Halahal, which means deadly poison, is Eros Now’s latest original film. This riveting suspense thriller starts with the gruesome and mysterious death of a medical student named Archana (Enab Khizra). The cops dismiss it as a suicide, but her father Dr Shiv Shankar Sharma (Sachin Khedekar) is sure that it’s a cover-up, and is determined to uncover the truth. Helping him in his mission is Yusuf (Barun Sobti), a corrupt and foul-mouthed cop who has his heart in the right place though.
Archana is a meritorious student studying to be a doctor, who also works at a coaching institute. When her charred body is found on a highway in Ghaziabad, the cops are keen to hush up the case as a suicide.
Halahal is a gripping watch for its entire length of 97 minutes and much of the credit for this goes to director Randeep Jha. The story is by Zeishan Quadri and the screenplay and dialogues are by…