Dahaad
Dahaad (transl. Roar) is a Hindi-language police procedural crime thriller web series created by Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar, directed by Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi, and starring Sonakshi Sinha, Gulshan Devaiah, Vijay Varma and Sohum Shah. Inspired by Mohan Kumar, also known as Cyanide Mohan, a serial killer who preyed on women looking for marriage.
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| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Cinematography | Tanay Satam |
| Editor | Anand Subaya |
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| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | 12 May 2023 |
Dahaad is the first ever Indian web 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 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).