vishy0302

I don't get why the series is getting bad reviews from mainstream media. It is an excellent series with good acting, a well-paced story and backed by a good score.

It's gripping and unsettling. The screenplay is realistic. The writing is actually my favourite thing about this series. It captures both the apathy and tenacity of police in India. Its subtle commentary on Indian society is accurate af. It captures, very perfectly, the struggle women face, especially in rural and semi-rural India. And it does so in a thriller, wherein the viewer already knows who the killer is... that is not an easy feat.

Binge worthy series.

The documentary tries to build a very lopsided narrative which tries to portray Amarmani in some angelic light. For instance, a very small amount of time is spent on showing Madhumita's roots and journey. On the other hand almost half an episode is dedicated to tracing Amarmani's roots - grandfather, uncle, political movement, etc etc.

Then, at one point Amarmani's daughters make unsubstantiated claims of his innocence, they're never grilled on it. But when they make claims questioning Madhumita's sister Nidhi, we see a follow up with Nidhi being grilled on it. Similarly, at one point his daughters say they were too small to understand what was happening with the case, and yet later they say "we were actually happy at first that CBI was picking up the case". Again no follow-up grilling.

The worst part is that the documentary also tries to portray Madhumita as a power-hungry, "over-ambitious" woman with "lots of love interests." Not only is that blatant victim shaming (how does this connect with her murder? Did she deserve being murdered over these traits?) but they are also convenient misogynistic assertions (adjectives like these are rarely used for men).

Overall disappointed and shocked at Discovery for producing / backing something like this.