Inspector Zende (2025)
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When serial killer Carl Bhojraj escapes prison and resurfaces in Mumbai, the determined Inspector Zende steps up to nab the cunning fugitive once more.
- Date of release
- 2025-09-04
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Chinmay Mandlekar
Casting
- Manoj Bajpayee — Inspector Madhukar Zende
- Jim Sarbh — Carl Bhojraj
- Bhalchandra Kadam — Patil
- Sachin Khedekar — DGP Chandrakant Purandhare
- Girija Oak — Vijaya Zende
- Harish Dudhade — Jacob
- Vaibhav Mangle — Fonseca
- Onkar Raut — Patekar
- Bharat Savale — Naik
- Devaang Bagga — Lalit
- Nitin Bhajan — Ram Deshmane
- Sukumar Tudu — Tyagi
Interesting facts
Inspector Zende is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language comedy thriller film directed and written by Chinmay Mandlekar and produced by Jay Shewakramani and Om Raut. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee as Inspector Madhukar Zende and Jim Sarbh as Carl Bhojraj, a character inspired by the infamous serial killer Charles Sobhraj. It was released on 5 September 2025 on Netflix.
Production
The film is directed and penned by Chinmay Mandlekar in his directorial debut. The film draws from the real-life story of Madhukar Zende, the Mumbai police officer who arrested Charles Sobhraj twice; once in 1971 and again in Goa in 1986 after his escape from Tihar Jail.
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