Radhika Apte-Vikrant Massey's psychological drama 'Forensic' to release on ZEE5
What's the story
Forensic finally gets a release medium. The upcoming psychological thriller, directed by Vishal Furia and starring Radhika Apte (Andhadhun) and Vikrant Massey (Love Hostel), will premiere "soon" on ZEE5. Forensic is the Hindi remake of a Malayalam film by the same name that was written and directed by Akhil Paul and Anas Khan. The film marked their directorial debut. It released in February 2020.
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Why does this story matter?
Forensic will have Apte in the role of a female police officer named Megha Sharma, and Massey will be forensic expert Johnny Khanna. "Together, Johnny and Megha will be chasing the vicious criminal who turns their lives upside down," a note from ZEE5 read. The cast also includes Prachi Desai, Vindu Dara Singh, and Rohit Roy. Must say, this is an interesting combination.
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EXHIBIT A: Evidence of a new edge-of-the-seat investigative thriller found.
— ZEE5 (@ZEE5India) April 5, 2022
Case opening soon with forensic expert @VikrantMassey leading officer @radhika_apte #ForensicOnZEE5 pic.twitter.com/DJKsptUXnA
Genre
Furia dips his toes in murky waters of crime, again
On his part, Furia said, "With accomplished actors Vikrant and Radhika at the top of their game and with amazing producers Mansi Bagla, Varun Bagla and Deepak Mukut, I have managed to give my best to ensure a thrilling ride throughout." Furia has previously dabbled in the crime/thriller genre and is known for directing the horror film Chhorii and his series Criminal Justice.
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What did the makers say?
Archana Anand, ZEE5 Global, said, "While we offer the largest range of genres across languages for our audiences, we have seen a particularly strong uptake for thriller and suspense stories." "We are happy to now add to our library this Vikrant Massey and Radhika Apte starrer Forensic, a psychological thriller with unique character arcs that will take our viewers through a myriad of emotions."
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Where else will Apte be seen?
"The audiences are in for a thrilling ride with this ongiven a platform to many unique and important stories, and it has a wide reach globally so we are excited," Mukut said. Forensic is a Mini Films and Soham Rockstar Entertainment's production. Apart from this, Apte will be seen in Apple TV+ series Shantaram, Bollywood film Vikram Vedha, and Netflix's Monica, O My Darling.