New Delhi: A mystery serial murderer is on the loose in a secluded village in Rajasthan. The cops have been assigned the task of determining his identification and apprehending him. The entire state is scaled, only to discover that his victims are all over the place. Dahad investigates how he was apprehended and what his motivation was.
While serving as a murder mystery, Dahaad is more about the process that leads to the capture of the bad guy. It wants you to focus on the atrocities that have formed him into the monster he is, rather than what he does. If you’re willing to completely immerse yourself in an eight-hour show, there’s a lot to interpret in Dahaad. When Sonakshi’s Anjali has had enough of the caste inequality, she exclaims, “Agar insaaf ki jaati puchlo na to woh bhi uschi jaati ka hi milega,” a remark that captures the entire core of this reality.
The casting in Dahaad is daring and courageous. The directors cast an actor who has been avoiding performing a role this sophisticated for a long time and convince her that she, too, possesses the talent to nail it. Sonakshi Sinha returns to her roots as an ‘actor,’ and how? She adjusts to her surroundings and plays the part so naturally. There is so much more strain on Anjali as a character with the layers, yet she has brushed it all off with some residues still on her. Sonakshi represents it well. They mould her into a woman who is a frontline victim of many things simply because she was born into a specific social class.
On the other hand, no other approach to describe what Vijay Varma performs with these components except as a magician. Another unfavourable aspect of Darlings, but a total 180-degree reversal from Hamza. The actor portrays a serial murderer who has a double life as a monster. Even when there is no scene of him murdering someone, the narrative moulds him so beautifully that you are scared of him. It’s just that the notion of him killing everyone with his mind is so profitable and wicked. His performance has a lot of slow burn.
Soham Shah is in a quandary, and it is very emotional to express to him our shared worry. The actor never attempts to dominate others because he has the talent, but instead chooses to take a back seat and make the viewers notice him. Gulshan Devaiah, the ruler of them all, obtains outstanding results. When his character is removed from the mayhem of the police station and his home, the performer in him rejoices.
Dahaad is not for everyone, yet it deserves a shot even if it does not appeal to you. It’s a filmmaking attempt that appears like reading a book.