Madhyanam Hathya (English : Afternoon Murder) is a 2004 Telugu language Indian crime thriller film directed by Ram Gopal Varma, with cinematography by Chota K. Naidu.

The films seems to closely follow the story of Horace William Manton, the main accused in the Luton Sack Murder case.

The police inspector checks if this matter can be linked with a missing person's report filed by film editor Ravi Kumar (J. D. Chakravarthy) and his father-in-law.

The Inspector concludes that Lakshmi was waylaid on her way to her parents' house by unknown person(s), beaten, and her body left in the pond.

But this case puzzles him, as there was no apparent motive for unknown person(s) to waylay her, as no money was taken, and her body does not shown signs of sexual assault.