singh, Olympic aspirant and Gudiya's boyfriend
Nikita Chandak (Miss Nepal) as Surveen
Soundtrack
The music composer John Stewart, who are frequent collaborators of Karan Anshuman, composed music for the series. He composed two songs, "Glory Title Track" and "Do Shera". Sez on the Beat composed two songs, "Aaya Jung Mein" and "Baat Baat Pe". A soundtrack album comprising six songs was released by T-Series on 27 April 2026.
Release
Glory started to premier at Netflix from 1 May 2026.
Reception
Anuj Kumar for The Hindu stated the series "a cohesive whole for viewers attuned to logical consistency and tonal balance."
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated the series 2/5 stars and raised concern about violence shown stating "Animals aren’t spared either."
Joel Keller of Decider stated the series as "it’s a pretty dark and violent story." Bhavna Agarwal of India Today wrote "The idea is strong: use a whodunit to peel back emotional layers. And initially, it works."
Suchin Mehrotra of The Hollywood Reporter India stated "shamelessly pulpy crime drama in recent memory — emotionally potent, generically promiscuous, and rich with festering old wounds." Udita Jhunjhunwala for Scroll.in felt the violence is extreme." BH Harsh of Cinema Express praised Divyenndu's performance and wrote "Divyenndu delivers a stellar performance."
Abhimanyu Mathur Hindustan Times stated "Glory is a good example of ‘what could have been’, which has been the story of Indian OTT since the pandemic." Bollywood Hungama rated the series 3 stars in their review.
Shachi Chaturvedi from News18 stated "the narrative could have benefited from tighter storytelling."