THE PERFECT MURDER (1988)

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The Perfect Murder
Thriller, Mystery
August 3, 1988
English
1h 33m
England, United States
Merchant Ivory Productions
Police Inspector Ghote lives a middle-class life in Bombay along with his wife, Pratima. He has been employed with the Bombay Police for many years. He is assigned to investigate the deadly assault on a Parsi man named Perfect, who is the Secretary of Lala Heera Lal, a wealthy man with underworld links. Inspector Ghote commences his investigation and is displeased when his superiors ask him to work with a Swedish Forensic Expert by the name of Axel Svennson.
Cast & Characters
Naseeruddin Shah
Inspector Ghote
Stellan Skarsgård
Axel Svensson
Amjad Khan
Lala Heera Lal
Madhur Jaffrey
Mrs. Lal
Annu Kapoor
Tiny Man
Archana Puran Singh
Miss Twinkle
Dalip Tahil
Dilip Lal
Dinshaw Daji
Mr. Perfect
Johnny Walker
Jain
Mohan Agashe
A.C.P. Samant
Rajesh Vivek
Zero Police
Ratna Pathak Shah
Pratima Ghote
Salim Ghouse
Caste-Marks Goonda
Sameer Kakkar
Felix Sousa
Vinod Nagpal
Minister
Sakina Jaffrey
Neena Lal (introducing)
Nayeem Hafizka
Prem Lal (introducing)
Baba Majgoakar
Jeweler
Viju Khote
Head Constable
Wahid Chowhan
Producer
Imaad Shah
Ved Ghote
Gopi Krishna
Dance Master
Pearl Padamsee
Nurse
Lilliput (M. M. Faruqui)
Black Shirt
Bomi Kapadia
Sgt. Moos
Crew
Zafar Hai
Director
M.R. Shahjahan
Director
H.R.F. Keating
Novel
H.R.F. Keating
Screenplay
Zafar Hai
Screenplay
Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Walter Lassally
Director of Photography
Wahid Chowhan
Producer
Ismail Merchant
Executive Producer