Diljit Dosanjh puts on his Sherlock hat in Detective Sherdil. Watch trailer

Punjabi phenom Diljit Dosanjh is making a return to films after his critically acclaimed performance in Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila. This time the singer-actor will be emulating many great fictional detectives of the world, like Sherlock Holmes, Byomkesh Bakshi and Karamchand in the film Detective Sherdil. In the trailer, Diljit’s Detective Sherdil is called upon by a wealthy family after the patriarch of the same household, played by Boman Irani, is murdered brutally for reasons unknown.

The trailer and the characters seem to suggest that director Ravi Chhabria has attempted to make a film cut from the same cloth as the Hollywood movie Knives Out (2019). A rich family, the death of the senior-most member, a lot of money in the balance, and extremely questionable family members with a lot of issues are just some of the similarities. Sherdil extends his help to the lot, and soon the entire family finds themselves on the other side of the investigation.

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Diljit Dosanjh’s partner in this quest is Diane Penty, who was last seen in the super-hit film Chhaava (2025), the highest-grossing film of her career. The rest of the cast is pretty well stacked as well, with stars like Ratna Pathak Shah, Chunky Panday, Boman Irani, Sumeet Vyas, and Banita Sandhu. With the classic whodunit theme right at the core of this narrative, the film, due to its cast and story, has the potential of being a fun-filled detour for its audiences.

 

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Detective Sherdil will be available for streaming exclusively on ZEE5 from June 20, and Diljit will be hoping to carry on his successful OTT run.