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The Hunt – The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case Review: Gripping Series Gives Ringside View of CBI Investigation, Hews Close to What Happened
- On May 21, 1991, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, by a suicide bomber at an election rally.
- The assassination followed the deployment of the Indian Peacekeeping Force to Sri Lanka, which angered the LTTE, who targeted Gandhi as retaliation.
- The Sony LIV series The Hunt dramatizes the 90-day investigation led by CBI officer D.R. Kaarthikeyan to track the LTTE operatives behind the conspiracy.
- The series features seven episodes with strong performances, especially by Amit Sial as Kaarthikeyan, and includes the quote “One man's hero is another man's terrorist.”
- The show offers a detailed, if sometimes dramatized, portrayal of the case's complexity and its emotional impact, highlighting the political and human consequences of the assassination.
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Who was ‘one-eyed’ Sivarasan, the mastermind of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination plan?
The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination real story: A new seven-episode serial titled ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination’ revisits the Rajiv Gandhi assassination in 1991 and the subsequent manhunt for those involved in the former prime minister’s death. Here’s what we know about the LTTE operative who hatched the deadly plan and how he met his death in Karnataka
The Hunt – The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case review: Gripping series gives ringside view of CBI investigation, hews close to what happened
The Hunt - The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case review: Amit Sial-Sahil Vaid show is a welcome addition to shows looking back at recent times, which attempt to pin-point historical and political flashpoints in India with archival documentary footage.
How Was Rajiv Gandhi Assassinated? Who Was Behind The Plot And The Reason Behind The Same
Rajiv Gandhi, son of Indira Gandhi and grandson of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, became the seventh Prime Minister of India at the age of 40. While he initially had no interest in joining politics, destiny had some other plans. After his brother, Sanjay Gandhi, died in a plane crash in 1980, and his mom, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in October 1984, he had no option but to join politics and to be the s…
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