It stars Rishi, Aneesha Dama, Deviyani Sharma, Jaffer Sadiq, Kamakshi Bhaskarla, Lena, Manikandan K., Nithin Prasanna, Ravi Kale, and Shelly Kishore in lead roles.

[4][5] Sangeetha Devi Dundoo of The Hindu stated "Viewers are advised to watch it in isolation and use headphones, given the use of profane language, violence and sexual content.

This one is not out to please family audiences and aims to be in the space of Hindi series such as Sacred Games, Paatal Lok and Mirzapur.

"[6] English Jagran also opined similar "If you love crime thrillers like 'Mirzapur' and 'Paatal Lok', then 'Shaitan' is for you.

"[7] Sakshi rated 2.5 stars out of 5 and opined "With an emotionally well-rounded story, the series would have been a winner.