Dahaad - Season 1
Director(s)Reema Kagti, Ruchika Oberoi
Production year2023
Genre(s)Action, Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes59m
CastSonakshi Sinha, Vijay Varma, Gulshan Devaiah, Sohum Shah, Sanghmitra Hitaishi, Ankur Verma, Manyuu Doshi, Jayati Bhatia, Zoa Morani, Darius Chinoy, Ruchika Oberoi, Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Shah, Sumit Arora, Tarana Marwah, Gaurav Raina, Tanay Satam, Nitin Baid, Arjun Singh Kushwaha, Karan Mally, Nandini Shrikent, Hemang Vyas, Shailaja Sharma
Dahaad - Season 1
DAHAAD is a Hindi-language crime drama series; in this episode, the search for Anand continues.
DAHAAD is a Hindi-language crime drama series; in this episode, the search for Anand continues.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
12/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language (motherf**ker’, ‘f**k’) and milder terms which include ‘bastard’, 'hell' and 'damn'.
sex
A man opens his trousers and begins to masturbate as he looks at unseen pictures on a mobile phone; there is no nudity, but we see his upper body rocking back and forth and he breathes heavily.
additional issues
A man is kicked, punched and grabbed by the hair by a gang. A man is tied to railway track before being gagged and humiliated by his attackers, who then leave him as a train approaches. A male driver approaches several women, encouraging them to get into his car by pretending he knows them. A Muslim man is pulled from a car and made to walk through an angry crowd which shouts at him. There is brief gun threat. There are references to discrimination within the Indian caste system, and toward people of the Muslim faith. We see a seemingly dead woman's body on the ground; this image is out of focus. There are brief, undetailed references to sexual harassment and to adultery.
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
12/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman slams a man's head on a tabletop.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'bastard', 'hell' and 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young woman claims a man forced himself upon her; it is implied their relationship was actually consensual but that her family is coercing her to make this accusation to police
additional issues
A man is tied to railway tracks as an oncoming train approaches, with a character rushing to reach him in time. A woman has a mildly menacing dream of a mysterious woman speaking to her. In an impressionistic, out of focus sequence, we see a woman begin to collapse and appear to foam at the mouth; no further detail is given about her condition. There are undetailed references to adultery and a couple in bed together briefly consider having sex before deciding not to.
suicide references, infrequent strong language, moderate injury detail, sex
Classified Date:
18/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'bastard' and 'hell'.
sex
A man and woman kiss passionately in a hotel room; he begins to undress her by pulling her top down over her shoulders and it is implied they then have sex. There are undetailed verbal references to sex and adulterous relationships.
injury detail
A woman collapses and foams at the mouth in an impressionistically shot sequence. The bodies of several women are found with foam residue around their mouths. We see a body with mottled skin in a mortuary after being stored for several weeks. We repeatedly see crime scene photos which feature dead bodies being examined by police.
suicide and self-harm
A woman stands at the edge of a balcony and considers taking her own life. A man threatens to kill himself when his wife tells him she wants to separate. There are repeated references to the suspected suicides of a number of women who may actually have been murdered.
additional issues
There are brief verbal references to caste discrimination and undetailed verbal references to rape. A man is electrocuted while using a household appliance; this scene is brief and we see no injury detail. There are scenes of mild threat as a killer targets his next victim. There are verbal references to a man's misogyny and the likelihood he is a psychopath. A woman seeks prescription medication to help her cope with panic attacks. A man suggests to his pregnant wife they should consider having an abortion; this subject is discussed in an undetailed manner.
suicide scene
Classified Date:
18/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
A scene of suicide in which a character slits their wrists is accompanied by bloody detail. There are verbal references to suicide by poisoning.
additional issues
In a scene of sexual threat, a man continues to initiate sexual activity with his wife despites her protestations; however, no sexual violence in seen on screen. There are scenes of moderate threat throughout from a serial killer who targets women; in one sequence, he is also verbally threatening towards his adolescent son. References are made to the murders of women and there is sight of undetailed crime scene photographs of the women's dead bodies on the wall of a police station. There is a brief, moderate sex scene. Moderate sex references include a group of boys implied to be watching a pornographic video on a mobile phone with female moaning audible; in a later scene, a boy's father talks to him about what he saw and how it is an inaccurate representation of a sexual relationship. Use of mild and very mild bad language includes 'shit', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'screw' and 'God'.
moderate threat, suicide references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
11/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man admits to keeping his daughter locked in a room after she would sneak out to meet a boy.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderate threat in which a character is seen crushing pills and mixing them into people's drinks. A man drugs his young son so he can sneak out of their home unnoticed and meet a woman, and a young woman is given a cyanide laced pill by her partner. A man's walking stick is tampered with, resulting in him falling down a flight of stairs.
