Casting
The makers of the film, who also worked on Murder and Murder 2 decided that Emraan Hashmi would not be returning for the third movie. Randeep Hooda will be playing the leading role. After initial talks with Esha Gupta fell through, Aditi Rao Hydari was finally cast as the female lead. Pakistani actress Mona Lizza was then chosen as the second female lead, as the film is a one hero, two heroine project.
Production
Shooting of the film has happened in Cape Town, South Africa and Goa, India. Mahesh Bhatt said "Murder 3 is the 2013 equivalent of the controversial film, Arth hi in the thriller genre which released in 1983. Then it was the institution of marriage that was deconstructed and 30 years later Murder 3 deconstructs love and questions its very existence in today's world of relationship crimes. Now that we have the official rights of the film (The Hidden Face), we look to doing it justice and taking the Murder franchise forward.
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