Though Indian Predator Season 1 and
2 were interesting, the experience of Season 3 will be etched in our minds for a long
time as one of the most unique shows. Everything about this series is
originally Indian. The premise, the story, the narration, and even the direction. The series is based on real life story of Aku
Yadav who was lynched in a Nagpur courtroom by a mob of women. If that’s not
interesting then I don’t now what is. I have watched many murder thrillers and
psychological mysteries, mostly international. But this Indian story goes to
show the wealth of content available in our culture that is yet to be explored.
It is a firsthand narrative of
the victims who suffered 4 years of trauma by a rapist and murderer who preyed
on lower caste, poor and oppressed residents of a slum dwelling in Nagpur. The
audacious atrocity of a single man on an entire colony of Dalits goes to show
the social tyranny of the scheduled castes and tribes. What made it worse is
the support of the police and administration enjoyed by the predator leaving
absolutely no hope for these people. With no food and water to live the victims
were also in constant threat of violation of their dignity and life. The
spine-chilling stories of helpless women giving a detailed account of every
incident will shake the audience. To be constantly anxious for your life, to
not know when you will be raped and cut like a piece of meat, is worse than hell
itself.
In a land where goddesses are
worshipped, sometimes even more than gods, with pomp and fervor, how is it that
their women are raped, molested, and butchered like animals? But it is these
same stories of Durga and Kali that inspire our women to attain the goddess’s
avatars and end the atrocity. When the going got tough a whole community was
enraged with vengeance. They came together to finish a Ravan who would never be
punished in the decayed rotten justice system.
The bloodthirsty women ended the tyranny of a demon in a way that
befitted his karma. The story narrates the account given by people on both
sides. And the horrendous presence of the misogynist that lives in the Indian
male’s mind is clearly depicted. In the end faith, for whatever its worth, was
restored, leaving a glimmer of hope for the administration.
Rating – 4 / 5
