# Murder Mubarak (मर्डर मुबारक)
**Murder Mubarak** (मर्डर मुबारक) is a 2024 Hindi-language murder mystery comedy film directed by [Homi Adajania](https://www.edgepedia.org/homi-adajania) and produced by Maddock Films, released on Netflix on March 15, 2024. It adapts Anuja Chauhan's satirical novel *Club You to Death*, and follows a police officer investigating the murder of a gym trainer at an exclusive Delhi club whose ultrarich members all have secrets.[1](https://about.netflix.com/news/unravel-the-mystery-netflix-announces-murder-mubarak-premiering-march-15) • [2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/murder-mubarak)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | Netflix, March 15, 2024, exclusive streaming premiere[1](https://about.netflix.com/news/unravel-the-mystery-netflix-announces-murder-mubarak-premiering-march-15) |
| Source | Adaptation of Anuja Chauhan's novel *Club You to Death*[1](https://about.netflix.com/news/unravel-the-mystery-netflix-announces-murder-mubarak-premiering-march-15) |
| Director / writers | Homi Adajania; screenplay by Gazal Dhaliwal and Suprotim Sengupta[3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/review/2024/Mar/17/murder-mubarakmovie-review-homi-adajanias-whodunit-shines-in-absurdity-tires-as-a-satire) |
| Lead cast | Pankaj Tripathi as ACP Bhavani Singh, with Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Varma, Karisma Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Tisca Chopra, Aashim Gulati, Suhail Nayyar, and Deven Bhojani[4](https://www.netflix.com/st/title/81572875) |
| Setting | The Royal Delhi Club, a colonial-era social club for Delhi's elite[3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/review/2024/Mar/17/murder-mubarakmovie-review-homi-adajanias-whodunit-shines-in-absurdity-tires-as-a-satire) |
| Runtime and ratings | About 140 minutes; IMDb 5.8/10; Rotten Tomatoes 63% critics score, 51% audience score[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/murder-mubarak) • [5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/murder_mubarak) |
## Spoilers
### Plot and setting
The story opens at the Royal Delhi Club, an exclusive, colonial-era club for Delhi's high society, on a rainy evening as members gather for a Tambola night ahead of club president elections.[3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/review/2024/Mar/17/murder-mubarakmovie-review-homi-adajanias-whodunit-shines-in-absurdity-tires-as-a-satire) • [6](https://feminisminindia.com/2024/03/25/murder-mubarak-is-a-distinctly-desi-whodunit/) The womanizing gym trainer Leo Mathews (Aashim Gulati) is found dead in the club gym, apparently a bench press accident, but helium balloons placed over the CCTV camera suggest murder.[3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/review/2024/Mar/17/murder-mubarakmovie-review-homi-adajanias-whodunit-shines-in-absurdity-tires-as-a-satire)
ACP Bhavani Singh ([Pankaj Tripathi](https://www.edgepedia.org/pankaj-tripathi)), a chaste Hindi-speaking investigator who wears two pairs of glasses, is brought in from outside the club world to interrogate the suspects.[3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/review/2024/Mar/17/murder-mubarakmovie-review-homi-adajanias-whodunit-shines-in-absurdity-tires-as-a-satire) • [7](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/murder-mubarak-review-sara-ali-khan-stars-in-a-delightful-whodunit-9215799/) The suspect list is a gallery of idiosyncratic members: the broke ex-royal Rannvijay Singh ([Sanjay Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/sanjay-kapoor)), washed-up film star Shehnaz Noorani ([Karisma Kapoor](https://www.edgepedia.org/karisma-kapoor)), rich widow Bambi Todi (Sara Ali Khan), lovelorn lawyer Aakash Dogra (Vijay Varma), gossip Roshni Batra (Tisca Chopra), her rehab-returned son Yash Batra (Suhail Nayyar), and the alcoholic sculptor Cookie Katoch (Dimple Kapadia).[3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/review/2024/Mar/17/murder-mubarakmovie-review-homi-adajanias-whodunit-shines-in-absurdity-tires-as-a-satire) • [7](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/murder-mubarak-review-sara-ali-khan-stars-in-a-delightful-whodunit-9215799/) The investigation leads to a second murder and uncovers secrets beneath the members' polished surfaces.[8](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/magazine/voices/2024/Mar/30/bringing-crime-home-to-india)
## Production and release
Netflix announced the film in February 2024 as a blend of suspense, comedy, and romance, produced by Maddock Films and streaming exclusively from March 15, 2024.[1](https://about.netflix.com/news/unravel-the-mystery-netflix-announces-murder-mubarak-premiering-march-15) Producer Dinesh Vijan described it as the sixth collaboration between Maddock and Adajania.[1](https://about.netflix.com/news/unravel-the-mystery-netflix-announces-murder-mubarak-premiering-march-15) The film runs about 140 minutes and carries a TV-MA rating in the United States.[2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/murder-mubarak)
## Reception
Reviews were divided on whether the film's satire or its mystery should dominate. [The Indian Express](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-indian-express) gave it 2.5 out of 5, calling it the closest any film has come to recreating Anuja Chauhan's Delhi universe, with its insider-outsider divide handled sharply and warmly.[7](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/murder-mubarak-review-sara-ali-khan-stars-in-a-delightful-whodunit-9215799) [The Week](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-week) rated it 3 out of 5 and praised Tripathi's ACP as a Benoit Blanc-like figure who outshines the rest of the cast.[9](https://www.theweek.in/review/movies/2024/03/15/murder-mubarak-review-pankaj-tripathi-shines-as-acp-bhavani-singh-in-this-ott-whodunit.amp.html) [Hindustan Times](https://www.edgepedia.org/hindustan-times) called it a self-aware satire that mostly delivers on the whodunit promise, while suggesting it would have worked better as a miniseries given its length.[10](https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/murder-mubarak-movie-review-sara-ali-khan-karisma-kapoor-vijay-varma-homi-adajania-101710560776592-amp.html)
