Detective Naani

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Detective Naani
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Theatrical poster
Directed byRomilla Mukherjee
Written byRomilla Mukherjee
Produced byRomilla Mukherjee
Jolly Mukherjee
Urmilla Chatterjee
Starring Ava Mukherjee
Zain Khan
Shweta Gulati
Amit Verma
CinematographySanjay Kapoor
Edited by Deepa Bhatia
Music byJolly Mukherjee
Romilla Mukherjee
Production
company
Bombay Duck Films
Distributed byPinpoint Productions
Release date
  • 22 May 2009 (2009-05-22)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Detective Naani is an Indian Hindi-language mystery comedy film released on 22 May 2009. It is directed by debutante Romilla Mukherjee and stars Ava Mukherjee with Zain Khan, Amit Verma and Shweta Gulati.

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Plot

It's a regular day at Gulmohar Complex. Spunky, independent 72-year-old Naani is on her way back home from her daily morning walk. Suddenly her eye catches the face of a little girl peeping nervously from a 3rd floor window. The flat belongs to a newly arrived childless couple called Yadavs.

The girl hides away quickly. Naani's intrigue about the little girl leads her to a possible murder. Naani finds herself in the middle of a mystery where some people will come to her aid, some will be indifferent, and some will prove to be dangerous. When the CID dismisses Naani's story due to lack of hard evidence, she transforms into a detective.

She uses her home-spun common sense and logic, and she carries out her investigation in classic "whodunit" style. Of course, Naani's rather eccentric methods of investigation lead to many quirky and humorous incidents. Her unusual team of deputies consists of her two inquisitive little grandchildren, Anjali and Nakul, her divorced daughter, Priya Sinha, and a couple of teenagers, Rohan and Neeti.

The search for one lost little girl leads Naani & Co. to a racket where the stakes are high, the criminals are ruthless, and their leader is powerful. Once Naani gets too close to their trail, she endangers herself. She finds herself sharing the same plight as the little girl she had seen in the window. Naani's team of amateur detectives gets together and finally wins the day with a little help from the CID. At the heart of this story is the terrified, kidnapped little girl. Her plight acts as a reminder to the audience that Naani's mission was a race against time. And yet, this adventure has a positive effect on all the characters that get involved. Bridges are built, relationships blossom, and lessons are learnt.

The two squabbling teenagers fall in love; there is a whiff of a romance between Naani's divorced daughter and the dashing CID Inspector. Old Mr. Pal finds renewed energy and interest in life. And of course, a lost 4-year-old little girl, Neelima Daamle, is finally reunited with her mother. The Yadavs are sent to jail for the crime of sex trafficking.

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Reception

Shashi Baliga of Hindustan Times gave the film 1.5 out of 5, writing, "Debutante director Romilla Mukherjee has her lead actress play the nani sugary-sweet, most of the characters verge on caricatures, and there is some pretty amateurish acting (save for Ankur Nayyar as a CID Inspector). Throw in a teenage romance and some completely unnecessary songs to make matters worse." [1] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express wrote, "Detective Naani could have been a perfect summer hols film... But the story-telling needed to have been much crisper. And at two hours twenty minutes, it is way too long to keep short attention spans fully engaged." [2] Indo-Asian News Service wrote, "After a good beginning and an average middle portion, the last few reels manage to pull back the movie, saving it from being an entirely lame exercise." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Balinga, Shashi (23 May 2009). "Review: Detective Nani". Hindustan Times. Mumbai. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Gupta, Shubhra. "Movie review: Detective Naani" . The Indian Express . Archived from the original on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "'Detective Naani' lazy weekend viewing with kids". Zee News. IANS. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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