One of the most delightful stories woven into Tigmanshu Dhulia’s Disney+ Hotstar series The Great Indian Murder. The mild-mannered evil son of a politician was shot at a party. He has a few haters for good reason. At least two of the suspects, Munna and Eketi, have excellent backstories, and actors Shashank Arora and Mani PR play them very well.

Based on Vikas Swarup’s 2008 novel Six Suspects, the series has multiple subplots that trace the past of those believed to have killed Vicky Rai. Jatin Goswami’s evil performance as Vicky is one of the highlights of the series.

In the novel, Vicky’s father, Jagannath Rai, is the home minister of Uttar Pradesh. Jagannath’s political plans, as well as Vicky’s murder, played a role in Uttar Pradesh politics. Dhulia changes Uttar Pradesh to Chhattisgarh with co-authors Vijay Maurya and Puneet Sharma. In one scene, the chief minister of Chhattisgarh, who belongs to the same party as Jagannath, mentions that their party only holds power in four states.

This deviation from the source novel does not change or add to anything about the story. But at least, it will not be accused of influencing the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Follow Munna and Eketi’s Big Indian Murder at its best. Surrounding them is a maelstrom of corruption: ethics, morals, politics, finance, the list goes on.

Jagannath (Ashutosh Rana) loses sleep trying to keep his son Vicky out of jail. Meanwhile, Vicky is a somewhat successful businessman that Jagannath needs to keep in close contact with. Once Vicky was acquitted of rape and murder, he threw a lavish party.

Attendees included Andaman Eketi, who had been travelling across India in search of a tribal deity that had been stolen and brought to India. Retired bureaucrat Manoj Kumar (Raghubir Yadav) often thinks he is Mahatma Gandhi and acts like him. Yadav is a liar just like Manoj, and the writers are smart not to stick to the reasons for his mental disorder as written in the novel. There is Bollywood star Shabnam Saxena (Paoli Dam). Ashok Rajput (Sharib Hashmi) from Rajasthan is associated with Eketi. And Ritu (Rucha Inamdar), who understandably hates her step-brother Vicky’s guts.

All of these characters have motives to kill Vicky. Tracking down Vicky’s sordid past and present is naughty reporter Arun Deshmukh (Amey Wagh). Among the series’ many incredible inventions, Arun has managed to keep a low profile, despite being a journalist who runs two popular blogs in 2021: one video, the other text. On a date, Allen told the woman he was a software engineer and she followed him on social media, never finding out the truth. It’s amazing.

I don’t mind this, by the way, because while many elements of The Great Indian Murder and its original novel are incredible, the series retains the page-turning quality of a Swarup book.

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