jahangirhussain74 My Wife's Murder is an extremely well made film. Directed by newcomer Jijy Philip (one of RGV's assistant), the film delves into the psyche of a murderer who kills his wife accidentally. The story revolves around Ravi Patwardhan (Anil Kapoor) who is a middle class film editor. He has a wife Sheela (Suchitra Krishnamurthy) and two kids. He spends most of his time working away in his studio with his assistant, Reena (Nandana Sen). However, the reality of his home is way different than it seems. His wife is a nag who is constantly bickering and suspecting her husband of having an affair with his assistant. One day, the spat turns ugly and Ravi loses his cool, pushing Sheela which results in her hitting her head on a wooden carving of the bed and dying instantly. Faced with an unapologetic situation, Ravi is hesitant about calling the cops as he fears he might get arrested. And this will ruin his children's lives. Eventually, he decides to play hide-and-seek with the law until the inevitable occurs. MWM is not a thrill-frill murder mystery. It' s a simply plain psychological film about a man who is unlucky on all fronts: be it personal or professional. The success of Philip as a director lies in the fact that how he managed to keep us glued to our seats despite a simple storytelling. He takes us into the mind of the troubled man and makes us feel his tensions, anxiety, excitement and helplessness. Under RGV'S tutelage, Philip has learned the ropes of direction pretty quickly and in most of the sequences you can catch glimpses of his mentor. The film has a dark look and it really helps build the tension and suspense. The background score is also apt for the setting. Cinematography by P.S. Vinod is first-rate. MWM totally belongs to Anil Kapoor. He sinks his teeth into the role of Ravi Patwardhan really well and delivers a fine performance. He is one of the underrated actors in Bollywood. MWM really helped him tap his potential as an actor to the fullest. Boman Irani is another actor who deserves an equal amount of applause. He is likable as the cop hot on trail of Anil's character in the film. He is made to act more with his facial expression than mouthing dialogues and he does it pretty well. Nandana Sen is passable as Reena. She gets more scope towards the second half though and she does it well. Suchitra Krishnamurthy, despite a 15 minute role, ends up giving an award worthy performance. Her role as the nagging wife stays with you even after you walked out of the theater.On the whole, MWM makes for an interesting watch. Go for it!

Avinash Patalay After the first few reels, one feels that full blown movie was an overkill for the plot and perhaps telly was best suited. Mid-way you feel that its not even suited for small-screen. As you reach to the end of it, you feel that it was unwise to have attempted it. After a point, not only it starts to drag but also gets silly. And the lame ending sinks the movie further deep.Anil Kapoor delivers a noteworthy performance. Perhaps one of the first times I have seen a resilient character who uses more of body language to communicate.Suchitra Krishnamurthy leaves an impression as a nagging wife. Pity she gets bumped by the time you settle in with the popcorn's.Nandana Sen is a perfect cast for the role. Sadly its the writing of the character which doesn't fit very well.Rajesh Tandon does a good job for the character he is given.Boman Irani gets to play an interesting character. Sadly he is not the brightest crayon to solve the mystery (and as rightly pointed by his wife in the movie, gets job promotions for other reasons).Its only the performance of the actors which saves the movie. There is no doubt that technically the movie is top-notch, especially coming from RGVs Factory its kinda expected. Pity if content would have given at least half of the attention, it would have a different story altogether.Its not yet aired on small screen yet, and no rocket science to guess why!

lavenderonion This film has a very Hitchcock feel to it and delivers much of the same amount of suspense as the master himself. Though the 'mystery' of the murder is solved in the title, the story is more about a man's emotional turmoil over having made a grave mistake and a social commentary on fears of injustice.I found it interesting that the protagonist's predicament with his murdered wife was closely parallel to the investigator's own relationship with *his* wife. In fact, on further inspection, one can see that all of the relationships in this film are twisted or uneven, seemingly happy and normal on the surface only to have undercurrents of stress and underlying mistrust.Casting was incredible, the acting perfection. The theme is very dark and is not typical of your usual Bollywood film, and for this alone it is worth watching. A very suspenseful, thought- provoking film.

kaizer_soze I had some expectations from this movie but it is useless... seems like a news story about an accidental murder.. acting is OK from all main actors. There are no songs which is a good thing. The main problem is story, the person accidentally kills his wife who always suspects him for affair with his assistant. and then how the person is trying to escape from law and how he involves his assistant in this makes the rest of the story.. It is very slow at times.Also sometimes it gives feeling as if director is trying to make it a horror movie or something like that. And those crazy door shutting sounds ( reminds me of Vaastu Shastra )... they will drive you crazy once again.. guess the RGV effect.. I'd not recommend it to any one.My advice - stay away from it.. 5/10