A trafficker named Fredrick is hunting in Mussoorie. The twist? You won't see it coming.
19 years ago, a 16-year-old boy faces the torment of his father due to his unusual bonding with another boy of his age. This leads to some unfortunate consequences and one realizes them as the story moves 19 years later, when an anonymous human trafficker Fredrick creates havoc in Mussoorie. Vikram, a suspended cop and his wife Amrita land in Mussoorie - only to be caught in this nexus, when Vikram's sister goes missing. But all this doesn't seem as simple as it just to read: Who's Fredrick, how will Vikram find him out and save everyone, how will he find his sister and what ends this journey filled with thrills, fights, and battles, forms the crux of this psychological thriller.
Acting
Prashant Narayanan's simmering menace steals every frame he's in.
Direction
Butalia weaves 1997 and 2016 with deliberate, disorienting precision.
Director
Rajesh Butalia
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Rajesh Butalia cast his own daughter Tulna as Amrita; the family production shows in the tight-knit ensemble chemistry.
Released in 2016, Fredrick arrived when Indian cinema was tentatively exploring queer subtext in thrillers — the 1997 flashbacks nod to a pre-Section 377 era of repression.
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