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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #RK/#RKay Runtime: 96 mins. Genre: Drama Rating: * * ½ Cast: #MallikaSherawat #RajatKapoor #RanvirShorey #KubraSait #ChandrachoorRai #SadhikaSyal #ManuRishiChadha #WarisAhmedZaidi #AbhijeetDeshpande #AhishekSharrma #GraceGirdhar #ShrikantYadav #VaishaliMalhara #NamitDas Director: #RajatKapoor #MithiyaTalkies #PriyanshiTalkies #SpicePR

Director Rajat Kapoor may have a unique quasi-experimental way of telling his stories but they don’t always come good. His latest, Rk/Rkay, crowd funded by Over 800 People with donations ranging from Rs 100 To Rs 50,000, has a metaphysical dimension to it but the narrative is represented in such a matter-of-fact manner that it comes across as less whimsical and more absurd. I guess he wanted to show a director cum lead actor’s trauma during the edit stage when he realises that the vision he set out to film hasn’t actually come to life in the accumulated rushes. To make matters worse the ending he has chosen for his film doesn’t go down well with his team or his producer. So the audience has to sit through incorporeal delusions and meanderings into the bizarre. It’s an interesting and intriguing gambit that might have worked if the scripting, tone and tempo were a little more sophisticated. The technical aspects are top-notch in spite of the ‘independent’ budget and the performances are beautifully rendered. The experience of it though, leaves a lot to be desired.