Dahaad (2023)

Original title

दहाड़

Genre

crime, mystery, drama

Country

India

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police officer investigates a series of murders where women are killed after responding to marriage proposals. The hunt for a serial killer puts her in a tense cat-and-mouse game across a small Indian town.

suspensefuldarkintensemethodicalgrittydisturbinggloomydeliberate-paced

What happens

Dahaad (transl. 'Roar') is a Hindi-language police procedural crime thriller television series created by Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar, directed by Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi, and starring Sonakshi Sinha, Gulshan Devaiah, Vijay Varma and Sohum Shah. It is inspired by Mohan Kumar, also known as Cyanide Mohan, a serial killer who preyed on women looking to get married. Dahaad is the first ever Indian streaming series to premiere at Berlin International film festival, where it competed for Berlinale Series Award. It was released on Amazon Prime Video on 12 May 2023. It received positive reviews from critics. At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Dahaad won two awards (for Sinha and Varma's performances) from nine nominations. According to IMDb, Dahaad has been renewed for a second season and production is underway. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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