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Netflix’s ‘Bansal Murders’ makes world premiere at IFFI
The film marks a return to the world first created in Raat Akeli Hai and brings back Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Inspector Jatil Yadav.
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Malvika Choudhary - Fri, 28, Nov 2025
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Cast of the film at IFFI / Netflix
Netflix’s crime thriller Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders held its world premiere at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa on Nov. 28, ahead of its global release on Dec.19.
The film returns to the universe of Raat Akeli Hai and brings back Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Inspector Jatil Yadav.
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Directed by Honey Trehan and written by Smita Singh, the sequel opens with the brutal killing of the affluent Bansal family in Kanpur, pulling Yadav into a labyrinth of power, deceit and buried secrets.
Ruchikaa Kapoor Sheikh, director of Original Films at Netflix India, said the new chapter deepens the noir universe. She described the sequel as “a distinct blend of suspense and emotion,” adding that Honey Trehan “returns to raise the stakes with a mystery that is more ambitious in scale, layered in character and grounded in emotional truth.”
Trehan said the film pushes further into the themes introduced earlier. “This film explores the price of truth and the corruption of conscience, with the stakes higher than ever as Jatil now has to unravel a mass murder,” he said.
Speaking about the premiere, he added that IFFI “has always been a space that celebrates authentic storytelling.”
Siddiqui said revisiting Jatil Yadav was meaningful. “Returning as Jatil Yadav feels like revisiting a part of myself that never left,” he noted, calling the IFFI premiere ahead of the Netflix release “truly special.”
Backed by RSVP and MacGuffin Pictures, the film features Radhika Apte, Chitrangda Singh, Deepti Naval, Rajat Kapoor, Revathy, Ila Arun, Sanjay Kapoor, and Akhilendra Mishra.
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