![]() Lurking behind the scenes is a motherless man who was probably also molested as a child by an adoptive father. Unfortunately, no matter what the not so amazing Mrs Mukherjee tries, including ensnaring an unmarried girl, Anushka Tiwari (debutante Zayn Marie Khan), a college student and Taekwondo black belt who is pregnant too, a lack of original ideas stalks Mrs Serial Killer until the aforementioned point of the film where Bajpayee makes a stirring return and turns the tables on everybody. To return to the story, or whatever there is of it, all the evidence that is presented in the courtroom by the investigating officer, Imran Shahid (Mohit Raina), points to Mrityunjoy's involvement in the gruesome killings, but the cunning advocate convinces the pregnant Sona to take the law into her hands to prove that the serial killer is still on the prowl and that her husband is a victim of a miscarriage of justice. All the work that is done to enhance the quality of the compositions, the lighting and the ambience is in the end wasted on a film that has very little to offer by way of mystery and tension. ![]() Production designer Shashank Tere is also given a great deal of scope to create the spaces in which the action takes place, which includes an evocatively lit deserted hill town market where the heroine is chased by a girl in the middle of the night before the two women have a go at each other. The focus shifts from the overstuffed, baroque backdrop. With their conversation turning conspiratorial, we are given close-up views of the two. Chandran and Kiran Deohans), places the actors at the bottom of the frame as they begin talking. The camera (the film has two DoPs, Ravi K. The lady is ushered into the advocate's garish bedchamber where he is recuperating after a cardiac arrest. Mrityunjoy's distraught wife Sona (Jacqueline Fernandez) seeks the help of criminal lawyer Brij Rastogi (Darshan Jariwala), an old pal of the doctor, to prove the innocence of the accused. ![]() Even in prison, fellow inmates pounce upon him and leave him with grievous injuries. When he is escorted into a courtroom, a belligerent crowd shouts, "Hang the killer!" And when he is led out after the judge rejects his bail plea, he is assaulted by an angry mob. The dismembered bodies of six missing girls are found in the doctor's half-built farmhouse. But Bajpayee's brilliance is hardly enough to paper over the inanities that are passed off as generic sleights as the film lurches to its climax.Ä«ajpayee plays a hotshot gynaecological surgeon, Mrityunjoy Mukherjee, who is suspected of being a serial killer and taken into police custody. He goes all out! The final moments of Mrs Serial Killer are therefore far more watchable than its first hour and a bit. He is granted a little over 30 minutes to put on a full-on performance. Is Manoj Bajpayee, the sole reason for watching this Netflix thriller, going to be no more than a glorified extra in this insipid thriller? And then a bit of a crackle and a twist. About halfway way into Mrs Serial Killer, written and directed by Shirish Kunder, the alarm bells begin to ring.
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