Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- passionate
- melodramatic
- sensual
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- adult thriller night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film an engrossing commercial entertainer, while faulting its screenplay and treating Mallika Sherawat’s performance as its strongest feature.
What sets it apart
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Simran lives in Bangkok with her husband while feeling cut off from familiarity, intimacy, and social belonging.
Sudhir hires a private detective whose evidence of Simran’s affair propels the central conflict.
Simran’s renewed affair with Sunny is presented through passionate attraction, guilt, and escalating threat.
The plot moves from neglect and infidelity to suspicion, evidence, and Sudhir’s pursuit of his rival.
Films like Murder, and why
Jism
erotic infidelity thriller centered on marital suspicion and dangerous desire
Aitraaz
melodramatic adultery narrative combining romance, betrayal, and crime-thriller tension
Zeher
Hindi-language relationship thriller driven by sexual obsession, deception, and moral consequences
Movie Details
- Director
- Anurag Basu
- Release Date
- 2004-04-02
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 (39)
Cast
- Mallika Sherawat
- Emraan Hashmi
- Ashmit Patel
- Surabhi Vanzara
- Raj Zutshi
- Sheeba Chaddha
- Indira Roy
- Krish Chawla
- Prantik Shah
- Kashmera Shah
Common questions
- What is Murder about?
- An isolated wife’s affair with an old flame turns a neglected marriage into a volatile cycle of suspicion, betrayal, and revenge.
- What is Murder like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Murder as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Murder violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Murder as moderate.
- What did critics think of Murder?
- Critics broadly found the film an engrossing commercial entertainer, while faulting its screenplay and treating Mallika Sherawat’s performance as its strongest feature.
- Which films are like Murder?
- Films with a similar feel include Jism, Aitraaz, and Zeher.
- How long is Murder?
- Murder runs 130 minutes.