Other critics were harsher. Mint's review, titled "No killer, all filler," found the film struggled to offer a plausible whodunit and lacked the language to skewer Delhi high society in new ways.[11](https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/art-and-culture/murder-mubarak-review-film-pankaj-tripathi-sara-ali-khan-vijay-varma-111710572105445.html) The Indian Express's second review described the storytelling as scratchy, noting that scenes lack establishing shots and conventional transitions, leaving viewers unsure where each scene takes place.[12](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/murder-mubarak-homi-adajania-crash-course-how-not-to-make-a-mystery-movie-9222590/) Cinema Express judged it more a quirky societal study than a murder mystery, an absurdist comedy wrapped in the pulpiness of a whodunit.[3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/review/2024/Mar/17/murder-mubarakmovie-review-homi-adajanias-whodunit-shines-in-absurdity-tires-as-a-satire) The Daily Star found the whodunit element underdeveloped and the killer's identity apparent early.[13](https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/murder-mubarak-does-it-live-the-hype-3572581)
On aggregate measures, the film holds a 63% Tomatometer from 16 reviews and a 51% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, and 5.8 out of 10 on IMDb from about 52,000 ratings.[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/murder_mubarak) • [2](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/murder-mubarak)
## Place in Indian crime cinema
A New Indian Express feature placed the film in a recent wave of Indian crime suspense stories set at home rather than abroad, noting that *Murder Mubarak*, based on Chauhan's novel, brings the whodunit into an elite Delhi club and follows earlier Indian-set detective traditions from [Byomkesh Bakshi](https://www.edgepedia.org/byomkesh-bakshi) and Feluda onward.[8](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/magazine/voices/2024/Mar/30/bringing-crime-home-to-india) Reviewers repeatedly compared its isolated-club setup and colorful suspect pool to [Agatha Christie](https://www.edgepedia.org/agatha-christie)'s country-house mysteries and to the *Knives Out* films.[3](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/review/2024/Mar/17/murder-mubarakmovie-review-homi-adajanias-whodunit-shines-in-absurdity-tires-as-a-satire) • [14](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/murder-mubarak)
## References
1. [Unravel the Mystery: Netflix Announces 'Murder Mubarak', Premiering March 15! – About Netflix](https://about.netflix.com/news/unravel-the-mystery-netflix-announces-murder-mubarak-premiering-march-15)
2. [Murder Mubarak streaming: where to watch online? – JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/murder-mubarak)
3. [Murder Mubarak Movie Review: Homi Adajania's whodunit shines in absurdity, tires as a satire – Cinema Express](https://www.cinemaexpress.com/amp/story/hindi/review/2024/Mar/17/murder-mubarakmovie-review-homi-adajanias-whodunit-shines-in-absurdity-tires-as-a-satire)
4. [Murder Mubarak – Netflix Official Site](https://www.netflix.com/st/title/81572875)
5. [Murder Mubarak – Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/murder_mubarak)
6. ['Murder Mubarak' Is A Distinctly Desi Whodunit – Feminism in India](https://feminisminindia.com/2024/03/25/murder-mubarak-is-a-distinctly-desi-whodunit/)
7. [Murder Mubarak review: Sara Ali Khan stars in a delightful whodunit – The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/murder-mubarak-review-sara-ali-khan-stars-in-a-delightful-whodunit-9215799/)
8. [Bringing crime home to India – The New Indian Express](https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/magazine/voices/2024/Mar/30/bringing-crime-home-to-india)
9. ['Murder Mubarak' review: Pankaj Tripathi shines as ACP Bhavani Singh – The Week](https://www.theweek.in/review/movies/2024/03/15/murder-mubarak-review-pankaj-tripathi-shines-as-acp-bhavani-singh-in-this-ott-whodunit.amp.html)
10. [Murder Mubarak movie review: Self-aware satire that mostly delivers – Hindustan Times](https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/murder-mubarak-movie-review-sara-ali-khan-karisma-kapoor-vijay-varma-homi-adajania-101710560776592-amp.html)
11. ['Murder Mubarak' review: No killer, all filler – Mint Lounge](https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/art-and-culture/murder-mubarak-review-film-pankaj-tripathi-sara-ali-khan-vijay-varma-111710572105445.html)
12. [Murder Mubarak: Homi Adajania's crash course on how not to make a mystery movie – The Indian Express](https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/murder-mubarak-homi-adajania-crash-course-how-not-to-make-a-mystery-movie-9222590/)
13. ['Murder Mubarak': Does it live up to the hype? – The Daily Star](https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/murder-mubarak-does-it-live-the-hype-3572581)
14. [Murder Mubarak – Parents' Guide & Movie Review – Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/murder-mubarak)
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