The Buckingham Murders

The Buckingham Murders is a 2023 Indian crime thriller film directed by Hansal Mehta and produced by Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor. The film stars Kapoor Khan as a grieving British-Indian detective who is assigned the case of a murdered child in Buckinghamshire.

The film had its world premiere at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2023.

Premise
Jasmeet Bhamra is a British-Indian detective who has recently lost her child. She is assigned the case of a murdered 10-year-old child in Buckinghamshire.

Cast

 * Kareena Kapoor Khan as Jasmeet Bhamra
 * Keith Allen as Miller
 * Chris Wilson
 * Ash Tandon as DI Hardik Patel
 * Kapil Redekar as Saquib Chaudhary
 * Jonathan Nyati as DS Cowden
 * Darren Kemp as DS Simon Clark
 * Charles Craddock as James Thomas
 * Rukku Nahar as Harleen
 * Haqi Ali
 * Adwoa Akoto as DS Sharon Marks
 * Ranveer Brar

Production
The film marked Kapoor Khan's first production venture; she produced it alongside Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor. She said that her role in the film was inspired by Kate Winslet's character in the miniseries Mare of Easttown.

The film is in English and Hindi, with 80% of the dialogues in English. It had predominantly British supporting actors, including Keith Allen.

Release
The Buckingham Murders premiered at the 67th BFI London Film Festival on 14 October 2023. It served as the opening film for the 2023 Mumbai Film Festival at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre on 27 October. The film scheduled theatrically release on 13 September 2024. It is also set for an unspecified streaming release on Netflix.

Mehta revealed that the film will mark the first part of a planned franchise.

Reception
Writing for Film Companion, Sahir Avik D'Souza considered The Buckingham Murders to be an "unflashy police procedural drama" anchored by a strong central performance from Kapoor Khan, whom he found "believable in a world far removed from her previous work". However, he considered the film's murder mystery to be "without bite".