Forensic (2022 film)

Forensic
Directed by	Vishal Furia
Screenplay by	Ajit Jagtap Vishal Kapoor Adhir Bhat
Story by	Mansi Bagla
Based on	Forensic by Akhil Paul-Anas Khan
Produced by	Deepak Mukut Mansi Bagla Varun Bagla
Starring	Vikrant Massey Radhika Apte Rohit Roy Prachi Desai
Cinematography	Anshul Chobey
Edited by	Abhijit Deshpande
Music by	Amol Shrivastava Abhishek Talented
Production companies	Mini Films Soham Rockstar Entertainment
Distributed by	ZEE5
Release date	24 June 2022 (2022-06-24)
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Forensic: The Truth Lies Within, also known as Forensic, is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language psychological crime thriller film directed by Vishal Furia. It is a remake of the 2020 Malayalam film of the same name. The film stars Vikrant Massey, Radhika Apte, Prachi Desai, Rohit Roy and Harbanddana Kaur. The story, set in Mussoorie, follows a police officer and forensic specialist who are on the trail together to find a serial killer. It was released on ZEE5 on 24 June 2022.

Plot

A young boy watches a young girl celebrating her birthday from the outside of her house. The man with the girl sees him beats him for being there. Later, he sneaks into the house of the girl with a knife.

In the present day in Dehradun, Johnny Khanna, a forensic surgeon, is called to a crime scene where a wife has been murdered and the husband is in cardiac distress. After monitoring the husbands ICD, he immediately finds evidence proving that the husband is guilty.

In Mussoorie, a school girl walks into a church and sees a group of children singing for a girl who is celebrating her birthday. The birthday girl walks upto the schoolgirl and offers her a sweet, which she accepts. The next morning, SI Megha Sharma is called to a crime scene, where the body of a girl has been discovered. Following a post-mortem, the victim is revealed to be the birthday girl, whose name is revealed to be Jennifer.

Megha is assigned to the case, alongside Johnny, despite her past with him. In a flashback, it is shown that Johnny and Megha were in love. Johnny now lives with his elder brother, Abhay. Upon reviewing CCTV footage, Megha sees a person luring Jennifer, deducing that she might of known her killer. Whilst investigating, Johnny is able to find the location of where Jennifer hit her head. Megha recalls that the person that lured Jenny was the same height as her, assuming that the killer could be a dwarf. Constable Rawat identifies him as Charlie, a performer. After interrogating him, he is proven innocent after Johnny examines him.

After an MLA's daughter, Adithi is kidnapped at her birthday party, Johnny deduces through a blood sample that the killer is a male between the ages of 10 and 12. After distributing a sketch of the killer, Megha gets a call from a mental asylum, in which the boy she is looking for, whose name is Rohan, was brought in after killing his parents 3 years ago. He escaped from the asylum 3 months ago and is assumed to now be 11.

Megha's daughter, Aanya has been receiving councelling by psychologist, Dr. Ranjana, to overcome the trauma of her mother Divya, and twin sister Aadhya, deaths. 5 years ago, Aadhya went missing at a fair in Rishikesh. Her dead body is later found by Aanya, and a grief-stricken Divya, who happens to be Megha's elder sister, commits suicide. Megha blames Abhay for their deaths and breaks up with Johnny. Abhay also looses custody of Aanya, who is taken away by Megha. Aanya disappears from Ranjana's house and Megha finds her playing with a boy, who she discovers to be Rohan. She also discovers Adithi's dead body at the scene, solving the case.

Megha interrogates Rohan about the murders. Johhny believes that Rohan did not commit the murders, as Rohan is right-handed, and the killer is left-handed. After another girl, Bindiya Pandit goes missing, Ranjana is sent by Megha to extract information from Rohan about her disappearance. A news report then shows a video of Aanya pushing a cart with Adithi's body, exposing her as the killer. Megha is suspended from duty and placed on house arrest.

After receiving a tip from an annonymous caller, Bindiya's body is found. Johnny sneaks into Megha's home, and helps her prove Aanya's innocence. Johnny deduces that the killer could be an adult, who has been manipulating Rohan and Aanya to commit the murders. Johnny had discovered an abandoned house containing Bindiya's DNA, and believes that killer will only kill her after 3 days, which will be her birthday. After finding a drawing that Aanya made, Johnny and Megha go to a villa where they find Abhay with Aanya. Aanya has been seeing Abhay for more than a year, unbeknownst to Megha. After seeing Aanya on the news, Abhay brings her to his villa, afraid that the killer might be after her. Megha lets Aanya stay with Abhay, for her safety.

Megha's theory is proven to be correct, when similar cases of girls being reported missing occured in Rishikesh, 5 years earlier. Johnny's mentor, Dr. Solanki suggests that they should do DNA phenotyping, to find out the age and appearance of the killer. They learn that the Rishikesh victims had a common psychiatrist, Dr. Ramesh Gupta. A neighbor informs them that Gupta had been diagnosed with cancer, and that his adopted son Shashi, had commited suicide. Since the other victims were discovered on train tracks, Megha deduces that Gupta was recreating his son's death using the victims. Upon recalling Gupta's appearance, she learns that Gupta is none other than Ranjana's mentor. Believing that Ranjana and Aanya's lives are in danger, she and Johnny rush to Mussoorie.

Abhay finds Aanya having a seizure, and calls Ranjana, who goes to help her. Megha and Johnny arrive at Ranjana's home to find Gupta, before being informed that the phenotype shows the DNA of Gupta's son, Shashi. Moreover, after examining her eyes, they discover that Shashi faked his death and changed his identity to Ranjana. Gupta reveals that he adopted a child, Shashi from a juvenille home. As he grows up, he decides to become a child psychiatrist, but after hearing about his father's cancer, goes on a killing spree. Once Shashi arrives at Abhay's villa, she stabs Abhay and hypnotises Aanya, just like she did with Rohan.

Whilst Johnny and Megha are in a police van, Johnny receives a call from Abhay who tells him that Aanya has been taken away by Shashi to an unknown location. Johnny and Megha are able to locate Aanya, who has been held hostage by Shashi. A fight ensues between Megha and Shashi, and Johnny finds Aanya. Just as Shashi is about to win, Johnny shoots her. In the end, Aanya visits her father in hospital along with Johnny and Megha, who are shown to be together again. Megha and Johnny both receive calls to investigate a series of murders in Goa, excited to work with each other again..

Cast

• Vikrant Massey as Johnny Khanna, A forensic surgeon and Abhay’s younger brother
• Radhika Apte as SI Megha Sharma, Divya’s younger sister
• Prachi Desai as Dr. Ranjana / Shashi Ramesh Gupta, a therapist
• Rohit Roy as Abhay Khanna, Johnny's elder brother and Divya's father
• Anant Mahadevan as Dr. Ramesh Gupta
• Narendra Gupta as Dr. Solanki
• Harbandana Kaur as Aanya Khanna, Abhay and Divya’s daughter
• Vindu Dara Singh as Constable Rawat
• Subrat Dutta as Inspector Ved Prakash Mathur
• Zeba Sherriff as Divya, Aanya's mother and Megha's elder sister
• Narendra Gupta as Dr. Solanki, Johnny’s mentor

External links

• Forensic at IMDb
• Forensic at ZEE5