Shambhunath Mishra, a retired middle school teacher is living a mundane middle-class life with his wife Manju Mishra in Gwalior. Life takes a complete turn for the Mishra family when a situation gets out of hand and it leads to a killing at the hands of Shambhunath Mishra. Mishra ji has very little time to plan cautiously to turn this into a “perfect murder” and leave no trace behind.
Acting
Sanjay Mishra's everyman desperation is devastating
Direction
Gwalior's claustrophobic lanes become a character
Writing
The mundane details of covering up murder
Director
Jaspal Singh Sandhu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sanjay Mishra and Neena Gupta had never worked together despite decades in parallel cinema; their chemistry was so immediate directors expanded her role significantly.
The film deliberately subverts the 'angry young man' trope—here violence emerges from emasculation by a loan shark, not revolutionary ideology.
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