| A Simple Murder | |
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| Genre | Crime, Action, Comedy |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Sachin Pathak |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Karsh Kale |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Ajay G Rai |
| Cinematography | S. Bharathwaaj |
| Editor | Parikshhit Jha |
| Production company | JAR Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | SonyLIV |
| Release | 20 November 2020 |
A Simple Murder is a Hindi-language crime, action, comedy streaming television series directed by Sachin Pathak and produced by Ajay G Rai, starring Amit Sial, Ayaz Khan, Zeeshan Ayyub, Priya Anand, Sushant Singh, Yashpal Sharma and others.[1][2][3]
Cast
- Amit Sial as Santosh
- Ayaz Khan as Rahul
- Ankur Pandey as Usmaan
- Durgesh Kumar as Shankar
- Gopal Datt as Amit Mehta
- Priya Anand as Richa
- Sushant Singh as Himmat
- Tejasvi Singh Ahlawat as Priya Dawas
- Yashpal Sharma as Pandit
- Vedieka Dutt as Madhu
- Vijay Raaz as Narrator
- Vinay Varma as Pran Dawas
- Vikram Kochhar as Sub-Inspector Pratik Mishra
- Zeeshan Ayyub as Manish
Release
The trailer of the series released on 5 November 2020 and premiered on 20 November 2020 on SonyLIV.[4][5][6]
Reception
Shubhra Gupta for The Indian Express praised Sushant Singh's acting performance and wrote "The other half is taken up by the actors, and what a blast they are, especially Sushant Singh, who is a life-taker but also a closet poet, whose sense of rhythm is displayed with a nudge and wink. A few moments shared by Sial and Singh, where they are both riffing off each other, are delicious."[7]
The Times of India gave negative review and wrote "it has landed miles away from where it was supposed to."[8]
A critic from Rediff.com wrote "A Simple Murder gets trapped in its mesh of staggered sub-plots and too many characters."[9]
Antara Kashyap for News18 rated the series 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "The show’s strength lies in its comedy, and it has been marketed as such. However, when the genre reads ‘dark comedy’ instead of ‘thriller’, the audience keeps expecting that dark comedy. If the show was marketed as a thriller instead, the humour would have come as a wonderful surprise."[10]
Firstpost wrote "The infantile scenes of bungled police work aside, director Sachin Pathak stays loyal to the genre. Over seven episodes we move out of Manish and Richa’s 1BHK onto a crazy ride, with the myriad characters brought together by a couple of cases of mistaken identity, a missing bag of money, and blinding greed."[11]
Scroll.in gave a mix review "Repetitive by design, unevenly paced and only sporadically funny, A Simple Murder would have been even less effective if it hadn’t been for its cast, many of them seasoned professionals with the ability to make the ordinary appear special."[12]
Entertainment website Koimoi left a mix review with a rating of 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote "It is very few times that we get to actually watch Dark Comedies when the makers are selling them with the tag. A Simple Murder is one of those."[13]
References
- ^ "A Simple Murder". OTTPlay. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "A Simple Murder (2020) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director". Cinestaan. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Patwa, Priyadarshini (10 February 2021). "7 Best Indian shows on SonyLIV that you shouldn't miss". GQ India. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Keshri, Shweta (November 5, 2020). "A Simple Murder trailer out. Release date, November 20". India Today. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Sahu, Sushri (5 November 2020). "'A Simple Murder' Trailer: Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Sushant Singh And Others Pack A Riot In This Dark Comedy". Mashable India. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "'A Simple Murder' to premiere on SonyLIV on November 20". The Week. PTI. November 19, 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Gupta, Shubhra (20 November 2020). "A Simple Murder review: Guns and roses". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Purkayastha, Pallabi Dey (November 22, 2020). "A Simple Murder Season 1 Review : Unnecessarily complex". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Bhattacharjee, Moumita (November 20, 2020). "A Simple Murder review". Rediff.com. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Kashyap, Antara (24 November 2020). "A Simple Murder Review: This Dark Comedy Has Some Amazing Twists and Performances". News18. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Jhunjhunwala, Udita (20 November 2020). "A Simple Murder review: Spirited caper that inspires fine performances from an ensemble cast-Entertainment News , Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Ramnath, Nandini (20 November 2020). "'A Simple Murder' review: Love is as complicated as death". Scroll.in. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ Kulkarni, Shubham (19 November 2020). "A Simple Murder Review: Mohd Zeeshan Ayyub Is Finally Getting What He Deserves!". Koimoi. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
