Beast of Bangalore: Indian Predator (2022) User Reviews

Astonishing incompetency of the police coupled with activists making it all about themselves

[abirzenith · 6/10 · 17 December 2022]

This documentary series was very difficult to go through, not because it was disturbing, but more so because I was in constant disbelief of the incompetency of the Indian police system and also how the activist speakers would sneak in every now and then to make it about something else entirely.

This above everything should be about spreading awareness about these kind of psychopaths, creating a better environment for sexual victims so they feel comfortable coming forward and making sure such incompetent people are never in power of position who can blame women for such things instead of the criminals.

The best thing this documentary does is expose how poor the justice system truly is, show how the mentality of the people in India is still a century behind and Women are trapped in an invisible cage.

Not to mention the amount of times he was allowed to escape and in a way those lead to more murders. The murders he committed after running away, the blood of those victims' are in the police officers hand just as much as the killers.

Netflix missed a great story with a bad narration.

[nsharathchandra · 6/10 · 1 January 2023]

I watched the entire story as I was in college during 2003 and the fear of him being escaped from jail was clearly visible.

My views here are

1. It fails to show how police department were in dark with such psychos at that time, he came out of nowhere and his crimes were beyond the sense at that time. (Include Dandupalya Gang)

2. It fails to probe the psychic mentality of the man, how few monsters are in our society and what their thinking is.

3. The failure of judicial system is not shown at all, except for the final Lady Judge, all other were equally responsible for his release.

4. It should have should how the police department did try to eventually convict him in these cases.

And finally why were these two "women panelists" called at the end targetting masculinity of men? Is it a norm for Netflix.

Another painful indictment of the Indian police

[RZNL-30514 · 7/10 · 20 December 2022]

The documentary, painfully, exposes the absolute incompetence of the various Indian police services.

Their suspect escapes twice by almost the exact same means, because absolutely no-one ever has suspected that a suspect would try to escape while pretending to have to go the the bathroom (or in this case a wooded area) or that one can run on a plastered leg.

The officers involved manage to make it sound like the suspect was a mastermind, because... Who would have thought to visit his parents house to look for evidence after he was arrested for the first time?

Incredible. That is why I gave it a 7. For the insight into a disfunctional police.

The rest of the documentary is mostly very boring.

A painful watch.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 3/10 · 18 December 2022]

After the success of Murder in a Courtroom, The Indian Predator series returns fairly quickly, with this, Beast of Bangalore, a sadistic rapist and killer that terrorised women for several years.

I really enjoyed the previous series, this one however was poor in contrast, a totally disappointing contrast. The three episodes could genuinely have been condensed down into an hour long production, this was painfully stretched out.

We actually learn very, very little Bout Umesh Reddy, his motivation, background, we just really get opinions of how his crimes affected society, it's too narrow.

I don't mean to knock the story, it's fascinating, but the way it's told here, is very poor, crimes against women, however no women are interviewed in the first two episodes, so we only get the viewpoint of the men involved in the case, there is no mention of the victims, just sketchy information about the actual miscreant.

Only episode three offers any significant input, but it really is such a dreary, lifeless production, it's guilty of the worst thing, it's boring, I couldn't binge watch it, I had to take regular breaks, as concentrating on it was hard work.

One of the worst Netflix documentary series to date, 3/10.

Not up to the mark

[fahimibnesarwar · 3/10 · 27 December 2022]

Compared to the other episodes of the series, it is much weaker production. The main reason for this is the lack of sufficient evidence related to the main events. Other episodes feature interviews with the victim and, in some cases, the original defendant. Nothing such was found here. As a result, the solidity of the screenplay remains absent here. And that's why the episode is so average. This episode doesn't live up to the standards that Indian Predators series has set. Although the main accused is a gruesome and brutal murderer, rapist and abuser of women. The cinematography of the recreated dramatic parts based on true events is beautiful.

Really good watch!

[damdee8 · 21 December 2022]

Slow burn, not for the one's used to Indian tabloid media and sensationalism of news.

