Documentary Series ‘House of Secrets’ In Netflix’s Top 10 Shows

Documentary series ‘House of Secrets’ made on Burari case included in Netflix’s top 10 shows, know what is special.

In 2018, the news of the death of 11 members of the same family under suspicious circumstances in Sant Nagar, Burari area of ​​Delhi had shocked the entire nation.

The dead bodies of all the members were found hanging from dupattas and saris on a net in the house itself. The case had become a mystery even for the police department.

The crime branch had investigated this case from the angle of murder and suicide and during the investigation.

When the layers of this case were opened, many hair-raising facts came to the fore, which were related to psychology, sociology to culture.

Filmmaker Leena Yadav, who has made great films like Parched and Rajma Chawal, has made a documentary series House of Secrets.

The Burari Deaths on this shocking case, which is currently running at number two in the list of Netflix’s Top 10 Shows.

The series was streamed on the platform on 8 October. Leena has tried to cover almost every aspect related to this case through the series.

Whether it is the investigation of the crime branch or the media coverage during that time or the psychological and social reasons behind this case.

What’s special in ‘House of Secrets’

House of Secrets is a limited series of three episodes. The duration of each episode is approximately 40 minutes. You do the build of the first episode case and series.

The second episode mainly focuses on the investigation and the third episode deals with its social, mental, and supernatural aspects.

The House of Secrets is a complete document to understand the Burari case. There is also a feeling of thrill while watching the series. Emotional interviews of neighbors, relatives, friends.

What could be the reason for the mass suicide in a family where the daughter’s engagement was celebrated 10 days ago, is educationally and financially well off?

The reporting of 11 dead bodies, 11 iron bars in the net, and 11 pipes on the outer wall of the house seem shocking.

The coverage that took place on the channels during that time regarding the Burari case is in a way a mirror to the lightness of the media.

The documentary series seeks to understand the causes of mass suicide based on conversations between journalists covering the case, police officers investigating, neighbors, and experts.

This was seen as the psychological problem of psychosis, the victim of which was the younger son Lalit of the family.

Although the documentary does not go into its depth, it has been shown through interviews that Lalit had an accident in 1988, in which he suffered a severe head injury.

Then a few years ago he was attacked with a deadly attack, in which he was badly injured. After this, his voice was lost for about three years.

However, it was also said that Lalit had pretended to have lost his voice.

The instructions written in the register in the series are shown through a voiceover and graphics.

Telling the schedule of the arrival of the father’s soul, instructing the family members to obey Lalit, hanging like the roots of the banyan tree.

Hearing these things from the register shudders. Just like any psychological-thriller show.

Leena has mostly used interviews and stock footage for the documentary. Delhi and the places related to the case have been shot.

AR Rahman and Qutub-e-Kripa’s background store makes the sequences in this series effective.

What is the Buhari case?

On the morning of July 1, 2018, there was sensational news of the death of 11 people of the Chandawat family in the Sant Nagar area of ​​Burari. 80-year-old mother Narayani Devi.

Both sons Bhuvnesh (50) and Lalit (45), both daughters-in-law Savita (48) and Tina (42), daughter Pratibha Bhatia (57), Pratibha’s daughter Priyanka (33), Bhuvnesh’s daughters were Neetu (25), Monu (23), son Dhruv (15) and Lalit’s son Shivam (15).

When the police reached inside the house, the bodies of all 10 people were found hanging from the grill.

The body of an elderly woman was found lying upside down in the empty space near the bed in the bedroom. A string was found tied to the handle of the cupboard behind him.

The rest were hanging from members’ dupattas and saris.

Everyone’s hands were tied behind. The mouth and eyes were bandaged and cotton was stuffed in the ears.

According to the documentary, after inspecting the incident, the police initially considered it to be a case of mass suicide, as there were no signs of any coercive activity inside the house.

But after pressure from family, relatives, and some organizations, a murder report was registered and the investigation was handed over to the crime branch.

The apprehension of murder was proved unfounded after seeing the footage of the CCTV camera installed outside the house as no evidence was found of any outsider entering the house.

Documentary series ‘House of Secrets’: Shocking revelations from the register

The mysterious twist, in this case, came when a register was found in the temple of the house, which contained instructional entries from 2007 to 2018 on what the members of the household had to do and what not to do.

It was revealed from this register that the younger son Lalit started running the house as the head of the household after the death of his father Bhopal Singh.

Everyone obeyed him. According to the register, the spirit of father Bhopal Singh used to contact the family through Lalit, and then his voice would change.