India, Jan. 2 -- I have finally figured it out! Our enduring fascination with crime stories, I mean. I feel it can usually be traced back to the promise that mayhem can be organised into meaning. Somehow. Long before murder mystery movies became a staple in cinema, writers like Dame Agatha Christie and before her Sir Arthur Conan Doyle trained audiences to read between the lines. Indian cinema adapted it to its own rhythms. So, do you wish to know what are the best Indian murder mystery movies? Boy, do we have a list for you. Here are 8 of the best, ranked according to IMDb ratings, for your pleasure.

Besides the actual mystery and the big reveal, murder mysteries also come in different flavour of settings. The settings, including a reco...