Nibunan (2017) on Netflix
NR20172h 17mActionCrimeThriller
A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and his two subordinates are on a mission to hunt down a psychotic serial killer, whose murder patterns and method are always so flawless and ironclad. The investigation leads the trio down the dark paths of the case, where they discover a haunting secret.
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Plot summary
Ranjith Kalidoss is a DSP in CB-CID, who along with Inspectors Joseph and Vandana, takes on high-profile cases and closes them successfully. Counter to his high-intensity job, Ranjith has a peaceful family life with his wife, Shilpa, daughter Oviya, younger brother Sandeep, and their family dog Rocky. Ranjith's superiors assign his team a task to pursue a group of 5 criminals, who continue to avoid justice with their political and economic influence. Ranjith suggests a more direct approach to taking them out, but his superior declines to go along with it. Before they could pursue the current assignment, they get dragged into another mystery. A parcel arrives at the police station one day that contains a small horse doll hanging on a noose. The figure has 4 holes, but otherwise no other clues.
Not thinking much of it, the team decides to ignore it. A few days later, Shivanand, a local communist leader, goes missing and is later found in the warehouse hanging from the ceiling, tortured and his face covered in an animal mask, very much like the doll they received. Meanwhile, Ranjith is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease which compromises his job, and his happiness with his family is strained. The killer continues to taunt the team by sending clues as he kills more people, which includes Vishnu, a lawyer and Dr Ramya, a pathologist.
Cast
- Poster Nandakumaras Shivanand
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Nibunan (2017)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- In October 2018, during the #MeToo movement, Shruthi Hariharan, who played Arjun Sarja's wife in the film, accused him of misconduct on the set. Arjun denied the allegations and filed a Rs 5 crore defamation suit; she then filed a police sexual harassment case.
- The film's base plot is based on the 2008 Noida double murder case, a real crime rather than an invented mystery.
- Actors Prasanna, Vaibhav and Bobby Simha were signed on in August 2015 to play further leading roles, but Bobby Simha later opted out of the film.
- For the film's May 2017 teaser, the team asked 150 celebrities in the Indian film industry to put it out through their own Twitter pages.