suicide and self-harm
There are verbal references to a number of suicide related deaths in which women poisoned themselves with cyanide.
additional issues
There are mild scenes of emotional upset, use of mild bad language ('bastard), a scene of mild sex and references to adultery.
moderate threat, injury detail, references to violence
Classified Date:
12/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are verbal references to woman being poisoned with what she thought was a contraceptive pill by a man she slept with the night before. She recalls taking the pill in a public bathroom passing out, before waking up in hospital.
threat and horror
A man grabs his wife and locks her in a bathroom when she threatens to talk to police about his involvement in a murder. A woman disappears into a bathroom after unknowingly being given a cyanide laced pill she believes is a contraceptive.
injury detail
A dead woman is found in a bathroom stall by police with vomit on the side of her mouth.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to a number of suspicious suicides in which women are believed to have poisoned themselves.
additional issues
There are mild references to sex.
moderate crime scene detail
Classified Date:
10/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail
Crime scenes are portrayed via photographs of murdered female victims, some with bruising on their face and neck.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are further verbal references to a serial killer. A man admits to witnessing the murder of his mother at the hands of his father. A woman is subject to discriminatory behaviour when a man refuses her entry to his house based on her caste, but his views are in a minority and are clearly not endorsed by other characters. There is mild bad language ('bastard'), accompanied by other milder terms ('hell', 'screw' and 'damn'). Scenes of threat are also mild, as are sex references, including mention of adulterous relationships. Brief suicide references and bloody images occur in the opening credit sequence.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
12/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
An unsympathetic character rapes a woman in a hotel room and takes photographs of her in bed wearing lingerie without her consent. However, the scene lacks gratuitous detail.
additional issues
A dead body is wheeled out of a house on a stretcher, with one arm hanging out of the sheet. A police noticeboard displays crime scene photographs of dead female victims, however, there is minimal bloody detail.
Verbal references are made to domestic abuse which resulted in the death of a woman, however, these references are infrequent and fairly undetailed.
Mild bad language occurs ('bastard', 'shit').
Classified date10/05/2023
LanguageHindi
injury detail
Crime scenes are portrayed via photographs of murdered female victims, some with bruising on their face and neck.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are further verbal references to a serial killer. A man admits to witnessing the murder of his mother at the hands of his father. A woman is subject to discriminatory behaviour when a man refuses her entry to his house based on her caste, but his views are in a minority and are clearly not endorsed by other characters. There is mild bad language ('bastard'), accompanied by other milder terms ('hell', 'screw' and 'damn'). Scenes of threat are also mild, as are sex references, including mention of adulterous relationships. Brief suicide references and bloody images occur in the opening credit sequence.
suicide references, infrequent strong language, moderate injury detail, sex
Classified Date:
18/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'bastard' and 'hell'.
sex
A man and woman kiss passionately in a hotel room; he begins to undress her by pulling her top down over her shoulders and it is implied they then have sex. There are undetailed verbal references to sex and adulterous relationships.
injury detail
A woman collapses and foams at the mouth in an impressionistically shot sequence. The bodies of several women are found with foam residue around their mouths. We see a body with mottled skin in a mortuary after being stored for several weeks. We repeatedly see crime scene photos which feature dead bodies being examined by police.
suicide and self-harm
A woman stands at the edge of a balcony and considers taking her own life. A man threatens to kill himself when his wife tells him she wants to separate. There are repeated references to the suspected suicides of a number of women who may actually have been murdered.
additional issues
There are brief verbal references to caste discrimination and undetailed verbal references to rape. A man is electrocuted while using a household appliance; this scene is brief and we see no injury detail. There are scenes of mild threat as a killer targets his next victim. There are verbal references to a man's misogyny and the likelihood he is a psychopath. A woman seeks prescription medication to help her cope with panic attacks. A man suggests to his pregnant wife they should consider having an abortion; this subject is discussed in an undetailed manner.
suicide scene
Classified Date:
18/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
A scene of suicide in which a character slits their wrists is accompanied by bloody detail. There are verbal references to suicide by poisoning.
additional issues
In a scene of sexual threat, a man continues to initiate sexual activity with his wife despites her protestations; however, no sexual violence in seen on screen. There are scenes of moderate threat throughout from a serial killer who targets women; in one sequence, he is also verbally threatening towards his adolescent son. References are made to the murders of women and there is sight of undetailed crime scene photographs of the women's dead bodies on the wall of a police station. There is a brief, moderate sex scene. Moderate sex references include a group of boys implied to be watching a pornographic video on a mobile phone with female moaning audible; in a later scene, a boy's father talks to him about what he saw and how it is an inaccurate representation of a sexual relationship. Use of mild and very mild bad language includes 'shit', 'asshole', 'bastard', 'screw' and 'God'.
