Bhagwat: Chapter One – Raakshas
2025 Indian film
Bhagwat: Chapter One – Raakshas is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Akshay Shere. The film follows the investigation of a prostitution racket.
The project is produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Pammi Baweja, Harman Baweja, Kanishk Gangwal, and Akshay Shere, and is a joint production of Jio Studios, Baweja Studios, and Dog 'n' Bone Pictures. It features Arshad Warsi as Inspector Vishwas Bhagwat and Jitendra Kumar as Sameer, a professor, in lead roles, with Devas Dikshit, Tara Alisha Berry, Hemant Saini, and Ayesha Kaduskar in supporting roles.
The film's narrative has drawn comparisons to the Cyanide Mohan case. It was released on ZEE5 on 17 October 2025.
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The story begins in Robertsganj, Uttar Pradesh, in October 2009, with the disappearance of a young woman named Poonam Mishra. Her distraught parents report her missing, but the local police dismiss the case as an elopement because money, jewellery, and bridal clothes are also missing. One officer crudely remarks that Poonam's dark complexion made marriage prospects unlikely. A local politician fuels communal tensions by promoting a “love jihad” narrative, claiming that a Muslim man abducted her, leading to riots and protests across the town.
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