Going back-to-back from Khauf (Prime Video) to Sinners (theatrical release), you figure there can certainly be spook with substance!

The protagonist of Smita Singh’s series Khauf (that’s dropped on Amazon Prime Video) is a rape survivor, who then moves from Gwalior to Delhi, where her boyfriend lives. 

She’s searching for a job, and having found one, subsequently lodges at a decrepit working women’s hostel, located in absolute wilderness. 

Think of it as haveli in the middle of the Delhi Ridge. There are women kinda locked around her—all of whom have been subjected to some trauma or the other. 

Which makes me wonder—what if Khauf wasn’t the horror show, about paranormal activities, and demonic possessions, that you’re watching. 

Would it still not stand on its own as a severely slow-burn, six hours’ long, eight-episode, dark drama, simply about working women in Delhi? 

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