
Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte starrer Raat Akeli Hai is finally streaming on Netflix. The movie, which also stars Shweta Tripathi Sharma, Abhijeet and Tigmanshu Dhulia, has been helmed by Honey Trehan. Raat Akeli Hai marks the directorial debut of the casting director.
The premise of Raat Akeli Hai is centred around the murder of a wealthy patriarch called Raghubeer Singh. Inspector Jatil Yadav (Nawazuddin Siddiqui) is assigned the case and all of his prime suspects belong to Singh’s family. However, a large portion of his attention is focused on Raghubeer’s wife and former mistress Radha, played by Radhika Apte. Jatil Yadav suspects Radha’s involvement in the murder as she would have been the one to gain the most monetarily after her husband’s death.
Interestingly, before Raat Akeli Hai, Radhika Apte and Nawazuddin Siddiqui have featured together in Sacred Games and Manjhi The Mountain Man.
Sharing her experience of working with Nawazuddin once again, the actor said, “Nawaz is one of the finest actors in the country. The good thing about him is that he is always present in the moment. He reacts to you. He doesn’t come to the sets prepared. So we can just play along with our parts, improvise a lot, and see what comes along.”
Radhika also spoke about her character in Raat Akeli Hai. She told PTI, “Radha is the mistress of the man who is killed. She has had a very difficult life, so she thinks that there is basically nothing to lose. She’s feisty. She can come across as arrogant and rude, but she is quite matter of fact. There are a lot of things in her which I found more progressive than other people. But we don’t know whether she is tricking you or not.”
"Honey Trehan makes a wonderful directorial debut. #RaatAkeliHai is one of the few formidable whodunnits that keeps you on your toes. Much more than a mystery there... Don't miss," @weird_verma said via Twitter.
"Finished watching #RaatAkeliHai I love @radhika_apte and @NetflixIndia pairing, add @Nawazuddin_S and you've got yourself a brilliant thriller," @aakriti_pandya wrote on Twitter.
A Twitter user @prasla_zaid shared, "Just finished watching Raat Akeli Hai. A perfect crime drama which holds great suspense. The cast was really perfect for the film which added different layers to the film. @Nawazuddin_S @radhika_apte @NetflixIndia."
"Outstanding movie!!! 😊 love the performance of @Nawazuddin_S @radhika_apte @battatawada. #RaatAkeliHai @NetflixIndia," @reallynilesh shared on Twitter.
Honey Trehan, who is known for films like Talvar, Udta Punjab and Delhi Belly, said patriarchy is a “curse” on society. “The murder mystery, crime thriller and whodunit are just the device I have used. My film is about patriarchy which is a curse under which we all are living. More than us, patriarchy is a living character in society. Everyone of us will go one day, but patriarchy has been here since ages. Nobody knows when it will end,” he told PTI. Read more
"#RaatAkeliHai Take a bow. Tremendous show!! @Nawazuddin_S @radhika_apte." @Deepjs said via Twitter.
Actor Sharib Hashmi wished debut director Honey Trehan for Raat Akeli Hai. He wrote on Twitter, "Wish you alllll the verrry besssst
@HoneyTrehan bhaii #RaatAkeliHai."
"A few of the bits and pieces in Netflix's Raat Akeli Hai feel a bit contrived, but not enough to take the enjoyment away from a film which has a terrific sense of time and place, and a crime in which everyone has stakes," writes Shubhra Gupta. Read more