Vijay Varma’s character in the Amazon Prime series seems to be loosely based on a mild-mannered teacher turned serial killer from Karnataka, though there has been no official confirmation from the show’s creators.
While ‘Dahaad’ places a serial killer before us in the end, the series is also an audit of our systemic prejudice which it suggests is the real killer.
Mumbai, May 17: The uncanny similarities between Anand Swarnakar, Vijay Varma s evil character in the web series Dahaad, and the serial killer notorious as Cyanide Mohan have not escaped people familiar with the real-life story.