Highlights
Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions’ latest release Kill is not for the faint-hearted. The film has a string of action sequences oozing with blood and gore, something that we haven’t seen in Hindi cinema before. Believe it or not there is over 100-minute brawl, a violent fight between hordes of men — commandos versus dacoits — on a moving train making you wonder all the time how these sequences were shot in that limited space, in coaches and bogies. One can see Dharma Productions entering into the action zone, quite recently they gave us Yodha, an impressive hijack drama and if Kill’s run is decent there would be a sequel besides an English language remake which is already in the works.
Kill Movie Cast & Crew
- Language: Hindi
- Genre: Action
- Duration: 1h 55min
- Cast: Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, Tanya Maniktala, Abhishek Chauhan, Ashish Vidyarthi, Adrija Sinha, Harsh Chhaya, Parth Tiwari, Kashyap Kapoor, Sahil Gangurde, Priyam Gupta, vivek Kashyap, Ahmad Raza Khan, Calib Logan
- Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
- Writer: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
- Cinematography: Rafey Mehmood
- Producer: Achin Jain, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Guneet Monga
- Production: Dharma Productions, Sikhya Entertainment
Kill Movie Trailer
Kill Movie Release Date
The movie “Kill,” releasing on July 5, 2024, stars Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, and Tanya Maniktala, directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat and produced by Dharma Productions.
Kill Movie Review
The story-line needless to say, is quite thin. Featuring newcomer Lakshya in the leading role, Amrit (Lakshya), an NSG commando, is in love with Tulika (Tanya Maniktala). Tulika’s domineering dad, Baldev Singh Thakur (Harsh Chaya) who owns a transport business in Jharkhand and is known for his connections, forces her to get engaged to a man of his choice. The family, which includes Tulika’s younger sister Aahna (Adrija Sinha), is on their way back from the ceremony to Delhi from Ranchi in Rajdhani Express when the train is raided by a gang of dacoits led by Beni (Ashish Vidyarthi) and his hot-headed but funny son (Raghav Juyal).
The gang begins to loot the passengers but soon they realise they will have to deal with Amrit and his equally tough NSG mate Vishesh Atwal (Abhishek Chauhan). The former, along with his best pal from the forces, has boarded the train secretly and Tulika is not aware about it. He wants to be around his beloved. The duo is obviously caught unawares by the marauding bandits. They quickly figure out what is going on and swing into action. Soon after, it’s a free-for-all with the body count piling in grotesque ways. Kill pushes the boundaries of violence and gore way beyond what a Bollywood action flick has ever imagined. There is also context for the ‘war’ when one of the commondos tells a dacoit he overpowers – ‘You are lucky you are not on the border, or else you would have been dead by now’.
The romantic bits between Amrit and Tulika remain brief as it is evident that Lakshya is much better at action and even as in a negative role, Juyal makes us enjoy him being a baddie, he switches easily between funny-and-vicious. There are many places where I did the wincing and closing-the-eyes but at times I was marvelled at the action experts or we can call them action choreographers who brought some variety in methods of killing while using different areas of the train. At one point Amrit picks up a fire extinguisher and starts hitting his foe with it on his head non-stop. Then, Vidyarthi’s character’s face is set ablaze. Skulls are split open with weapons that range from meat cleavers and axes to hammers. The film sure isn’t easy to watch but it is extremely inventive with the way the violence is choreographed and executed inside the coaches of a train hurtling through the night. Viewers who enjoy action films will cheer for the goodfellas smashing the baddie to pulp. I could hear the cheering loud and clear.
