India, April 28 -- If Alfred Hitchcock had spent a summer sipping cutting chai in rural Maharashtra while binge-watching Vadh, he might have dreamed up something like Devmanus. Directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar, this Marathi crime drama, a remake of the 2022 sleeper hit, offers a wild concoction of murder, morality, and middle-class mayhem-seasoned with a generous dash of emotional ras and spicy cinematic masala.

Mahesh Manjrekar delivers a restrained and haunting performance as Keshav, shedding his usual swagger for creaky slippers, a permanently furrowed brow, and the aura of a man marinated in despair. Opposite him, Renuka Shahane brings luminous strength as Laxmi, a sari-weaving goddess whose sighs carry more weight than most mo...