August 31, 2018
I watched the much awaited Netflix mini-series Ghoul recently and I have to say that I am not disappointed. The horror show stars Radhika Apte and Manav Kaul.
Set in a dystopian near future, Ghoul shows an authoritarian government cracking down on what it perceives anti-national. Radhika Apte plays the role of an Army officer who is called to interrogate a terrorist called Ali Saeed. Radhika is patriotic to the point that she gets her own father arrested because he as a professor was teaching out of the syllabus things to his students.
When Radhika reaches the detention centre she meets the officers there headed by Colonel Dacunha. Things start going bizzare when Ali Saeed is brought to the detention centre and this is how the Ghoul comes in the picture.
The series is well acted, with good sound-design, background score and special effects. The depiction of a dystopian world is satisfying.
The only downside of the series is that there is too much political undertone involved, so much that it becomes subversive. We could have done with more horror and less of politics. Other than this, the series is great overall. It’s different from other Indian shows and the director should be given his due credit for bringing something new to the table. Worth a watch.
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