“Kakuda” tells the story of a spirit tormenting the cursed village of Ratodi in North India. Every Tuesday evening at 7:15, Kakuda searches for a closed small door. If any door is closed, Kakuda enters and kicks a male member of the household on the upper back, causing a huge hump. Within 13 days, the man dies. It’s certain the victim will die, and Kakuda never harms women.
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Sunny (Saqib Saleem) loves Indira (Sonakshi Sinha), but her father (Rajendra Mehta) wants her to marry someone who speaks good English. With her mother (Neelu Kohli)’s support, they both make up their minds to dash and get hitched, with Sunny’s comrade Kilvish (Aarif Khan) being an accomplice. The church leader advises them that the announcement must be made on a Tuesday at 5pm but that the place is a bit far, so Kilvish wants Sunny to amend his plans and to be back home by 7.15 pm. But the pair decides to marry each other and as the ceremonies take place, Sunny tries to hurry back home in order to open the crucial door but fails. He gets a kick from Kakuda and, therefore, the hump on his back, and everyone starts the countdown to the time of his death, including his father (Yogendra Tikku). Nonetheless, Indira is not an easy person. The cursedly girl who has attained an education decides to consult a physician. While the doctor tells Sunny that he is healed, it is only for a short period of time! Then, Indira comes to a ghost-hunter (Riteish Deshmukh) and the story makes a ‘ghostly’ turn with the help of laughter and thrills.
Story and Screenplay
Avinash Dwivedi and Chirag Garg are the writers of the film (story, screenplay and dialogues) and they have not given any kind of effort in presenting some originality. Such a thing of justice is actually rare in Hindi movies, it is not even in Dinesh Vijan’s Horror-Comedy Universe, Sarpotdar’s last movie for which was Munjya The priest is also an original ‘stuff’: in addition to being well dressed, he is also fine in his ideas and has instruments to scan and treat the ghosts. He is a friend to the spirits by helping them and also by introducing them to each other and even playing with them in a graveyard, and freeing them.The screenplay that is full of action on the whole is quite convincing for such a genre. The closed room sequence from Yes. The fact that they kept it going was engaging and thrilling. Bhool Bhulaiyaa is changed for the sake of including Gomati, who is Indira’s twin sister, in the tale, and she has a back story that belongs to her. In a while, chaos caused by the wrathful spirit clears up as Victor gets to know his past and makes the decision to go ahead and fight him along with the help of advanced technologies, the power of reason, and everything else. Straightforward and mild the wittiness of the lines succeeds in adding deepness in the comedy of this quirky work.
Star Performance
The film has received tremendous response from the audience. They have showered their love on all the artists, particularly Mahesh Jadhavnnas, who as an outsider has given a powerful performance in a part that doesn’t seem over-the-top. The duo makes each other stronger through their intriguing chemistry and will certainly engage you with their stellar cinematico. Overall, the father-son duo, with their emotional performances, is quite convincing. Munish Narula plays the character of Mr Munjya in this film to who is a lookalike of Sunny in the story. Munish plays a loafer who becomes a drug trader to earn big quick money. On the other hand, Yogendra is an emotional person who reacts with loved ones in a most playful manner. Unlike the CGI-created Munjya, it is Mahesh Jadhavnas, the true hero Kakuda, who is also a hero and everything that characterizes bravery and justice. Ravi is a middle class clerk, and he is in love with a girl called Shelly. His acting together with the direction of the activity is sentimental and sincere. The film depicting the difficulties that the father and son face in trying to understand each other. Yogendra Tikku, who played the role of a far-sighted father, was helmed by Rajendra Mehta as the other parent and the team members and the crew had an effect on that, enriching our cinematic experience by making this a movie worthy of watching. After his brave and well-acted debut in Kakuda.
Kakuda Movie : Direction & Music
The director, Sarpotdar who kickstarted his career with Zombivli, an enticing Marathi film, delineates the insane in his films in the most unreflective yet inventive way. All the beauty of his film is that his locations are very authentic and traditional, in other words, genuine. In addition, he prospects main characters so creatively and distinctively that it should not be omitted there of. His efforts also bear fruit on the technical front. He does the film in his style by combining the everyday and the ground breaking.
There is total of just two songs and Gulraj Singh’s “Bhasma” is a standout one, however,the other, “Shukra guzaar” is a bit catchy but the vocalist Gulraj puts in too much effort to impersonate Arijit Singh, especially his high (vaulted) classification and (not smooth) pronunciation.
Kakuda: The Last word
This is one latest movie that ended up in the end-of-the-line category. This would have been successful in the theatres due to its modest funding and gripping content. However at the time, the movie makers chose the safer option of the OTT, were shooting and completed in 2021.
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