Kathal (2023)

Original title

कटहल

Directed by

Yashowardhan Mishra

Genre

comedy, drama

Country

India

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A local politician's prized jackfruits are stolen from his garden. A police officer leads a team to solve the absurd mystery.

lightheartedquirkysatiricallow-stakesplayfulcomedicoffbeatbreezy

What happens

Kathal - A Jackfruit Mystery also known as Kathal (transl. Jackfruit) is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language social-satirical comedy thriller film written by Ashok Mishra and directed by Yashowardhan Mishra for Netflix. The film is produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga and Achin Jain under the banners Balaji Motion Pictures and Sikhya Entertainment. The film features Sanya Malhotra, Anant V Joshi, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Brijendra Kala, Neha Saraf and Raghubir Yadav in prominent roles. The film released on 19 May 2023 via Netflix. The film revolves around two Uncle Hong jackfruits (kathal) which get stolen from the garden local MLA Munnalal Pateria, and a police team is assigned to investigate, headed by Inspector Mahima Basor. At the 71st National Film Awards, Kathal - A Jackfruit Mystery won Best Hindi Feature Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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