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Release Date:
August 3, 1988
Original Title:
The Perfect Murder
Genres:
Mystery | Thriller
Production Companies:
Merchant Ivory Productions
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 93
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.
Art Direction:
Ram Yedekar
Associate Producer:
Deepak Nayar
Jitesh Vora
Casting:
Jennifer Jaffrey
Co-Producer:
Donald Rosenfeld
Costume Design:
Sally Turner
Director:
Zafar Hai
M.R. Shahjahan
Director of Photography:
Walter Lassally
Editor:
Charles Rees
Executive Producer:
Ismail Merchant
Novel:
H.R.F. Keating
Original Music Composer:
Richard Robbins
Producer:
Wahid Chowhan
Production Design:
Kiran Patki
Sartaj Noorani
Production Manager:
Waman Y. Mohile
Screenplay:
H.R.F. Keating
Zafar Hai
Set Decoration:
Agnes Fernandes
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