The Perfect Murder(1988)
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.
Directed by Zafar Hai, M.R. Shahjahan
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Cast
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
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
Vinod Nagpal
Minister
Sakina Jaffrey
Neena Lal (introducing)
Nayeem Hafizka
Prem Lal (introducing)
Baba Majgoakar
Jeweler
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The Perfect Murder was released in 1988.
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The Perfect Murder runs for 93 minutes (1 hour and 33 minutes).
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The Perfect Murder was directed by Zafar Hai and M.R. Shahjahan.
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The Perfect Murder stars Naseeruddin Shah, Stellan Skarsgård, Amjad Khan, Madhur Jaffrey and Annu Kapoor.
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