Pankaj Tripathi’s jovial cop hunts for a murderer among the who’s who of posh Delhi society in the official trailer of Homi Adajania’s upcoming crime thriller Murder Mubarak, dropped by streaming platform Netflix on Tuesday.

The suspects include a set of characters portrayed by Karisma Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Vijay Varma, Dimple Kapadia, Sanjay Kapoor, Tisca Chopra and Suhail Nayyar.

The trailer, which gives a strong Knives Out vibe, begins with the murder of a magician on the premises of the Royal Delhi Club, frequented by the Delhi elites, leading to the entry of ACP Bhavani Singh (Pankaj). Staying true to its noir roots, it goes on to show femme fatales and eccentrics with jarring visuals of blood on snow-white cats and pieces of furniture.

While Sara’s Bambi plays Vijay’s love interest in the film, Karishma seems to play an actress who has been splashed with red on the set of a film. As Inspector’s Singh interrogates the characters, he is disturbed by their disconnection from reality and continues to look for an extraordinary clue amidst the ordinary course of events.

“The truth is that most killers are not savages; they are ordinary men like you and me”, we hear in Singh’s voiceover as the video ends with a close-up shot of Karisma, shooting a scene with blood streaming down her face.

Produced by Maddock Films, Murder Mubarak is slated to drop on Netflix on March 15. The film marks Karisma’s return to films since her 2012 movie Dangerous Ishhq, though she already made her OTT debut with the 2020 web series Mentalhood.