NOW STREAMING: Crime and punishment NOW STREAMING: Crime and punishment Pune Mirror / Updated: Apr 25, 2021, 06:00 IST The crime thrillers BBC), is a riveting crime drama based on the true story of Charles Sobhraj played by Tahar Rahim, an Algerian-French actor. To play the serial killer, Sobhraj, Rahim had to transform himself physically until he actually resembled the criminal. The series deftly chronicles Sobhraj’s crime spree, as he murders and robs unsuspecting hippies in Bangkok and elsewhere in Asia. Sobhraj, who went by sobriquets such as the Bikini Killer and The Serpent, committed heinous murders in the 1970s. The conman and his girlfriend, Marie-Andree Leclerc, played by English actress Jenna Coleman, pose as gem dealers and work together to commit the crimes. Both Rahim and Coleman shine in their respective roles. In The Serpent, Rahim is the spitting image of the infamous felon.