In 2003, poetess-orator Madhumita Shukla’s murder case caught the country’s attention. Director Deepak Chaturvedi has revisited the case with Love Kills — Madhumita Shukla Hatyakand. While Shukla’s lover Amarmani Tripathi, [former] MLA and cabinet minister of the UP government, and wife Madhumani Tripathi are serving life sentence, the Discovery+ docu-series brings uncomfortable truths about the case to light.  In a candid chat with mid-day, the director shares the concept, and revelations through the documentary.

Edited excerpts from the interview.