| Kadakh | |
| Director: | Rajat Kapoor |
| Producer: | Nikhil Chaudhary, Dinesh Kasana |
| Music: | Sagar Desai |
| Cinematography: | Rafey Mehmood |
| Editing: | Suresh Pai |
| Studio: | Mithya Talkies, Sony Liv |
| Distributor: | Sony Liv |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
Kadakh (: Tough)[1] [2] is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language black comedy drama film[3] [4] featuring Ranvir Shorey, Kalki Koechlin, Rajat Kapoor[5] and Cyrus in the prominent roles. The film, directed by Kapoor, is set on a night of Deepawali celebration when a Mumbai based couple organise a party at their home only to face bizarre circumstances during the whole night.[6]
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 extramarital affair with Chaya and Raghav knows about that. Sunil and Raghav have an argument, 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.[7] [8] [9]
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.[13]
Kadakh premiered at the 2019 South Asian International Film Festival.[14] It released on 18 June 2020 in India distributed by SonyLiv.[15] [16]