The Hunt – The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Review: Gripping Series Gives Ringside View of CBI Investigation, Hews Close to What Happened
- On May 21, 1991, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bombing during a rally in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
- The assassination stemmed from the Tamil Tigers' retaliation against Gandhi for sending the Indian Peacekeeping Force into Sri Lanka's civil war.
- The investigation followed a 90-day timeline led by IPS officer D.R. Kaarthikeyan and uncovered the conspiracy hatched by LTTE militant Sivarasan and his team.
- A surviving Chinon camera from the blast provided key photographic evidence, while the series opener features the haunting call asking, "Is Rajiv Gandhi alive?" to set the tone.
- The Sony LIV series The Hunt portrays the tense manhunt and investigation with strong performances but acknowledges remaining sensitivities and some dramatization.
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Who was ‘one-eyed’ Sivarasan, the mastermind of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination plan?
The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination real story: A new seven-episode serial titled ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination’ revisits the Rajiv Gandhi assassination in 1991 and the subsequent manhunt for those involved in the former prime minister’s death. Here’s what we know about the LTTE operative who hatched the deadly plan and how he met his death in Karnataka
The Hunt – The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case review: Gripping series gives ringside view of CBI investigation, hews close to what happened
The Hunt - The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case review: Amit Sial-Sahil Vaid show is a welcome addition to shows looking back at recent times, which attempt to pin-point historical and political flashpoints in India with archival documentary footage.
'The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case' Ending Explained & Series Recap: Is Sivarasan Dead?
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case does a commendable job in gathering all the facts and presents a complete documentation of the events that transpired after the assassination of the ex-prime minister. But that said, I felt that the series suffered from a lack of characterization, and it seemed more like a collection of data and facts put together. It felt as if the series somewhat abstained from giving u…
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