Dahaad

Dahaad
Genre
Created by
Screenplay by
  • Reema Kagti
  • Ritesh Shah
  • Zoya Akhtar
  • Jithin
Directed by
  • Reema Kagti
  • Ruchika Oberoi
Starring
Music by
  • Gaurav Raina
  • Tarana Marwah
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes8
Production
Producers
  • Ritesh Sidhwani
  • Zoya Akhtar
  • Reema Kagti
  • Farhan Akhtar
  • Kassim Jagmagia
  • Angad Dev Singh
  • Sunitha Ram
CinematographyTanay Satam
EditorAnand Subaya
Production companies
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
Release12 May 2023 (2023-05-12)
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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.[1][2]

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.[3][4][5][6][7] It received positive reviews from critics.

At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Dahaad received 9 nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Director in a Drama Series (Kagti and Oberoi), Best Actor in a Drama Series (Varma), Best Actress in a Drama Series (Sinha) and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (Devaiah), and won 2 awards – Best Actor in a Drama Series (Critics) (Varma) and Best Actress in a Drama Series (Critics) (Sinha).

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