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Kaalakaandi

CAST:

Singh

DIRECTOR: Akshat Varma.

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And as the title suggests, right from the rst frame, we are reminded that nothing can go right for its characters. What makes Kaalakaandi interesting, though, is its dark comedy, easy to relate situations and characters. It is one of the easiest lms to love and one of the hardest to think of as a work of art. It approaches the notion of pure lmmaking as entertainment. It lacks, a lesson or message and is content to show three sets of people facing a series of interlocking challenges they face one night.

Set in Mumbai, with a variety of quirky characters awake after midnight, it re ects the unpredictable life in the city. But they seldom nd themselves intertwined in a bizarre series of coincidences.

Boldly told, what happens to the characters apart from the nightmarish and bizarre nature of their experiences can only be described as screwball logic.

While the plot unravels like the pages of a thriller, the humour seems laboured. You witness this in the rst scene and in the climax.

In the opening scene, Saif Ali Khan is in his doctor’s clinic where his doctor

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