‘Deeply Disturbed as a Parent’: Karan Johar Pens Emotional Review of Sonali Bendre's Raakh
The true-crime landscape on digital streaming platforms routinely features gritty procedural investigations and complex psychological puzzles, but every so often, a project arrives that completely shatters the emotional equilibrium of its audience. The latest piece of content to achieve this heavy impact is Prime Video's investigative period drama Raakh. The show has earned a massive stamp of validation from one of Bollywood's biggest stalwarts. Filmmaker and producer Karan Johar broke his self-imposed social media detox to pen an incredibly lengthy, raw, and emotional review of the series, admitting that the production’s look into the darkest corridors of human nature left him deeply shaken long after the final credits rolled.
Taking to his Instagram account, Johar confessed that he had been actively attempting to distance himself from digital public spaces, a personal goal he considered successful until he sat down to binge-watch the show. Watching the narrative unfold late into the night, the 54-year-old director felt an overwhelming creative urge to publicly express his thoughts. Johar noted that the intense series finale left him profoundly unsettled, functioning not just as a piece of gripping television but as an exhausting societal mirror.
He openly stated that he felt "deeply disturbed as a parent, as a human being, and as a member of society," pointing out that Raakh brilliantly captures the absolute ugliest side of humanity without offering easy cinematic excuses or comforting justifications for the darkness it explores.
Breaking a Social Media Break Out of Creative Necessity
Taking to his Instagram account, Johar confessed that he had been actively attempting to distance himself from digital public spaces, a personal goal he considered successful until he sat down to binge-watch the show. Watching the narrative unfold late into the night, the 54-year-old director felt an overwhelming creative urge to publicly express his thoughts. Johar noted that the intense series finale left him profoundly unsettled, functioning not just as a piece of gripping television but as an exhausting societal mirror.
He openly stated that he felt "deeply disturbed as a parent, as a human being, and as a member of society," pointing out that Raakh brilliantly captures the absolute ugliest side of humanity without offering easy cinematic excuses or comforting justifications for the darkness it explores.
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