Synopsis
Raat Akeli Hai (2020) is an Indian murder-mystery thriller you can watch online on iFILM. On his own wedding night, an ageing landlord and politician is shot dead — and the case lands on a clumsy small-town cop who clearly doesn't belong among this wealthy clan.
Inspector Jatil Yadav (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) arrives at a sprawling mansion where everyone has something to hide and almost everyone had a reason to pull the trigger. The heaviest suspicion falls on the dead man's young widow (Radhika Apte), married off to him under decidedly murky circumstances. The deeper Yadav digs, the rottener the family looks — and his own conflicted heart muddles the case as much as any suspect does. Director Honey Trehan builds a classic locked-house puzzle, then soaks it in the grime of provincial politics and old caste scores.
Running close to two and a half hours, this is slow, humid, atmospheric noir — no chases or shootouts, just glances and the things left unsaid. It's a treat for anyone who loves a patient Agatha Christie–style whodunit transplanted onto Indian soil. Stream Raat Akeli Hai (2020) online on iFILM.
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