Kakuda Film Review: A Ghostly Misfire That Fails to Scare or Amuse

🙄🙄✨✨✨(2/5)

Fasten your seatbelts, folks, because today Review Rani is taking you on a rollercoaster ride of Bollywood absurdity. This is not your regular horror movie, oh no. This one has a dwarf clown ghost, a hunchback curse, and a ludicrous plot that will leave you gasping for reason.

Hey there, it’s your favorite Bollywood critic, Review Rani, and I’m here with my take on the latest horror-comedy ‘Kakuda’. This one’s directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and written by Avinash Dwivedi and Chirag Garg. The movie is set in a tiny town in Uttar Pradesh where a creepy dwarf clown ghost named Kakuda is on the loose. He’s got a thing for cursing the men in town with a hunchback and a death sentence. The only escape? Well, you’ve got to leave a small door open at your place every Tuesday at 7:15 PM. Sounds simple, right? But hold on to your popcorn, because this is where it gets complicated.

Our poor hero, Sunny (Saqib Saleem), trips up one Tuesday and forgets to leave his door open. And the curse? It lands him a hunchback and the grim prospect of kicking the bucket in 13 days. The only hope for Sunny is Victor (Riteish Deshmukh), a tattooed, kohl-eyed ghost hunter. But can Victor save the day, or will Sunny end up as another notch on Kakuda’s belt?

This movie reaches new levels of absurdity, even for a horror-comedy. Seeing a hunchback curse as a plot device is a first, even for me. The story is so far-fetched that it makes a flying pig look plausible. The comedy is as dry as a desert, and the attempts at humor are as successful as a fish trying to climb a tree. The only time I found myself laughing was at the sheer ludicrousness of the plot.

The performances are a mixed bag. Sonakshi Sinha manages to keep a straight face throughout the movie, which is a commendable feat considering the absurdity of the plot. Saqib Saleem tries his best to elicit sympathy, but it’s hard to feel sorry for a character who is more laughable than pitiable. And Riteish Deshmukh? Well, he seems to have wandered onto the set of the wrong movie.

Rani’s Wrap-Up:

‘Kakuda’ is like a circus act that couldn’t decide if it was supposed to be scary or funny. In trying to be both, it ends up being neither. If you’re looking for a horror-comedy, I’d suggest you skip this one and rewatch ‘Stree’ instead. At least that way, you’ll be laughing with the movie, not at it. So, my dear readers, remember, not all that glitters is gold, and not every horror-comedy is worth your time. This one, unfortunately, misses the mark by a mile.

Until next time, this is Review Rani, signing off with a sarcastic smirk and a heavy sigh for the state of Bollywood horror-comedies. 🙄🙄😂😂