New Delhi: The teaser of Vidya Balan’s film ‘Neeyat’ was released on Wednesday. The film is a murder mystery with an ensemble cast of Ram Kapoor, Rahul Bose, Neeraj Kabi, Shahana Goswami, Amrita Puri, Dipannita Sharma, Niki Walia, Shashank Arora, Prajakta Koli and Danesh Razvi. The trailer will be released on June 22.
The 17-second teaser reveals nothing except the appearance of Vidya Balan's character. The teaser says "Suspects are arriving. Motives are forming. Get ready folks, a mystery is coming."
In addition, the makers revealed 11 posters of the film's key characters, giving viewers an introduction to Vidya Balan's character, and the 10 other suspects who drive the plot forward.
While the teaser offers a small sneak peek into the enigmatic world of the murder mystery, with each poster hyping up the mystery, ultimately the teaser only ups the curiosity.
Touted as a classic murder mystery, the story follows Vidya Balan's character, detective Mira Rao, who is forced by the situation at hand to become an unlikely detective, investigating a mystery-filled murder at a billionaire's party.
Narrating a tension-filled suspense story, appearances are deceiving as nothing is what it appears to be.
"Neeyat" consists of an ever-evolving chain of motives with each and every suspect harbouring their own dark secrets.
Ram Kapoor, plays billionaire Ashish Kapoor. Actor Rahul Bose and Shahana Goswami play banker Jimmy Mistry and billionaire Lisa respectively.
Then there is Niki Walia essaying as a tarot card reader among many other personalities in the film.
The film is directed and co-written by Anu Menon, who last collaborated with Vidya Balan in 2020 directorial 'Shakuntala Devi', based on the life and times of the lady known as the human-computer.
In addition, Anu Menon has also directed multiple episodes of the internationally acclaimed series 'Killing Eve'.
Additional writers for 'Neeyat' include Priya Venkataraman, Advaita Kala and Girvani Dhyani with dialogues written by Kausar Munir.
'Neeyat' will release in theatres on July 7.