Interesting whodunit .. worth a dekho!!
Web Series Review : Murder in the Hills streaming on HoiChoi (Especially for my Bong Friends🙂)
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Directed by Anjan Dutt & shot in Darjeeling, Murder in the hills is about a mystery surrounding the death of famous actor Tony Roy(Anjan Dutt) on night of his 66th birthday dinner. Contrary to what his close friends feel, an investigative journalist Amitava ( Arjun Chakraborty) who is also present at the party suspects foul play. Dirty secrets about Tony's past crop up as he digs deeper, putting his life at risk. Will he uncover the truth or fall prey to the malevolent forces working against him, forms the rest of the plot.
This series has a Agatha Christie like feel to it and seems to be inspired by one of her famous novels ( wont tell you the name though.. will be a spoiler alert for sure :-) ).
Speaking of acting the entire cast Dutt, Arjun C, Anindita Bose , Sandipta Sen and the others have done a great job. Cinematography is excellent and the beauty of Darjeeling has been captured in a very Brit like manner. The story is a bit slow to start off, with Dutt dying too easily without any drama and sho-shaa ( he just falls and dies... a cardinal sin...aint it 😁 ).
However the story picks up pace in the second half before culminating in a climax which reveals the all encompassing truth.
Direction by Dutt is good. Music score suits the narrative, you might want to add a song or two to your playlist.
The narrative, however falters a bit at times, but picks up once again to bring things back on track once again.
An 8 part series with small episodes of around 26 mins each, makes it a good weekend binge watch option. Looking forward to seeing more of these from Tollywood.... Khoob bhalo!!
3.5/5 from me for this interesting WhoDunit.. Adios :-)
Directed by Anjan Dutt & shot in Darjeeling, Murder in the hills is about a mystery surrounding the death of famous actor Tony Roy(Anjan Dutt) on night of his 66th birthday dinner. Contrary to what his close friends feel, an investigative journalist Amitava ( Arjun Chakraborty) who is also present at the party suspects foul play. Dirty secrets about Tony's past crop up as he digs deeper, putting his life at risk. Will he uncover the truth or fall prey to the malevolent forces working against him, forms the rest of the plot.
This series has a Agatha Christie like feel to it and seems to be inspired by one of her famous novels ( wont tell you the name though.. will be a spoiler alert for sure :-) ).
Speaking of acting the entire cast Dutt, Arjun C, Anindita Bose , Sandipta Sen and the others have done a great job. Cinematography is excellent and the beauty of Darjeeling has been captured in a very Brit like manner. The story is a bit slow to start off, with Dutt dying too easily without any drama and sho-shaa ( he just falls and dies... a cardinal sin...aint it 😁 ).
However the story picks up pace in the second half before culminating in a climax which reveals the all encompassing truth.
Direction by Dutt is good. Music score suits the narrative, you might want to add a song or two to your playlist.
The narrative, however falters a bit at times, but picks up once again to bring things back on track once again.
An 8 part series with small episodes of around 26 mins each, makes it a good weekend binge watch option. Looking forward to seeing more of these from Tollywood.... Khoob bhalo!!
3.5/5 from me for this interesting WhoDunit.. Adios :-)
- sanjubhat
- Jul 26, 2021