The Verdict - State Vs Nanavati
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Indian naval commander K.M. Nanavati returns home from the line of duty, only to find that his wife Sylvia Nanavati is having an extra-marital affair with the businessman & socialite Prem Ahuja. Jealousy and anger lead to an unexpected encounter where Nanavati fires three shots from his service gun. Was this an Honour killing or murder? This sparks a nationwide debate. On one hand, the people, media, and government debate moralities of Sylvia & Prem to establish Nanavati as a national hero. On the other hand, Parsis and Sindhis stand against each other in a war to save their community’s pride or convict a murderer. Witness the complete truth of the last and most controversial jury trial in India—the case that divided India.Read moreLess
Indian naval commander K.M. Nanavati returns home from the line of duty, only to find that his wife Sylvia Nanavati is having an extra-marital affair with the businessman & socialite Prem Ahuja. Jealousy and anger lead to an unexpected encounter where Nanavati fires three shots from his service gun. Was this an Honour killing or murder? This sparks a nationwide debate. On one hand, the people, media, and government debate moralities of Sylvia & Prem to establish Nanavati as a national hero. On the other hand, Parsis and Sindhis stand against each other in a war to save their community’s pride or convict a murderer. Witness the complete truth of the last and most controversial jury trial in India—the case that divided India.
The story
Indian naval commander K.M. Nanavati returns home from the line of duty, only to find that his wife Sylvia Nanavati is having an extra-marital affair with the businessman & socialite Prem Ahuja. Jealousy and anger lead to an unexpected encounter where Nanavati fires three shots from his service gun. Was this an Honour killing or murder? This sparks a nationwide debate. On one hand, the people, media, and government debate moralities of Sylvia & Prem to establish Nanavati as a national hero. On the other hand, Parsis and Sindhis stand against each other in a war to save their community’s pride or convict a murderer. Witness the complete truth of the last and most controversial jury trial in India—the case that divided India.
Cast & crew
Manav KaulKawas Nanavati
Elli AvramSylvia Nanavati
Sumeet VyasRam Jethmalani
Angad BediKarl Khandalvala
Saurabh ShuklaRussi Karanjia
Makrand DeshpandeChandu Trivedi
Soni RazdanMehra Nanavati
Kubbra SaitMamie Ahuja
Swanand KirkireJudge R.B Mehta
Pooja GorVidhya Joshi
Anisa ButtSheetalExplore the crew
- Editor
- Yasha Ramchandani
- Editor
- Hemanth Kumar
- Writer
- Pallavi Lumba
- Writer
- Pooja Tolani
- Writer
- Rahul Patel
- Director of Photography
- Mohana Krishna
- Original Music Composer
- Udbhav Ojha