: ‘Murder at Teesri Manzil 302’ review: Strictly for Irrfan completists #IndiaNEWS What a way to end the year, with a movie starring the late lamented Irrfan. What a pity that it had to be Murder

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‘Murder at Teesri Manzil 302’ review: Strictly for Irrfan completists #IndiaNEWS
What a way to end the year, with a movie starring the late lamented Irrfan. What a pity that it had to be Murder at Teesri Manzil 302.Navneet Baj Saini’s crime thriller, made in 2007 and released for the first time on Zee5, is best consumed with a rapidly emptying bottle of a strong beverage. The film’s chief attraction, if we can call it that, is Irrfan as an impecunious tour guide in Pattaya who is sucked into a kidnapping-murder plot.Maya (Deepal Shaw), the wife of businessman Abhishek (Ranvir Shorey), is missing. A call for hefty ransom comes from Shekhar (Irrfan). When Maya turns up dead, Shekhar works to clear his name.Goofy police inspector Tejinder (Lucky Ali), who is accompanied by a glamorous assistant (Nausheen Ali Sardar), promises to solve the case but then disappears for much of the 120-minute movie. Tejinder and Company are about as bright as Anil Kapoor and his sidekick in Abbas-Mustan’s Race, released in 2008.The movie represents the meat-and-potatoes side of Irrfan’s career. Alongside turning out finely nuanced performances, Irrfan sleepwalked through a series of schlocky productions that presumably paid the rent. At least he got a paid holiday to Thailand, which serves as the setting for Navneet-Vishal’s unendingly mediocre screenplay and Navneet...Read more

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