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Poacher 2023
Poacher is an Indian Malayalam-language crime drama miniseries created by Richie Mehta. The series explores the issue of ivory poaching in India and was released on Amazon Prime Video after premiering at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on 23 February 2024. Starring Nimisha Sajayan, Roshan Mathew, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Ankith Madhav, Kani Kusruti, Ranjitha Menon and Maala Parvathi, it is set in 2015 and based on true events from Malayattoor, Vazhachal and Munnar forest divisions of Kerala. These areas were allegedly involved with transnational crime syndicates including triads and yakuza, leading to government action called Operation Shikkar. The series received positive reviews from critics.
Cast
- Nimisha SajayanMala Jogi
- Roshan MathewAlan Joseph
- Dibyendu BhattacharyaNeel Banerjee
- Kani KusrutiDFO Dina
- PoacherVijay Babu
- Ranjitha MenonAchala Joseph
- Maala ParvathiRoshni
- Denzil SmithNilesh Sharma
- Vinod SharawatKishore Kumar
- Hannah Reji KoshyAbilasha
- Noorudheen Ali AhmedRaaz
- Kumaradas T NSantosh
- Zhinz ShanYadu
- Sooraj PopsAruku
- Praveen T.JPoyya
- Amal RajdevMorris Finn
- Arjun Radhakrishnan AmbatForest Officer Krishna
Crew
- Director
- Richie Mehta
- Creator
- Richie Mehta
- Writer
- Richie Mehta, Gopan Chidambaran
- Executive producer
- Alia Bhatt, Prerna Singh, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Raymond Mansfield
- Cinematography
- Johan Heurlin Aidt
Details
- Production
- Eternal Sunshine Productions, Poor Man’s Productions, QC Entertainment, Suitable Pictures
- Network
- Amazon Prime Video
