Manorama Six Feet Under is a 2007 Indian thriller film directed and co-written by Navdeep Singh.

The film features Abhay Deol, Raima Sen, and Gul Panag in the lead roles.

It follows an amateur detective in a small sleepy town from Rajasthan who finds himself caught in a web of lies, deceit and murder.

As he returns to his irritable and nagging wife Nimmi and their young son, we learn that Satyaveer has just been implicated in a small bribery scandal at work.

Satyaveer, an aspiring writer whose only novel Manorama sank without a trace, laments about how he had once wished to be famous but is now resigned to a banal and unremarkable existence.

He also confides in his brother-in-law and best friend, the loutish but generally well-meaning local cop Brij Mohan.

Late one evening, as Satyaveer returns home after drinks with Brij, he spots the same woman running for her life from people who are out to kill her.

The next day's papers report that Manorama committed suicide in connection with her protests against a canal being built through Lakhot.

Satyaveer later uncovers that Manorama's death was an accident; she was hit by a truck as she fled her pursuers.

Seeing as Nimmi has returned to Rohtak (her parents’ house) for Diwali, Satyaveer agrees.

He uses the clues to land up in the room of a small hotel in town, where he discovers a shocking set of photos in a packet cached behind the light switchboard.

He then has Neetu harass him sexually which makes Satyaveer come out of disgust and he sees the goons dismantling his scooter.

The doctor and Manorama merely wanted to keep him alive long enough for him to accept Sameera as his daughter and heir.

It was now too late since cancer had reached an advanced stage and Rathore had precious little time left to live.

[6] Khalid Mohamed of Hindustan Times gave the film a 3/5 rating calling Abhay Deol "an actor who has matured and radiates intelligence".

[7] Times of India gave it a 3/5 rating, calling it "a sparkling gem, off mainstream masala, for the choosy film buff".

[8] Rajeev Masand gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "It’s unlikely that Manorama Six Feet Under will appeal to all, mostly because it unfolds at a pace slower than a melting candle.

But skillfully directed by debutant Navdeep Singh, the film works as a show reel for the talents of everyone involved.