The Perfect Murder (1988)
1h 33m
Running Time
August 3, 1988Release Date
The Perfect Murder (1988)
1h 33m
Running Time
August 3, 1988Release Date
Plot.
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. He is assigned to investigate the deadly assault on a Parsi man named Perfect, who is the Secretary of Lala Heera Lal, a wealthy man with underworld links. Inspector Ghote commences his investigation and is displeased when his superiors ask him to work with a Swedish Forensic Expert by the name of Axel Svennson.
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
Cast & Crew.
Naseeruddin Shah
Inspector Ghote
Stellan Skarsgård
Axel Svensson
Amjad Khan
Lala Heera Lal
Madhur Jaffrey
Mrs. Lal
Annu Kapoor
Tiny Man
Archana Puran Singh
Miss Twinkle
Zafar Hai
Director
M.R. Shahjahan
Director
Dalip Tahil
Dilip Lal
H.R.F. Keating
Writer
Johnny Walker
Jain
Mohan Agashe
A.C.P. Samant
Wahid Chowhan
Producer
Ratna Pathak Shah
Pratima Ghote
Richard Robbins
Composer
Rajesh Vivek
Zero Police
Walter Lassally
Cinematographer
Deepak Nayar
Associate Producer
Ismail Merchant
Executive Producer
Ram Yedekar
Art Direction
Donald Rosenfeld
Co-Producer
Charles Rees
Editor
Sally Turner
Costume Design
Jennifer Jaffrey
Casting
Jitesh Vora
Associate Producer
Sartaj Noorani
Production Design
Kiran Patki
Production Design
Agnes Fernandes
Set Decoration
Waman Y. Mohile
Production Manager
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Perfect Murder is a 1988 English-language Indian film directed by Zafar Hai and produced by Merchant-Ivory. The film is based on the 1964 novel The Perfect Murder by British crime fiction writer HRF Keating and stars Naseeruddin Shah as Inspector Ghote, the leading character in Keating's novels. Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård as well as many noted Indian actors such as Madhur Jaffrey, Amjad Khan, Dalip Tahil, Ratna Pathak, Annu Kapoor and Johnny Walker appear in the film.