Greatest Detective Films in Indian Cinema

ANIKET RAJ

Dev Anand plays Shekhar, a Bombay Police detective who finds himself at the center of a conspiracy when his newspaperman friend is murdered.

C.I.D.

Satyajit Ray adapted his own short story featuring the iconic Feluda, who was played in the film by Soumitra Chatterjee.

Sonar Kella

Navdeep Singh directed Abhay Deol in this Chinatown (1974) tribute set in the desert of Rajasthan.

Manorama Six Feet Under

Sushant Singh Rajput starred as the famed detective on his first case in Dibakar Banerjee's stunning neo-noir film.

Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Irrfan played a ruthless investigator handling a rather public inquiry into a double murder in metropolitan India.

Talvar

In the Swaroop RSJ film, Naveen Polishetty plays a luckless detective whose fortunes change when he finally lands a case.

Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya

Nawazuddin Siddiqui headlined Honey Trehan's directorial debut, playing a determined police officer assigned to a high-profile murder case

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