Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders was released on Netflix on December 19 and ever since then it has been among the most watched movies of the week in India. Directed by Honey Trehan, Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders is a murder mystery set in Uttar Pradesh. The movie revolves around Police officer Jatil Yadav trying to solve a mass murder of an influential media family- Bansal Family.
Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop assumes that you have already watched the movie and stuck on the name of a medicine that has been taken multiple times in the movie i.e. Clonazepam.
As mentioned above, Raat Akeli Hai is a murder mystery. Inspector Jatil Yadav played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui investigates mass murder of the Bansal Family. In one single night, most of the family members in the Bansal Family are killed by a machete.
Meera played by Chitrangada Singh who is also a prime suspect revels that it was Aarav, one of her family member also drug addict attacked every members of the family and later died by falling from the top floor.
However, Jatil Yadav senses that something is not adding up and he digs up deep dark truths of the Bansal Family.
Jatil finds out that Meera often uses a medicine named clonazepam that was also used in the prasad of Guru Maa that were given to other family members. The film has showcased that due to the essence of clonazepam, members of the family remained in deep sleep.
Meera informs Jatil that she uses clonazepam as it used to held in her during her insomnia days. Meera could not sleep after she lost her son due to a gas leakage took place in a school near a factory.
Hence, to overcome her depression and insomnia, Meera started taking clonazepam.
As per reports, Clonazepam can only be used if prescribed by doctor. It is generally used by patients who suffer from seizures and panic disorder. There are studies that suggest that the medicine if prescribed by the doctor can also improve sleep. Notably, the movie has mentioned the same thing.