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Bookmark this pageThe Perfect Murder (1988)
Director: Zafar Hai
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Someone tries to bump off Mr Perfect, you see, private secretary to a building tycoon. He survives - which is more than can be said for this Bombay duck. Inspector Ghote (Shah) is called in to investigate. The malignant millionaire (Khan) doesn't like it; nor does his wife (Madhur Jaffrey); nor, for that matter, does anybody else. Ghote's wife wants him home with her; his boss wants him to solve the case of a Minister's missing ring; and he is expected to look after a visiting Swedish criminologist. Nothing goes according to plan. HRF Keating's adaptation of his own novel, though shot in English, must surely have been originally intended for home consumption in India. A mixture of cack-handed slapstick and schmaltz, it seems primarily a tribute to Carry On Up the Khyber. An Indian throwaway.Author: MS
Cast & crew
Director: Zafar Hai
Producer: Wahid Chowhan
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Stellan Skarsgard, Amjad Khan, Madhur Jaffrey, Ratna Pathak Shah, Sakina Jaffrey full cast
Duration: 93 mins
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