I am from Bangalore and I can say that the makers capture the spirit of the story very well. It is a good reflection of Indian societal structure, patriarchy and the taboo associated with reporting s.assault on women. Shows very well why 90% of s.assault cases go unreported in India!

It was interesting to see the police reaction and the terms they use. I truly cringed when one retd. Police used the term "enjoyment of women" for horrific rape. There seems to be no sensitivity training to the trauma undergone by the victims.

Also, the complete lack of interest in understanding the psyche of the psychopath, their lack of remorse and using this for prevention of future crimes was surprising!

The decision of the courts very well reflects the patriarchy seen in the Indian society.

Overall a very intriguing watch.

A monster with a fetish

[sulemansaeeed · 9/10 · 17 March 2024]

Indian Predator: Beast of Bangalore

A guy from a village in Karnataka, lives in Bangalore, and has a weird kind of fetish of collecting women's undergarments, his name was Umesh Reddy. He also attacked many women and assaulted them sexually. One of those women became mentally disturbed, she couldn't even say anything in her defense.

Later on, the court acquits him in most of those cases on the basis of lack of proper evidence. The evidence police found through investigation wasn't acceptable in court and the kind of evidence the court wanted could not be made available. During investigation and trial, he was successful in escaping many times from police's custody.

He gets a death sentence but finally it gets converted to life imprisonment and he is still behind bars.

Another lazy documentary from Netflix

[opotraining · 2/10 · 18 December 2022]

I know this case in early 2000s when this was a sensational news and so many stories about umesh reddy used to come on media. The Netflix documentary is very slow. They have recreated the videos of violence committed by umesh but they never show it properly. The faces are blurred and not shown properly even in recreated videos. What is the use of adding recreated videos if it was not meant to be shown?

The pace of the documentary is also very slow. Watching in 1.5x also feels slow. The interviews of many police officers were not needed at all. How did they solve the case, how did they gather evidence nothing was shown.

Incompetent police and boring story telling

[darshanr23 · 4/10 · 17 December 2022]

I did not know this story until I watched this documentary. One thing is quite clear police could have stopped him earlier if not for their incompetence. This brutal criminal escaped not once but 5 times!!! How incompetent can our Indian police be. Coming to series itself it makes us question the accountability of police and how the law is broken and go easy on the actual criminals. Whether it is due to a lack of informants or people refusing to share their experiences, the series seems lacking in terms of information and research. Episode two is a total mess story telling was so poor in this episode I slept watching it mid way. Women activists interviews don't make any sense I don't understand what they are saying. No police took the responsibility they just came to gain some air time. Feel bad for victims.

Sordid, sad and funny?

[atleverton · 4/10 · 19 February 2023]

This is a sordid true crime drama, that somehow manages to rise above its format to deliver a powerful message about being convicted by the media. And about the corruption that is rampant in the Indian justice system. And the plight of women in that country. There's a profound moment when the filmmakers show an out take of an interview with a police officer, and he says that in the case of a sexual assault, the woman is at least 25% to blame. At another time in the series, a police officer is being interviewed, this is a different police officer, and he casually mentions that the police have their ways of getting suspects to talk. By which he means torture. And what is even more baffling is that the same suspect was allowed to escape from police custody twice. And some of the explanations that the police officers come up with are just hilarious. For example, one says that one of the officers was diabetic, so he was peeing more slowly and that gave the suspect a chance to escape. By the end, we do not know if the main suspect actually was guilty of any crime he was charged with, and I don't think the filmmakers care either. It's not a good series, but it is an eye-opening one.

Over hyped

[akashtripathi-86524 · 4/10 · 3 June 2023]

The case in reality was definitely really shameful. However, the series fails to give us goosebumps. The thrill and fear doesn't comes in mind that much because they just keep talking and talking each minute. I guess this is what documentary is probably. Also, everyone is contradicting each other, it creates confusion and makes it boring to watch. I never watched any documentary before but this doesn't gives that much details. Do not think that I have no problem with what happened in reality. I am just talking about this series, nothing to do with reality. In fact, I believe he should have been sentenced to death.