Bollywood Hungama rated 4 stars out of 5 and wrote "On the whole, Dahaad is one of the finest shows to have come out in the Indian digital space.Read at source
Dahaad 2023 
Synopsis
Dahaad
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.
- Director
- —
- Release
- 12 May 2023
- Studio
- Excel Entertainment
- Run time
- 49 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
9 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for Dahaad is 80/100 from Bollywood Hungama and Saibal Chatterjee (NDTV).
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 10 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
Positive 8
A critic from Hindustan Times praised Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar and wrote "Dahaad is controlled and superbly orchestrated, never giving way to the sensational tone of serial killer crusades and dramatic monologues with wide-eyed close-ups."Read at source
India Today wrote "All in all, Dahaad is a treat to all those who are a fan of cop thrillers and have been complaining of not watching a good one of late."Read at source
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV rated Dahaad 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "The eight-part show, created by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti and produced by Excel Media and Tiger Baby, is devoid of the visceral and the explosive.Read at source
Scroll.in praised performance of Sonakshi Sinha and Gulshan Devaiah and wrote "Stripped of its virtue signalling-scaffolding, Dahaad works best as a dispassionate game about hunters and the hunted.Read at source
Shilajit Mitra of The Hindu wrote "I found the deliberate middle episodes of the series to be the most engaging.Read at source
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote "Net net, Dahaad starts off with a great deal of promise (the first two episodes are zingers), ensnaring us with its stunning locations, but finally it comes off only intermittently engaging."Read at source
The Times of India wrote "Dahaad brings up something we’ve seen in various Indian dramas like Raveena Tandon’s Aranyak and Dhrashti Dhami’s Duranga, among others.Read at source
Critical 1
Sukanya Verma for Rediff.com wrote "Predictable as these machinations may be, Dahaad soaks in the method to the madness.Read at source
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Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 12 May 2023
- Run time
- 49 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Studio
- Excel Entertainment
- Distributor
- Amazon Prime Video
- Certificate
- TV-MA
Trivia
- Dahaad is the first ever Indian streaming series to premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, where it competed for the Berlinale Series Award.
- The series was released on Amazon Prime Video on 12 May 2023 in 240 countries.
- At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Dahaad won two awards for the performances of Sonakshi Sinha and Vijay Varma from nine nominations.
- The shooting of the series took place in a small village in Rajasthan.
- The series is inspired by the real-life serial killer Mohan Kumar, also known as Cyanide Mohan.
- According to IMDb, Dahaad has been renewed for a second season and production is currently underway.
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