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Sector 36 is an Indian Hindi-language crime thriller directed by Aditya Nimbalkar from a screenplay written by Bodhayan Roychaudhury. The film is based on the 2006 Noida serial killing, also known as the Nithari case. The real case in which a businessman and his servant were accused of abduction and killing of over a dozen children shook the nation.
The film presents a fictionalized version of the story in which the servant Prem Singh and the local policeman, Inspector Ram Charan Pandey, are given the center stage. However, Prem Singh is not the sole villain of the story. The other villains are poverty, greed, and corruption, which the film brilliantly captures through its thought-provoking screenplay.
Sector 36 is produced by Dinesh Vijan and Jyoti Deshpande under Maddock Films and Jio Studios. The film boasts brilliant performances from the cast, including Vikrant Massey, Deepak Dobriyal, Akash Khurana, Darshan Jariwala, and Baharul Islam.
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Sector 36 is not a conventional serial killer story
Sector 36 begins with a scene of Prem Singh, played by Vikrant Massey, watching a fictional version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire while munching on some meat. He is disappointed at the contestant for not answering a question that was easy for him. He believes that if given a chance, he can win a lot of money and change his life.
Like a normal migrant who has come to the city to earn money, he talks to his wife, who is in the village and asks about his daughter. However, soon, it is revealed that he has kept the strangled body of a teenage girl in a bathroom. In a disturbing scene, he starts chopping her body into pieces, signaling the viewers about the disturbing story that the film is going to explore.
Unlike a serial killer film, Sector 36 focuses more on the brutal nature of poverty rather than the sinister actions of one man. You might even start to understand Prem Singh for being true to his evil nature because the powerful people at the top of the chain have enabled his actions.
When a corrupt cop, Inspector Ram Charan Pandey, played by Deepak Dobriyal, starts investigating the disappearance of poor migrant children, he is asked not to trouble the rich and drop the case. But his pursuit gets Prem Singh caught, who interestingly doesn't even try to run and confesses everything. However, Pandey pays the price for his service, while the corrupt get promoted.
Sector 36 has one of the best acting performances of the year
Vikrant Massey has caught popular attention after his stellar performance in 12th Fail. In this film, he has outdone himself. His portrayal of Prem Singh is arguably the best performance of his career. Whether it's his body language, his interaction with his victims, or his obsession with Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, there is always a sinister look in his eyes.
Deepak Dobriyal, as the bad cop turned good, is equally impressive. He effortlessly carries the demeanor of a corrupt cop, a concerned father, and a public personnel. Watch out for both the actors in the interrogation scene, in which Prem confesses his crimes in detail.
Massey would make you feel sick with his dialogues, while Dobriyal's stoic face hiding his disgust and shock conveys the guilt of being a bystander and an enabler of the heinous crimes. The other supporting actors are equally convincing, but Massey and Dobriyal stand out.
The film presents the dark reality of life in poverty
The darkest aspect of Sector 36 isn't the degeneration of one man who chops the body or multiple men in power who enable him to brutalize innocent children. Rather, the true darkness lies in the abject condition of poverty that millions of people live in.
They have been compared to cockroaches in the film, whose destiny is to get squashed under the feet of the rich. Their missing children are not worth the time or resources of the system. But when a rich businessman's son is kidnapped, police crack the case in record time.
The film ends with the tragic triumph of the corrupt system, as the one trying to do good gets punished. It also leaves the viewers with the horrific reminder that the actual perpetrators of the real crime are still out there. Justice still awaits. And it can be served if we treat the victims as just victims, not as the rich or the poor.
Sector 36 is currently streaming on Netflix.
