Dahaad (Indian TV series)

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Dahaad
Genre
Created by
Screenplay by
  • Reema Kagti
  • Ritesh Shah
  • Zoya Akhtar
Directed by
Starring Sonakshi Sinha
Gulshan Devaiah
Vijay Varma
Sohum Shah
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 Excel Entertainment
Tiger Baby Films
Release
Original network Amazon Prime Video
Original release22 February 2023 (2023-02-22)

Dahaad is a Hindi-language crime, mystery, thriller web series created by Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar and directed by Reema Kagti, Ruchika Oberoi, starring Sonakshi Sinha, Gulshan Devaiah, Sohum Shah,Vijay Varma, Yogi Singha, Sanghmitra Hitaishi, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee, Nirmal Chiraniyan, Vijay Kumar Dogra, Abhishek Bhalerao, and Waris Ahmed Zaidi. [1] Dahaad is the first ever Indian web series to premiere at Berlin International film festival, where it will compete for Berlinale Series Award. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Contents

Cast

Filming

The shooting of Dahaad was set in a small village of Rajasthan. [7]

Release

The web series premiered at 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, Germany on February 22, 2023. [8] [9] [10] Amazon Prime Video yet not declared release date for India or worldwide. [11]

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