Thriller ·Mystery · United Kingdom · 1988 · 1h 33m

The Perfect Murder

Director

Cast

Naseeruddin Shah as Inspector Ghote Stellan Skarsgård as Axel Svensson Amjad Khan as Lala Heera Lal Madhur Jaffrey as Mrs. Lal Annu Kapoor as Tiny Man Archana Puran Singh as Miss Twinkle

Crew

Walter Lassally — Director of Photography Charles Rees — Editor Richard Robbins — Original Music Composer H.R.F. Keating — Screenplay Zafar Hai — Screenplay H.R.F. Keating — Novel

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Zafar Hai Director M.R. Shahjahan Director Walter Lassally Director of Photography Charles Rees Editor Richard Robbins Original Music Composer H.R.F. Keating Screenplay Zafar Hai Screenplay H.R.F. Keating Novel Wahid Chowhan Producer Kiran Patki Production Design Sartaj Noorani Production Design Sally Turner Costume Design

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