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Based on the award-winning novel by H.R.F. Keating, Merchant Ivory Productions’ The Perfect Murder is a highly entertaining, exotic detective thriller. Inspector Ghote (Naseeruddin Shah) of the Bombay police has just been assigned his most perplexing case: a savage attack on a rich industrialist’s private secretary. Together with a visiting Swedish criminologist (Stellan Skarsgard), he begins his investigation, and the clues, and suspects, begin to pile up. As Ghote edges closer to the truth, he discovers he may not be dealing with murder at all, but something far more complex and profitable.
Original Release
07/01/1988
US Release
08/03/1988
Cast
Name | Character |
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Naseeruddin Shah | Inspector Ghote |
Stellan Skarsgard | Axel Svensson |
Amjad Khan | Lala Heera Lal |
Madhur Jaffrey | Mrs. Lal |
Annu Kapoor | Tiny Man |
Archana Puran Singh | Miss Twinkle |
Dalip Tahil | Dilip Lal |
Dinshaw Daji | Mr. Perfect |
Johnny Walker | Jain |
Mohan Agashe | A.C.P. Samant |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Naseeruddin Shah | Inspector Ghote |
Stellan Skarsgard | Axel Svensson |
Amjad Khan | Lala Heera Lal |
Madhur Jaffrey | Mrs. Lal |
Annu Kapoor | Tiny Man |
Archana Puran Singh | Miss Twinkle |
Dalip Tahil | Dilip Lal |
Dinshaw Daji | Mr. Perfect |
Johnny Walker | Jain |
Mohan Agashe | A.C.P. Samant |
Rajesh Vivek | Zero Police |
Ratna Pathak Shah | Pratima Ghote |
Salim Ghouse | Caste-Marks Goonda |
Sameer Kakkar | Felix Sousa |
Sakina Jaffrey | Neena Lal (introducing) |
Nayeem Hafizka | Prem Lal (introducing) |
Baba Majgoakar | Jeweler |
Viju Khote | Head Constable |
Imaaduddin Shah | Ved Ghote |
Gopi Krishna | Dance Master |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ismail Merchant | Executive Producer |
Wahid Chowhan | Producer |
Godrej | Producer |
Deepak Nayar | Producer |
Donald Rosenfeld | Producer |
Jitesh Vora | Producer |