

The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.
Acting
Ajay Devgn's simmering restraint vs Akshaye Khanna's nervous energy.
Direction
Priyadarshan ditches comedy for claustrophobic village dread.
Writing
Dialogue that lands like a slap: 'Yahan izzat ki dukaan hai, khoon ki nahi.'
Director
Priyadarshan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Priyadarshan, king of Malayalam and Hindi comedy, made this as deliberate departure—his 'serious director' era that critics mostly ignored.
The film was marketed as 'based on real incidents' but struggled commercially; honour killing as theme was still considered 'too regional' for mainstream Bollywood in 2010.