Raat Akeli Hai Movie Review: The mards and the murder

Raat Akeli HaiOn NetflixDirector Honey TrehanCast Nawazuddin Siddiqui Radhika ApteRatingAcharan sahi dekhne mein theek thaak good character decent looks is all that the eligible bachelor Yadavji Nawazuddin Siddiqui wants from his prospective wife Which is not a big demand after all he tells his mother the gorgeous Ila Arun Sima Aunty Indian Matchmaking is who Yadavji should be introduced to is what I think in my head since both these characters are neighbours on NetflixWhile Sima Aunty is for real of course Inspector Yadav is Jatilbeing his first name meaning complex sounding a bit like Jatayu He was born Jatin the name got changed on the birth certificate In the same way that HRF Keatings Inspector Ghote shouldve ideally been Ghose mdash a role that Naseeruddin Shah played in The Perfect Murder 1988 with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoos Stellan SkarsgaringrdThese stray references are important for you to know where this film is coming from in order to ascertain where audiencewise it should be going Basically it starts off with the feels of a desi Knives Out 2019A dead body of an old zamindar lies waiting in the bedroom People living inside the mansion move about rather normally No ambulance or crowds in sight A cop call him Detective Yadav in the western sense enters the crime scene to calmly suss out situation and all the characters surrounding him at one go Its a shaadi ka ghar as they sayEarlier in the evening Yadavji was himself at a wedding Will classify this as fine detailing given Indians usually wed en masse on a date chosen by stars in the sky There was noise because of the whole town on wedding mode And like with the cloud if you know what I mean somebody apparently took faayda advantage of this mauka situation and shot the man of the house deadFrom this point onwards first minute or so since the stage is set you have the option to carry on or move on mdash since youre watching the film online Although a lot of the script by Smita Singh plays out indoors there are some classic nighttrain shots that a proper theatre would have done better service toThat said we have seen a couple of the themes touched upon in this film in desi dark TV thrillers lately mdash the fact of cop Yadavji going rogue at some point Jaideep Ahlawat in Paatal Lok or the decadence of an old zamindarnawab type Jayant Kripalani in Aarya But make no mistake this is a murder mystery rather than a suspense thriller say Andhadhun Kahaani variety strictly speakingWatch the trailer of Raat Akeli Hai hereIts Honey Trehans directorial debut Doesnt look like a film by a firsttimer at all Trehan is a veteran casting director Much like Mukesh Chhabra who made his debut as director with Dil Bechara only last week on DisneyHotstar Is there a trend of sorts here Not any more than filmmakers Tigmanshu Dhulia on Bandit Queen and Anurag Kashyap on Satya having started out as casting directors Youd presume theyd be decent at directinginstructing actors on set since they do this for a living during auditions much before a film rolls anywayAnd boy are the performances to die for from the casting itself mdash right from the newbie Nishant Dahiya to Nawaz of course Dhulia steps out in the role he knows best mdash an unscrupulous ass plus badass of a desi guy from northern badlands in this case playing a UP senior copThe mahaul of this movie is actually what drew me to it mdash infinitely more than the twists and turns in the murder case itself with needle of suspicion alternately pointing between a series of relatives inside a mansion where you can barely tell one from the other The house belongs to a local baahubali as it wereThe neighbouring one calls himself Munna Raja Aditya Shrivastav an independent MLA And thats the thing if youve known these parts of India mdash theres a frickin raja every few kilometres What goes behind these landlocked landlordhavelis packed with entitled mards muted women and family secrets is what this movie about a night authentically shines a light onDo you care so much for whos the killerkilled I didnt Whats at stake here and Im sorry what should be your skin in the game Unsure Must also have you know Im not the greatest connoisseur of crimefiction starting from Scandinavian to Scarlet Pimpernel A masterpiece in any genre is up for crossover though Would this Ah found it just about appreciable and I guess thats all I was aiming for anywayCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news

Raat Akeli Hai Movie Review: The mards and the murder

Raat Akeli Hai
On: Netflix
Director: Honey Trehan
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte
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Raat Akeli HaiOn: NetflixDirector: Honey TrehanCast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika ApteRating:

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Raat Akeli Hai
On: Netflix
Director: Honey Trehan
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte
Rating: