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Raat Akeli Hai The Bansal Murders Announced, Nawazuddin To Return As Inspector Jatil Yadav In Gritty Thriller | Bollywood News

Raat Akeli Hai The Bansal Murders Announced, Nawazuddin To Return As Inspector Jatil Yadav In Gritty Thriller | Bollywood News

Last Updated:November 03, 2025, 13:22 IST Netflix announces Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders, with Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Inspector Jatil Yadav, premiering at IFFI Goa before streaming. Raat Akeli Hai The Bansal Murders is the sequel to the 2020 Raat Akeli Hai. Netflix has announced a sequel to its crime thriller Raat Akeli Hai, titled Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders. Director Honey Trehan and writer Smita Singh return for the second film, produced by RSVP and MacGuffin Pictures. Nawazuddin Siddiqui is back as Inspector Jatil Yadav, joined by Chitrangda Singh, Rajat Kapoor, Deepti Naval, Ila Arun, Revathy, Akhilendra Mishra, Priyanka Setia, Sanjay Kapoor, and Radhika Apte. Set a few years after the events of the 2020 film, The Bansal Murders follows Inspector Jatil Yadav as he takes on another challenging case involving a high-profile family and a murder wrapped in secrecy. As the investigation progresses, buried truths begin to surface, forcing him to navigate the fine line between justice and consequence. The film will have its World Premiere at the 56th International Film Festival …

Khauf creator Smita Singh didn’t want show to follow the horror trope of ‘scared girls running around’ | Interview | Web Series

Khauf creator Smita Singh didn’t want show to follow the horror trope of ‘scared girls running around’ | Interview | Web Series

Apr 18, 2025 06:13 AM IST Smita Singh, the writer and creator of Khauf, and actor Rajat Kapoor talk about subverting horror tropes for the new Amazon Prime Video show. As a genre, horror has given rise to the term ‘scream queen’. A litany of female actors in the West have been dubbed scream queens for their performances in various slasher or horror flicks. From Janet Leigh in Psycho to her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween, or Bipasha Basu closer home, many actors have been called this. A large reason for this tag to exist is the horror trope of women screaming in such films. But for writer Smita Singh, it was clear that she did not want her show, Khauf, to follow the trope. Ahead of the release, Smita sat down with HT to discuss the show and what went into creating it. Monika Panwar in a still from Khauf. Smita Singh on creating Khauf Smita calls herself a non-believer and says that when a rationalist creates a show on the paranormal, it …