Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom
In 2004, a brutal predator was lynched in a courtroom. This is the story of the community he terrorized - and the vengeance they unleashed.
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Duration : 159min
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It was a plot straight out of a Bollywood film but sadly for the people of Nagpur’s Kasturba Nagar, it was all too real, especially for the women. They were living under the shadow of terror unleashed by one man named Akku Yadav, who had made their life a living hell. For ten years, before he was brutally stabbed as many as 70 times inside a courtroom, Akku Yadav had killed mercilessly and allegedly raped countless women of his locality without ever facing the consequences for his unholy deeds. The police turned a blind eye to his crimes and he served a ridiculous amount of jail time for them. These short jail stays only bolstered his resolve to commit more gruesome crimes and literally get away with the murders.
Writer-director Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni leads with the most shocking event of this true story and then takes us into the genesis of Akku Yadav’s corrupt life. With many eyewitness accounts from his friends, lawyers and victims, he successfully manages to recreate Yadav’s terror and unpredictable actions. But there is a lot of visual monotony in his execution as it is all based in the dark and dingy bylanes and homes of Kasturba Nagar. The women narrating their experience and Akku Yadav’s misdeeds in their colloquial language seem to have done this many times before on camera, as the case was extensively covered by the local, national and international media. However, there are a few bone-chilling moments that stand out for the way they have been shot. It’s sensitive, thrilling and disturbing all at the same time. Like the brutal killing of Asha Bai is shown with zero bloodshed but leaves a lasting impact on the mind of the viewer.
The show’s narrative is also well-rounded in taking into account the views and counter views about Akku Yadav’s litany of offences. However, it shows little more than what is already in the public domain. It would have been very pertinent to show more of Yadav’s backstory about where he came from and what made him this manic killer. After all, it is important to know what circumstances breed people like Akku Yadav.
The show also doesn’t clearly answer what he did to enjoy such clout within the police ranks that he got royal treatment in jail and repeatedly mocked our justice system. The makers briefly touch upon a few conspiracy theories around Akku Yadav’s grisly murder in court like the involvement of Ambedkarites and urban naxals. There is reference to severe caste bias as Akku Yadav apparently only targeted Dalit women. However, none of this is explored in detail.
For its third season, Indian Predator surely picks an extremely baffling case of women power and vigilante justice, but digging deeper into the darker recesses of this crime and its perpetrators would have made for a more relevant and insightful watch.