Poacher (TV series)
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- Richie Mehta
- Gopan Chidambaran
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| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Richie Mehta |
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| Directed by | Richie Mehta |
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| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Malayalam |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Cinematography | Johan Heurlin Aidt |
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| Network | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | 28 January 2023 – 23 February 2024 |
Poacher is an Indian Malayalam-language crime drama miniseries created by Richie Mehta. Starring Nimisha Sajayan, Roshan Mathew, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Ankith Madhav, Kani Kusruti, Ranjitha Menon and Maala Parvathi, the series explores the issue of ivory poaching in India. The first three episodes premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and on 23 February 2024, the series was released on Amazon Prime Video and received positive reviews from critics.[1]
Set in 2015, the series is based on true events of ivory poaching that took place in Malayattoor, Vazhachal and Munnar forest divisions of Kerala, which had alleged involvement of transnational crime syndicates Triad and Yakuza, and the subsequent government action known as Operation Shikkar.[2][3][4]
- Nimisha Sajayan as Mala Jogi
- Roshan Mathew as Alan Joseph
- Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Neel Banerjee
- Kani Kusruti as DFO Dina
- Ankith Madhav as Vijay Babu
- Ranjitha Menon as Achala Joseph, Alan's wife
- Maala Parvathi as Roshni, Mala's mother
- Denzil Smith as Nilesh Sharma, Chief Wildlife Warden
- Vinod Sharawat as Kishore Kumar
- Hannah Reji Koshy as Abilasha
- Noorudheen Ali Ahmed as Raaz
- Kumaradas T N as Santosh, Forest Officer
- Zhinz Shan as Yadu
- Sooraj Pops as Aruku
- Praveen T.J as Poyya
- Amal Rajdev as Morris Finn
- Arjun Radhakrishnan Ambat as Forest Officer Krishna