Recent Indian murder thrillers have brought everything from serial killers and secret assassins to courtroom mysteries and disturbing murder investigations. If you enjoy stories where every clue changes what you believe, these movies offer plenty of suspense, hidden motives and dangerous twists.
15 Best Recent Indian Murder Mystery Movies
1. Baby Do Die Do
Baby Karmakar appears to be an ordinary deaf woman who cannot speak, but she secretly works as a skilled contract killer in Mumbai. Her life inside a violent real-estate crime network becomes harder to control when DCP Anjum Khan starts pursuing her and her relationship with neighbour Siddhu gives her a reason to escape. The thriller follows Baby as love, old trauma and her deadly profession begin colliding.
2. Alpha
Elite assassin Sita has always believed Colonel Fateh Singh Lakhawat is her father, until she discovers that he kidnapped her as a child and raised her through a secret regenerative-serum programme. The revelation pushes her to join forces with her sister Durga and turn against the criminal network that shaped her life. Their fight exposes betrayals, dangerous missions and more secrets about Sita’s real identity.
3. Gandhari
Bani’s attempt to save her daughter from human traffickers leaves her without eyesight, but it does not end her search. She learns how to survive and fight without sight before entering the same dangerous criminal world responsible for taking her child. Taapsee Pannu leads this revenge thriller about a mother refusing to stop until she finds answers.
4. Kartavya
A journalist is murdered while under a police officer’s protection, leaving Pawan determined to understand how he failed. The investigation takes him towards political influence, corruption and people powerful enough to interfere with the truth. When threats begin reaching his family, solving the crime becomes far more personal.
5. Newton’s 3rd Law
Cop Vasudev begins dealing with a mysterious double murder whose roots appear connected to tragedies that happened years earlier. The puzzle becomes stranger when David receives a book called Newton’s Third Law and discovers that its story may be tied to his own buried past. As different lives enter the investigation, the thriller connects murder, fate and the idea that past actions eventually return with consequences.
6. Ikka
Lawyer Arjun Mehra is asked to defend a man he once believed had committed attempted murder. New evidence begins breaking down that old certainty, forcing Arjun to reopen questions he thought had already been answered. The legal battle soon becomes a personal search to discover whether his earlier judgment helped justice or damaged it.
7. Jaane Jaan
A man from Maya’s troubled past suddenly returns, leaving the single mother caught in a murder investigation. Her highly intelligent neighbour tries to protect her, but a sharp police officer notices that parts of the case do not add up. The mystery turns into a battle of logic as both sides carefully calculate their next move.
8. Baramulla (Netflix)
In the misty valleys of Kashmir, a police officer begins searching for children who have mysteriously gone missing. The investigation soon leads him towards unsettling local stories, old beliefs and secrets that make it difficult to separate fact from superstition. The result is a dark, atmospheric mystery where every new clue makes the case more disturbing.
9. Stephen
Stephen Jebraj calmly walks into a police station and claims that he murdered nine women after luring them through fake film auditions. Inspector Michael and psychiatrist Seema question him about his traumatic childhood, but Seema slowly begins suspecting that Stephen may be manipulating them with carefully constructed lies. The investigation builds towards revelations that challenge what his confession really means.
10. Khufiya
A RAW officer is assigned to find the person secretly leaking sensitive defence information from within the intelligence system. Surveillance brings her closer to a suspected mole, but the operation becomes tangled with personal betrayal, obsession and unresolved emotional pain. The spy mystery turns the search for an insider into a dangerous test of loyalty and trust.
11. HIT: The Third Case
HIT officer Arjun Sarkaar investigates a series of brutal murders that appear to be connected across different parts of India. Following the evidence takes him towards a dark-web cult and an organisation called Keen to Care, where the crimes hide an even more disturbing operation involving victims and illegal drugs. Arjun enters the network himself as he tries to reach the people controlling it.
12. Aaryan
Struggling writer Azhagar hijacks a live television interview, kills an actor and announces that more murders will follow according to a plan he prepared years earlier. Even after Azhagar dies on air, DCP Arivudai Nambi and his team realise that the killings may continue through clues and traps already put in place. The police must decode his plan quickly enough to save the remaining targets.
13. Deva
A Mumbai police officer is investigating the murder of a fellow cop when an accident leaves gaps in his memory. Forced to rebuild the case almost from zero, Deva begins finding links involving friendship, betrayal and events from his own forgotten past. Catching the killer becomes inseparable from discovering what he himself knew before the accident.
14. Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders
Inspector Jatil Yadav enters the home of a wealthy family after a murder destroys its respectable public image. His questions expose rivalries, manipulation and relationships built around fear and secrecy. As the Bansal family’s hidden conflicts come out, finding the killer becomes harder because almost everyone appears to have something to hide.
15. Mrithyunjay
Jay works at a newspaper collecting obituary advertisements, but his real ambition is to become a crime reporter. He notices unusual similarities between deaths officially treated as accidents and begins investigating with ACP Seetha Patra, eventually putting them on the trail of an intelligent contract killer named Saadhu. The case becomes especially personal because of Jay’s connection with the young daughter of one of the victims.
From clever killers and buried evidence to police investigations and courtroom battles, these recent Indian crime movies offer plenty of mysteries for thriller fans to solve.
