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Anshuman Jha's film with Rasika, Arjun promises a puzzle, delivers a snooze

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October 11, 2025

Twenty minutes into Lord Curzon Ki Haveli, I found myself questioning the point of it all. The film opens with a thanks to Beethoven, but what follows feels more like cacophony than a symphony. Murder mysteries are a tricky genre, especially when OTT has overexposed us to stellar global content.

- Rishah Suri

Anshuman Jha's film with Rasika, Arjun promises a puzzle, delivers a snooze

The story revolves around a couple, Rohit (Arjun Mathur) and Sanya (Zoha Rahman), who invite their friend Ira (Rasika Dugal) and her husband Basuki Nath (Paresh Pahuja) over for drinks. Basuki soon goes berserk, convinced the hosts are hiding something in a trunk. The evening turns darker with each passing moment. The film would like us to believe it is more intelligent than it really is. Anshuman Jha, in his directorial debut, has called this a black comedy. I kept waiting for anything to cr

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