Raat Akeli Hai The Bansal Murders X Reviews: Nawazuddin Siddiqui returns as Inspector Jatil Yadav in the sequel to the 2020 film ‘Raat Akeli Hai’. Probing into the unfortunate murder of the Bansal family, the movie quickly transforms into a fast-paced mystery. Solving the classic case of a whodunnit murder, the social media reviews are raving about this Honey Trehan directorial.

This OTT release marks Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s second on-screen appearance of 2025. He appeared in Dinesh Vijan’s Thamma, earlier this year, a vampire-led horror comedy. Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders also features the comeback of Radhika Apte to Netflix, along with Chitrangada Singh, Shivani Raghuvanshi, and Deepti Naval. The series also has other OTT staples such as Sanjay Kapoor, Shweta Tripathi, Rajat Kapoor, and CID’s beloved Aditya Srivastava.

Raat Akeli Hai Bansal Murders movie reviews

Giving stiff competition to the year-end Knives Out release, Raat Akeli Hai 2 comes with ‘well-etched’ characters and an ‘investigation kept interesting with narration till the solve,’ reported social media users. Termed as ‘one of the best Bollywood sequels,’ it is hard to engage audiences on OTT with sequels that grip loyal fans. At the same time, the Delhi Crime franchise cracked the code as it explores the gruesome horrors of Delhi, headlined by ‘madam-sir’ Shefali Shah.

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As the weekend OTT binge-mood kicks in, netizens praise the Nawazuddin Siddiqui murder mystery. Hailing the iconic cast, a user wrote, “Never in my life did I imagine seeing Deepti Naval play a bald woman on screen, but that’s how brilliant an actress she is.” Giving a gripping insight into the world of Bansals, the movie is an effortlessly thrilling tale. Several viewers also praised the background score, tying the whole plot together to ‘elevate the sequences’.

“The investigation is a maze. Every time you think you’ve caught the killer, Honey Trehan throws a curveball,” read a critic’s review on X. The ‘layered mystery’ has also been lauded for its ‘tighter writing and storytelling’. The engaging plot has kept some audiences guessing till the end, as it ‘outsmarts the viewer without trying too hard.’

However, several murder mystery enthusiasts are calling the climax ‘dull’ and predictable. “The real killer uncover was lame, boring,” read a social media review, giving the film an average rating.