''Kadakh'' (: Tough) is a 2019 Indian

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featuring

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and

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in the prominent roles. The film, directed by Kapoor, is set on a night of

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celebration when a

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based couple organise a party at their home only to face bizarre circumstances during the whole night.

Plot

Sunil is preparing for a Diwali party at his house. Some hours before the party he is visited by a stranger named Raghav, who introduces himself as husband of Sunil's colleague Chaya. Sunil is having an

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with Chaya and Raghav knows about that. Sunil and Raghav have an

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, during which Raghav accidentally shoots and kills himself with a gun. Before Sunil could do much to hide the body, his wife Malti returns from the office. Sunil tells her about the incident and while they're discussing what they should do, guests of the party start arriving. Having no way out, they hide the body and welcome the friends. Among the set of friends, there is Francoise Marie, who is a thought reader, a single mom named Paro and Joshi who is cooking for everyone in the party. There are unannounced guests as well, who are Malti's uncle and her aunt, Sunil's friend Rahul, Rahul's wife Sheetal, Yogesh and his wife Alka and Sunil's office colleagues and Chaya too; very soon the whole house is filled with people. What unfolds next is the hidden rivalry between friends, drunken brawls, game of cards and several twists and turns finally resulting in soiled friendships and ruined relationships.

Cast

as Sunil * Mansi Multani as Maalti * Palomi Ghosh as Chhaya * Chandrchoor Rai as Raaghav *

as Rahul *

as Francoise Marie *

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as Alka *

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as Paaro * Sagar Deshmukh as Joshi *

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as Sheetal (as Tara Sharma Saluja) *

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as Yogesh * Sheena Khalid as Sheena * Kaizaad Kotwal as Kaizaad * Krishna Raaz as Radha * Minty Tejpal as Minty *

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as Maalti's Chacha * Yamini Das as Maalti's chachi * Brijesh Karanwal as Watchman

Production

The film was shot on a single location. Since the film is mostly set on the events of a single night, the shooting was done for 30 continuous nights in a studio of Andheri East, Mumbai. All the unit members actually slept in the day and worked at nights to complete the film.

Release

''Kadakh'' premiered at the 2019 South Asian International Film Festival. It released on 18 June 2020 in India distributed by

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References

External links

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