It’s a “kadak” moment: My quick take on Sony Liv’s “Kadakh”
Take a bow Rajat Kapoor for making this thrilling & riveting and 90 minutes saga filled with black comedy, murder, and thrill-a-minute experience. It’s a masterpiece on how to present a gripping tale.
For me, it seemed to be a very original plot where a person commits suicide in a house where the host is preparing for a Diwali party on dhanteras night. Just imagine the plight of the hosts who can’t call off the party and they go ahead with celebration with the dead body in the house. Thus, instead of welcoming Goddess of Wealth (Laxmi) on Dhanteras hosts have to be in the company of God of death (Yama) on this festive day.
Hats off to the writer, director, and editor to have come up with such a sleek product, where one after another event unfolds pinning you firmly to the seat, you just cannot get up even for yr natures call. Secondly, look at the handpicked cast, all are veteran stage actors, and when you have a galaxy of such performers the quality of the movie goes up by a notch. Ranvir Shorey & Mansi Multani are the hosts of this damned party, while their friends are Palomi Ghosh (mind you, she is a National award winner actor), Chandrachoor Rai, Rajat Kapoor, Kalki, Shruti Seth, Tara Sharma, and a host of other talented actors join together to give you a goosebump filled experience.
The beauty of the plot is that the entire movie is shot in an apartment, the director just locks your attention confines of the four walls of the apartment, bit unconvincing climax is shot in the outdoors. Secondly, the idea of ‘how to dispose of off the corpse’ coming from a 12-year-old boy is a bit unpalatable for me. If I was the director, then I would have given a totally different twist in the tale (thanks to you George Kutty). There are some gaping holes in the plot making it a bit absurd and illogical sometimes, but the fast pace of unfolding sequences happening around will make you overlook them.
Somewhere I read that Kadakh’s plot is similar to that of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie “The Rope”, but since I have not seen the rope, I will not be able to comment on how well Kadakh was plagiarized or how well it was inspired by the master's work. Notwithstanding that, Kadakh is worth a watch.
For Rajat Kapoor and his team, it is indeed a “Kadak” moment.
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