Dahaad: An anti-Hindu propaganda bouquet which has whitewashing of Love Jihad, demonisation of upper caste Hindus and caste discrimination – OpIndia

On Might 12, Amazon Prime Video launched Sonakshi Sinha, Gulshan Devaiah, Vijay Verma and Waris Ahmed Zaidi starrer internet collection Dahaad. It’s a crime, thriller thriller internet collection produced by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti the director. The story relies on a small village named Mandawa in Rajasthan. Anjali Bhaati, performed by Sonakshi Sinha, is posted as Sub Inspector below SHO Devi Lal Singh, performed by Gulshan Deviaiah.

Two tales ran parallel within the collection. The primary story is about an upper-caste Hindu woman Rajni who eloped with a Muslim boy named Altaf and the second story of a serial killer.

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Disclaimer: This overview incorporates spoilers.

The refined denial of affection jihad

Rajni’s household, who influences the area, will get her again and information a criticism towards Altaf, claiming he kidnapped Rajni. Within the collection, it has been proven as Rajni is in love with Altaf. Nonetheless, due to the inter-religion relationship in a area the place even intercaste relationships would have been taboo, the household rejected their love.

Rajni was saved locked in a small room and delivered to the police station for a press release. Later, she managed to run away with Altaf. Although the police know Altaf and Rajni are in love, they should file a criticism towards him below strain from the Hindu organisation, Rajputs and senior law enforcement officials. SHO and SI helped Altaf escape utilizing a stolen automotive.

That is the abstract of the primary episode of the collection. For those who go away the collection within the first episode, it can hardly appear like a thriller revolving round a serial killer. The way in which Rajputs are proven as gundas, Hindu organisations (hinting in direction of Bajrang Dal and likes) are proven in a nasty mild, and love jihad is conveniently whitewashed; the collection producer has completed a improbable job in working propaganda.

The difficulty of affection jihad is fuming within the background of anti-conversion legal guidelines in a number of states, and the controversy round The Kerala Story made the right time to launch such a collection. If the police within the collection is to imagine, a Hindu woman working away with a Muslim boy isn’t a matter of concern as they each are adults. Perhaps inform that to Shraddha Walker.

The higher caste Hindu serial killer posing as a trainer

There can’t be something higher for the left-liberal to discover a serial killer who belongs to the higher caste and teaches Hindi. All of the controversies that make headlines within the nation, like caste discrimination, so-called Hindi imposition and others, had been rolled in a ball and served sizzling within the collection.

Anand Swarnakar is an upper-caste Hindu man who’s married and has a baby. He has mood points however retains them below management more often than not. In response to his members of the family, he goes to distant areas each weekend to show underprivileged kids. In actuality, he’s a serial killer who lures ladies of decrease caste and different religions above the age of 25 years. He guarantees them marriage, asks them to run away with him, makes bodily relations and click on objectionable images after which kills them.

Anand’s father can be a assassin however a faithful Hindu. He had killed his spouse years in the past, and Anand knew about it. The one sane particular person within the household is the youthful brother, who Anand tried to border in homicide expenses.

Anand’s homicide spree got here to the fore when a person from a scheduled caste claimed his 28-year-old sister Krishna ran away with a Muslim boy, and a Hindu organisation protesting towards Altaf got here ahead to assist him. He solely stated in order the police weren’t taking an curiosity within the case as they thought his sister was an grownup and ran away with a Hindu boy named Vijay. His sister’s useless physique was present in one other metropolis, and it turned case zero of the investigation right into a infamous serial killer.

Through the investigation, when it was revealed he was mendacity, Anjali discovered a connection between the 2 circumstances. Quickly, they discovered a number of related circumstances unfold in several districts throughout the state. Whereas police tried to seize Anand, he continued to kill women.

Later, when Anand realised the police may catch him anytime, he ran away with a Christian woman he had been speaking to for 3 years. He modified his identify and settled in Goa after marrying that woman. Inside weeks, he began discovering his subsequent goal and obtained caught.

Police don’t act on circumstances involving lower-caste ladies

The collection depicts it as if the police don’t take these circumstances severely the place an single lady from a decrease caste or non-Hindu faith runs away together with her lover. They solely take the case if a girl from an upper-caste Hindu household is concerned.

Caste discrimination

The collection depicts that caste discrimination is a significant problem in distant areas and small villages. The woman’s brother, who had been making an attempt to get some info for over 50 days, made the police act solely after claiming it was a Hindu-Muslim matter. Within the case of Rajni and Altaf, the daddy of Rajni didn’t enable Anjali to enter his home as she belonged to a decrease caste. The constable within the police station the place Anjali was the poster used ‘agarbatti’ to “purify” the corridor after Anjali crossed it. Moreover, the households of those ladies imagine it was a great factor that they ran away as they didn’t have cash to pay “dowry”.

The collection’ first season ends with a notice that Anjali filed an utility to vary her surname again to Meghwal, which clearly depicts her caste. The entire angle of caste discrimination confirmed upper-caste Hindus, significantly Rajputs, in a nasty mild.

There may be lots of scope within the Indian OTT scene for propaganda. Earlier, many collection had been launched, equivalent to Tandav, Patal Lok, Leila and others, that overtly confirmed Hindus in a nasty mild and confronted a lot criticism. It seems that the makers are actually selecting sturdy watch-worthy scripts to run the propaganda subtly. Whereas Dahaad is gaining reputation on social media, the refined whitewashing of affection jihad and the hate for Hindus and Hindi have handed with flying colors!

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