moderate threat, injury detail, references to violence
Classified Date:
12/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are verbal references to woman being poisoned with what she thought was a contraceptive pill by a man she slept with the night before. She recalls taking the pill in a public bathroom passing out, before waking up in hospital.
threat and horror
A man grabs his wife and locks her in a bathroom when she threatens to talk to police about his involvement in a murder. A woman disappears into a bathroom after unknowingly being given a cyanide laced pill she believes is a contraceptive.
injury detail
A dead woman is found in a bathroom stall by police with vomit on the side of her mouth.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to a number of suspicious suicides in which women are believed to have poisoned themselves.
additional issues
There are mild references to sex.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
12/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language (motherf**ker’, ‘f**k’) and milder terms which include ‘bastard’, 'hell' and 'damn'.
sex
A man opens his trousers and begins to masturbate as he looks at unseen pictures on a mobile phone; there is no nudity, but we see his upper body rocking back and forth and he breathes heavily.
additional issues
A man is kicked, punched and grabbed by the hair by a gang. A man is tied to railway track before being gagged and humiliated by his attackers, who then leave him as a train approaches. A male driver approaches several women, encouraging them to get into his car by pretending he knows them. A Muslim man is pulled from a car and made to walk through an angry crowd which shouts at him. There is brief gun threat. There are references to discrimination within the Indian caste system, and toward people of the Muslim faith. We see a seemingly dead woman's body on the ground; this image is out of focus. There are brief, undetailed references to sexual harassment and to adultery.
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
12/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman slams a man's head on a tabletop.
language
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'bastard', 'hell' and 'damn'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young woman claims a man forced himself upon her; it is implied their relationship was actually consensual but that her family is coercing her to make this accusation to police
additional issues
A man is tied to railway tracks as an oncoming train approaches, with a character rushing to reach him in time. A woman has a mildly menacing dream of a mysterious woman speaking to her. In an impressionistic, out of focus sequence, we see a woman begin to collapse and appear to foam at the mouth; no further detail is given about her condition. There are undetailed references to adultery and a couple in bed together briefly consider having sex before deciding not to.
sexual violence
Classified Date:
12/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
An unsympathetic character rapes a woman in a hotel room and takes photographs of her in bed wearing lingerie without her consent. However, the scene lacks gratuitous detail.
additional issues
A dead body is wheeled out of a house on a stretcher, with one arm hanging out of the sheet. A police noticeboard displays crime scene photographs of dead female victims, however, there is minimal bloody detail.
Verbal references are made to domestic abuse which resulted in the death of a woman, however, these references are infrequent and fairly undetailed.
Mild bad language occurs ('bastard', 'shit').
moderate threat, suicide references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
11/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man admits to keeping his daughter locked in a room after she would sneak out to meet a boy.
threat and horror
There are scenes of moderate threat in which a character is seen crushing pills and mixing them into people's drinks. A man drugs his young son so he can sneak out of their home unnoticed and meet a woman, and a young woman is given a cyanide laced pill by her partner. A man's walking stick is tampered with, resulting in him falling down a flight of stairs.
suicide and self-harm
There are verbal references to a number of suicide related deaths in which women poisoned themselves with cyanide.
additional issues
There are mild scenes of emotional upset, use of mild bad language ('bastard), a scene of mild sex and references to adultery.
moderate crime scene detail
Classified Date:
10/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
injury detail
Crime scenes are portrayed via photographs of murdered female victims, some with bruising on their face and neck.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are further verbal references to a serial killer. A man admits to witnessing the murder of his mother at the hands of his father. A woman is subject to discriminatory behaviour when a man refuses her entry to his house based on her caste, but his views are in a minority and are clearly not endorsed by other characters. There is mild bad language ('bastard'), accompanied by other milder terms ('hell', 'screw' and 'damn'). Scenes of threat are also mild, as are sex references, including mention of adulterous relationships. Brief suicide references and bloody images occur in the opening credit sequence.
Director(s)Reema Kagti, Ruchika Oberoi
Production year2023
Genre(s)Action, Drama, Thriller
Approx. running minutes59m
CastSonakshi Sinha, Vijay Varma, Gulshan Devaiah, Sohum Shah, Sanghmitra Hitaishi, Ankur Verma, Manyuu Doshi, Jayati Bhatia, Zoa Morani, Darius Chinoy, Ruchika Oberoi, Reema Kagti, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Shah, Sumit Arora, Tarana Marwah, Gaurav Raina, Tanay Satam, Nitin Baid, Arjun Singh Kushwaha, Karan Mally, Nandini Shrikent, Hemang Vyas, Shailaja Sharma
Classified date10/05/2023
LanguageHindi
