The Buckingham Murders

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The Buckingham Murders
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Directed by Hansal Mehta
Written by
  • Aseem Arrora
  • Raghav Raj Kakker
  • Kashyap Kapoor
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEmma Dalesman
Music byKaran Kulkarni
Production
companies
Distributed by Pen Studios
Release dates
  • 14 October 2023 (2023-10-14)(London)
  • 27 October 2023 (2023-10-27)(Mumbai)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesEnglish
Hindi

The Buckingham Murders is a 2023 Indian crime thriller film directed by Hansal Mehta and produced by Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor. The film stars Kapoor Khan as a grieving British-Indian detective who is assigned the case of a murdered child in Buckinghamshire. [1] [2]

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The Buckingham Murders had its world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2023. [3]

Premise

Jasmeet Bhamra is a British-Indian detective who has recently lost her child. She is assigned the case of a murdered 10-year-old child in Buckinghamshire. [4]

Cast

Production

The film marked Kapoor Khan's first production venture; she produced it alongside Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor. [6] She said that her role in the film was inspired by Kate Winslet's character in the miniseries Mare of Easttown . [2]

The film is in English and Hindi, with 80% of the dialogues in English. [7] It had predominantly British supporting actors, including Keith Allen. [8]

Release

The Buckingham Murders premiered at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2023. [1] It served as the opening film for the 2023 Mumbai Film Festival at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre on 27 October. [9] It is also set for an unspecified streaming release on Netflix. [10]

Mehta revealed that the film will mark the first part of a planned franchise. [4]

Reception

Writing for Film Companion , Sahir Avik D'Souza considered The Buckingham Murders to be an "unflashy police procedural drama" anchored by a strong central performance from Kapoor Khan, whom he found "believable in a world far removed from her previous work". However, he considered the film's murder mystery to be "without bite". [10]

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