Dahan series trailer: Tisca Chopra fights demons in a mining land

The trailer of Tisca Chopra’s Disney+ Hotstar show Dahan: Raakan Ka Rahasya was released on Tuesday. The nine-episode horror series, helmed by Vikranth Pawar, also stars Saurabh Shukla.

It is slated to stream on the OTT platform from September 16.

The trailer shows visuals of the village of ‘Shilaspura’. A voice-over informs that the village was cursed by a ‘Mayavi’ and its soul is trapped in a cave called ‘Shilasthal’. The voice-over adds that if the soul is let loose, it will lead to a bloodbath. Cut to the present and we see Tisca’s Avani Raut, the newly-appointed District Magistrate of the area. She has been assigned to do a mining job because ‘rare minerals’ have been found in the area. The villagers and godmen ask her not to venture into ‘Shilasthal’ and wake the spirit, but she does, and people start getting killed.

Talking about the series Tisca shared that she loved how it captured raw fear as each character faces their own demons. “My character Avani Raut fights personal and professional battles when she is caught in the crossfire of superstition and the supernatural, and practicality on the other. The show puts her on a quest by drawing parallels between her external and internal fears, which all of us confront,” she said in a statement.

Saurabh Shukla said that Dahan as a show meticulously brings together a tale of myths, legends and superstitions. He said, “Playing Pramukh puts me in the eye of the strong beliefs surrounding the village and its residents. One element that makes this character stand out is that he fears what he worships, but is too scared to break the chain.” 

Director Vikranth Pawar added that they set out to create a show where the audience experiences how mythical and supernatural elements can come together to create fear in people’s minds.

The series is written by Nisarg Mehta, Shiva Bajpai and Nikhil Nair and bankrolled by Banijay Asia, Deepak Dhar, and Rishi Negi.