Overview
- Prime Video publicly released Raakh’s trailer on June 1 and confirmed the series will premiere worldwide on June 12 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories.
- The series stars Ali Fazal as Sub‑Inspector Jayprakash, Sonali Bendre as Mona Arora, and Aamir Bashir as Lt. Col. Ashok Arora, supported by an ensemble that includes Akash Makhija, Ramandeep Yadav and Dibyendu Bhattacharya.
- Raakh was created, written and co‑directed by Anusha Nandakumar and Sandeep Saket, directed and executive produced by Prosit Roy, with dialogues by Ayush Trivedi and production by Endemol Shine India in association with BhaDiPa.
- Set in late‑1970s Delhi, the plot follows a police investigation into missing children led by Jayprakash and is presented as a psychological, character‑driven procedural that avoids revealing plot resolutions.
- The makers say the story is a fictionalised drama rooted in the 1978 Geeta and Sanjay Chopra (Ranga‑Billa) case and coverage notes the series may revive public debate about dramatizing real tragedies while emphasizing sensitivity to victims’ families.