‘Sau Crore’ To ‘Rustom’: 8 Hindi Films Based On Real Life Murder Cases

9 May 17 @ 11:41 AM | By Ravi

They say films are a reflection of our society. Bollywood film makers who are always on the look out for saleable scripts, have often taken plots for their films from real life incidents. To make their film a gripping drama, script writers have managed to develop scripts based on real time murder cases which shook the country. Most of the flicks were a dramatized versionwith all the twists and turns only to make for a horrifyingly fascinating watch. Here, we list a few films which have been inspired by real-life murder cases:

Rustom (2016) / Achanak (1973) / Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke (1963)

The famous Nanavati murder case is back in the news with the soon to be released ‘Rustom’ which is based on the same. In fact, there have been umpteenth films made on the same lines with a bit of twist in the story line to avoid controversies. The first time a film was inspired by the Nanavati murder case was Sunil Dutt’s ‘Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke’ in 1963 which was followed by Gulzar’s ‘Achanak’ in 1973 and now ‘Rustom’ directed by Tinu Suresh Desai featuring Akshay Kumar and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles.

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Rustom
Ek Kahani Julie Ki (2016)

This psycho thriller directed by Aziz Zee is inspired by the Sheena Bora murder case which involved the names of some top honchos. ‘Ek Kahani Julie Ki’ talks about love and betrayal which features Rakhi Sawant, Amit Mehra, Saniya Pannu, Jimmy Sharma and Avadh Sharma in pivotal roles.

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Talvar (2015) / Rahasya (2015)

The 2008 Aarushi murder case or Noida double murder case, was one of the most talked about and gruesome murders to have taken place in recent times. The film has been inspirational enough to be made twice – ‘Rahasya’ and ‘Talvar’, by Bollywood filmmakers. Though Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Talvar’ got prominence over the former because of known stars, the film’s climax depicted life imprisonment to the parents of Aarushi.

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Ankur Arora Murder Case (2013)

Based on the famous Ankur Arora medical negligence case where a boy got killed on the operation table at a renowned hospital. This medical thriller film was directed by Suhail Tatari and written by Vikram Bhatt. Though the film was quite close to the real life murder case but somehow failed to leave a mark at the box-office due to the absence of big stars.

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Not A Love Story (2011)

Director Ram Gopal Varma’s crime-thriller which was based on the gruesome murder of Neeraj Grover in 2008 that led to the arrest of his wife Maria Susairaj and boyfriend M.L. Jerome. The film starred Mahie Gill who played the role of the wife, Deepak Dobriyal who played the boyfriend whereas Ajay Gehi played the husband. However, the director later refused to admit that the film was anyway inspired by the murder case.

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No One Killed Jessica (2011)

This biographical thriller by Rajkumar Gupta was about the depiction of the brutal murder of Jessica Lal by Manu Sharma and Jessica’s family goes through to bring the murderers to book. Starring Vidya Balan, who played the deceased sister and Rani Mukerji who plays a TV journalist. The film was appreciated by the critics as well as the audiences.

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Sins (2005)

This little known film by Vinod Pande kicked up a storm which was based on the 1988 Mary Kutty murder case which involved a Catholic Priest who was found guilty of sexual harassment and murder of a young Keralite woman. The film got itself into a controversy when a Catholic Secular Forum filed a case against it to stall its release but the court cleared it with an ‘A’ certificate. Actor Shiney Ahuja played the priest’s role and Seema Rahmani played the role of Mary Kutty.

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Sau Crore (1991)

This Dev Anand directorial was inspired from the Indian Badminton Player, Syed Modi murder case who was shot dead on 28 July 1988 in Lucknow. Later the police filed murder charges against Syed Modi’s wife, Ameeta Modi and politician Raja Sanjay Singh of Amethi. The role of Syed Modi was played by Raman Kapoor, his wife’s role was played by Fatima Sheikh and politician Sanjay Singh was played by Naseeruddin Shah. The film came a cropper at the box-office.

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