Poacher Season 1
8 episodes · about 6 hours · complete season
Filmi Score · season 1
Very good
14 reviews
72
16+
Summary
Originally created in Malayalam (മലയാളം), Poacher is a spine-chilling crime thriller about a group of Indian Forest Service officers, NGO workers, police constables and Good Samaritans risk their lives trying to track down the biggest elephant ivory poachers in the history of India and bring them to justice.
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All seasons
Season 12024 · 8 episodesVery good · 14 reviews16+
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Cast & crew
Created byRichie Mehta
Season 1 directed byRichie Mehta
Season 1 written byAmrita Bagchi, Richie Mehta, Gopan Chidambaran, Suprotim Sengupta
CastNimisha Sajayan
Roshan Mathew
Dibyendu Bhattacharya
Ankith Madhav
Kani Kusruti
Ranjitha Menon
Vinod Sherawat
Snoop Dinesh
Summary
Originally created in Malayalam (മലയാളം), Poacher is a spine-chilling crime thriller about a group of Indian Forest Service officers, NGO workers, police constables and Good Samaritans risk their lives trying to track down the biggest elephant ivory poachers in the history of India and bring them to justice.
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A procedural about forest officers hunting ivory poachers in Kerala. Graphic, bloody depictions of elephant killings; one critic notes violations of human rights. Strong on conservation and courage, with officers portrayed as dedicated and admirable.
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The record, item by item
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“fills the frame with the horrific sight of a dead elephant” view the record →
Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record
“You see tusks being extracted, you see the blood, and you feel sickened and furious” view the record →
Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record
“blood trickling from the single bullet wound in the centre of its forehead” view the record →
Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record
“hacked, tortured, and left to die in the forest” view the record →
Language · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Aggressive, profane and irritable like one who hasn't had her coffee fix” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“a married woman, who is in an extramarital affair with a poacher” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“It is hard to watch an elephant die” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“resulting in what are clearly violations of human rights” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“bring our collective focus back to coexistence from conquest” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · YT
“amidst the horrors of humanity, there are still heroes, there is still hope” view the record →
Role models · Strong · Reviewer on record
“dedicated forest officers who give their all to hunt down the criminals and save the elephants” view the record →
Role models · Strong · YT
“honest, committed officers within a fractured, indifferent system” view the record →
What the critics said
14 reviews read · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Unni Narayanan · YouTube · transcript read · 24 Feb 2024
The critic calls Poacher a deeply engaging, emotionally connecting watch, singling out its sound design, VFX placement and uniformly strong… Watch it there →
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Vignesh Madhu · 23 Feb 2024
Madhu calls Poacher a thoughtfully researched, multilingual wildlife-crime procedural with committed performances and rich characterisation,… Read it there →
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YouTube · rating spoken aloud · 29 Feb 2024
4.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in videoFilmi’s reading 8590
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 23 Feb 2024
4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in videoFilmi’s reading 8080
23 Feb 2024
Poacher 2024 Series Review: Amazon Prime Malayalam Web Series Read it there →
Published · 4/5Filmi’s reading 8080
Shubhra Gupta · 23 Feb 2024
3/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in textFilmi’s reading 7860
Sukanya Shaji · 23 Feb 2024
Shaji calls Poacher a compelling, empathetic wildlife-crime procedural with strong performances, noting the personal-trauma-driven plotting turns… Read it there →
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Suchin Mehrotra · YouTube · transcript read · 23 Feb 2024
Mehrotra calls Poacher an achievement for the emotional impact of its drama, praising Richie Mehta's craft, its tense direction and… Watch it there →
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23 Feb 2024
The reviewer finds Poacher a tense, well-cast thriller carried by strong performances from Sajayan and Mathew and an emotionally impactful ending,… Read it there →
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YouTube · transcript read · 4 Mar 2024
The reviewer praises Poacher's thrilling final episodes, strong performances (especially Nimisha Sajayan and Roshan Mathew), effective VFX and… Watch it there →
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Baradwaj Rangan · 23 Feb 2024
In this excerpt, Rangan praises Richie Mehta's journalistic instincts and calls Poacher a thrilling, informative dive into the poaching trade; the… Read it there →
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Nandini Ramnath · 23 Feb 2024
Ramnath finds Poacher a handsomely made, engaging procedural with strong performances, but flags padded domestic subplots and unease at how the… Read it there →
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Rashmi Vasudeva · 24 Feb 2024
Vasudeva praises the committed cast and atmospheric detail but finds the plotting overcrowded and confusing, the editing patchy, and some episodes… Read it there →
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23 Feb 2024
The critic calls Poacher an exhausting, overlong exposition dump with glacial pacing, drab visuals, and shallow writing, objecting especially to… Read it there →
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