Kareena Kapoor Khan
DS Jaspreet 'Jazz' Bhamra
Overview
Fresh wounds are reopened when Jasmeet Bhamra, a cop and a single mother who recently lost her child in a shooting spree, transfers to High Wycombe and is assigned a case of a missing child.
Cast
12 people
Ranveer Brar
Daljeet Kohli
Keith Allen
Miller
Ash Tandon
DI Hardik 'Hardy' Patel
Prabhleen Sandhu
Preeti Sethi
Reviews
5 min readThe Grief That Doesn’t Speak Its Name
I’ve seen this trick before—a detective with a dead child, a case that forces her to stare into the same abyss she’s been drowning in. It’s a reliable engine for pathos, the kind of emotional shorthand that can either hollow out a story or fill it with something raw and true. The Buckingham Murders leans toward the latter, though not without stumbling. Hansal Mehta’s film is a quiet, unflashy procedural that wants to be more than its premise, and in Kareena Kapoor Khan’s hands, it almost gets there.
The film opens with Jasmeet Bhamra (Kapoor Khan) arriving in High Wycombe, a town that feels like it was plucked from a BBC detective series—all damp pavements and pebble-dash semis. She’s a Sikh detective, a single mother, and a woman who has just buried her own child after a school shooting. The case she’s assigned?
The murder of another child, this one a local boy whose death unravels a web of communal tension, class resentment, and the kind of quiet desperation that festers in places where people feel invisible. Mehta, whose filmography is a ledger of marginalized lives (Aligarh, Shahid), is clearly at home here. This isn’t the Bollywood-in-London of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge; it’s the London of kebab shops, council estates, and the slow burn of grief that doesn’t have a soundtrack.
And yet, for all its good intentions, The Buckingham Murders sometimes feels like it’s two films at war with each other. There’s the one that wants to be a character study of a woman unraveling, and the one that’s a by-the-numbers whodunit. The former is where Kapoor Khan shines.
She’s de-glammed to the point of erasure—no kajal, no designer coats, just a woman in a puffer jacket and a permanent slump. Her Jasmeet moves through the world like someone who’s been winded, her grief a physical thing, lodged in her shoulders, her throat. There’s a scene early on where she sits in her car, staring at a photo of her son, and the camera lingers just long enough to make you uncomfortable.
Full Plot (Spoilers)
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Buzz & Rumors
Public reportsHansal Mehta’s The Buckingham Murders Faces Backlash Over Hindi Dubbing—But Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Performance Steals the Show
Hansal Mehta’s crime thriller The Buckingham Murders arrived on Netflix on November 8, 2024, with high expectations—especially for Kareena Kapoor Khan’s return to the genre. latestnetflix.com's read is that but the film’s release was overshadowed by an unexpected controversy: a poorly received Hindi dub that left viewers and the director himself scrambling for damage control.
A Crime Drama Marred by Dubbing Disaster
The Buckingham Murders follows a grieving British-Indian detective, played by Kapoor Khan, who investigates the disappearance of a young boy in Buckinghamshire. The film, written by Aseem Arrora and Raghav Raj Kakker, was positioned as a gritty, emotional thriller 
. However, its Netflix debut was met with immediate criticism—not for the story, but for the Hindi dubbing.
Viewers took to social media to call out the dub’s quality, with some describing it as "jarring" and "ridiculous" . The backlash was swift, and Mehta himself stepped in to address the issue. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), he acknowledged the problem, calling the Hinglish version "not the film’s original version" and assuring fans that Netflix would rectify it . The director later apologized, admitting the dubbing fell short of expectations .
The controversy raised questions about why a film set in the UK, with a predominantly English-speaking cast, needed a Hindi dub at all. Some speculated it was a move to broaden the film’s appeal in India, but the execution backfired, overshadowing the film’s actual merits.
Kareena Kapoor Khan’s Powerhouse Performance
Despite the dubbing debacle, Kapoor Khan’s performance has been a standout. Mehta has been vocal about his admiration for her, calling her a "natural storyteller" whose expressions speak volumes . In The Buckingham Murders, she plays a detective haunted by the murder of her own child, adding layers of grief and determination to the role.
The film’s supporting cast—including Ranveer Brar, Keith Allen, and Ash Tandon—brings depth to the story, but Kapoor Khan remains the emotional core. Early reactions suggest her portrayal is the film’s saving grace, even as the dubbing controversy lingers.
**What’s Next for The Buckingham Murders?**
Netflix has yet to confirm whether it will re-release the film with an improved dub or stick to the original English version. Mehta’s apology suggests a fix is in the works, but for now, the film’s reception remains divided.
For fans of crime thrillers, the story itself—centered on a mother’s quest for justice—holds promise. But the dubbing fiasco has become the unintended headline, proving that even a star-studded project can be derailed by post-production missteps.
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