Review : Kuttey : Psychological thriller!

Writer, director, producer, lyricist, singer and music composer Vishal Bharadwaj has created his own niche with his kind of cinema viz. Omkara, Saat Khaaon Maaf, Kaminey etc. Now his offspring #AasmanBharadwaj has ventured out in the cineworld with #Kuttey, which is his debut directional film. He follows his father’s footsteps in carrying a dark world. In today’s times everyone wants everything instantly and without hard work, especially money. The greed for money has deteriorated the human relations. Frankly speaking, as per the director, it has gone to dogs. While exploring the psychology of various characters the director depicts the gluttonous side in them.

Gopal is a police officer, a corrupt one. When confronted by his seniors for carrying out unauthorised raid he and his juniour Vikrant Raina (Kumud Mishra) get suspended. To get reinstated they approach a senior cop Pammi Raina (Tabu) and one crore each is demanded by her for ‘fixing’. To get the required cash Gopal and reluctant Vikrant plan to rob a van carrying crores of hard cash meant to refill the ATMs across the city. There are bunch of other people who too are in need of the cash, big cash, for different reasons. That include Anushka Sharma (Radhika Madan) and her beau (Shardul Bharadwaj), Naxalites including Mallika Raina (Konkona Sen Sharma) and others. In between a lot of gun fighting and expletive laden curses the characters follow the premise, dog eat dog.

Aasman Bharadwaj should be congratulated to have created a thriller with complexities. His writing is praiseworthy and the screenplay has come out well. The unpredictability in it is engrossing but the direction should have been a bit more sleeker. The subtle humour in the dark world is entertaining. Music by Vishal Bharadwaj is excellent. All the eight songs are very good. Cinematography is excellent and editing is crisp. The ensemble cast has done extremely well. Tabu has played a boss lady cop with ease and brings a lot of humour to the fore. Arjun Kapoor has done a fine job in a grey shaded role. Kumud Mishra too is excellent and gets to showcase his wares in a lengthy role. Naseeruddin Shah, Radhika Madan, Shardul Bharadwaj, Konkona Sen Sharma play their role with utter convincing power.

Kuttey justifies the title and is a psychological thriller.

Rating ***