Indian Best Crime & Detective Movies

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Hello Everyone in this list I’m going to writing below the best crime and detective movies bollywood has ever produced.

1). Talvar

The film was released in 2015 starring Irrfan , Konkana Sen Sharma , Neeraj Kabi and Sohum Shah in lead roles.

The film is a biographical drama directed by Meghna Gulzar and written by Vishal Bharadwaj.

The film is based on 2008 Noida double muder case in which a teenage girl and her family servant were found murdered and her parents were convicted.

The film won filmfare award for best editing .It also won best adapted screenplay at 63rd National Awards.The film was premiered at 2015 Toronto International film festival.

IMDB rating: 8.3/10

2). Satya

It is a 1998 crime film starring Manoj Bajpayee, J.D. Chakravarthy,Urmila Matondkarand and Shefali Shah in lead roles.

Satya,an immigrant come to Mumbailooking for a job, befriend Bhiku Mhatre and he is drawn into Mumbai Underworld.

The film is directed by Ram Gopal Verma.

IMDB rating : 8.2/10

3). Manorama six feet under

The film was released in 2007 starring Abhay Deol , Raima Sen and Gul Panag in lead roles.

Manorama ,wife of irrigation minister,gives money to Satyaveer for colllecting evidence against her husband for having an extra-martial affair.Satyaveer acepts the money without knowing that he too is being deceived.

Critics appreciated the film and excellent written dialogues.

IMDB rating; 7.8/10

4). Detective Byomkesh Bakshi

The film is an action mystery thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee and released in 2015.

The film is based on fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi created by Bengali writer Sharadindu Bandyopadhya.

The film stars Sushant Singh Rajput, Anand Tiwari and Swastika Mukherjee in lead roles.

Bhuvan, a chemist, goes missing. Byomkesh assisted by Bhuvan’s son Ajit accepts the case.Byomkesh links the case to larger conspiracy that will unsettle Culcatta.

The film was nominated in Stardust Awards for best actor in negative role.

IMDB rating: 7.6/10

5). No one killed Jessica

The film No one killed Jessica was released in 2011 starring Rani Mukherjee and Vidya Balan.

The film is based on Jessica Lal murder case and it is directed in a very good way by Rajkumar Gupta

Jessica Lal, a model,is murdered by son of a politician. Her sister Sabrina and Meera set to seek justice for Jessica.

The film received four nominations for 57th filmfare awards, It won the filmfare Award for Best supporting actress for Rni Mukherjee’s performance.

IMDB rating: 7.2/10

6). Gumnaam

The film was released in 1965 starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Pran,Helen and Mehmood.

The film is based on book And then there were none by Agatha Christie.

After winning a contest, eight people find themselves on remote island,as soon as they settle down , the guests begin to get murdered one by one.

The film was nominated for best supproting actor and best supporting actress. The fim received filmfare best art direction award.

IMDB rating: 7.2/10

7). Samay: When time strikes

The film was released in 2003 starring Sushmita sen and Sushant singh .

The film is inspired by Hollywood film Se7en starring Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt.

Sushmita Sen starring as ACP Malvika investigates a series of murders in which the killer leaves a similar pattern after murdering his victims.

Samay won a National Award in 2004 for Best Editing.The story has a well-written screenplay, and the storyline keeps its viewers guessing until the last minute.

IMDB rating: 6.9/10