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. His wife is generally disgruntled and ...
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Title: The Perfect Murder (1988)
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| 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 | |
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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 | |
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Sameer Kakkad | ... | Felix Sousa |
| Vinod Nagpal | ... | Minister | |
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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. His wife is generally disgruntled and wants a better life. 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. Axel is thrilled to get a closer look at the working of the Bombay Police, but also realizes that Ghote may not be one of their best police officers. When their friendship develops, he gets invited to Ghote's house, and gets to meet Pratima. Their investigation, though Prima Facie simple enough, takes them through turns and twists that both had not expected - including corridors of power and corruption - and finally to the conclusion and the unmasking of the culprit(s) ... Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
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2 March 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Somewhere along the line, I lost the plot of this film, but that's okay -this Merchant-Ivory production has great Bombay locations and a good sense of Indian culture. And it's pretty funny.
Police Inspector Ghote (Naseeruddin Shah) is an officer with the Bombay Police. His wife wants a color tv. Ghote is assigned to investigate the assault of a man named Mr. Perfect, who works as a Secretary for the filthy rich Lala Heera Lal who may be connected to the underworld.
Ghote's boss asks him to work with a Swedish forensic expert, Axel Svennson (Stellan Skarsgard). Ghote isn't happy, but a friendship develops.
This is very different from other Merchant-Ivory films - it's a comedy, for one. A lot of the humor comes from the characters, who become involved in different bizarre situations.
The biggest shock was seeing Stellan Skarsgard as a young man WOW! Well, age gets us all.