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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #filmmoviedocumentaryreviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Vadh #SpicePR #LuvRanjanfilms Cast: #SanjayMishra #NeenaGupta #DiwakarKumar #AbhitoshSinghRajput #ManavVij #UmeshKaushik #TanyaLal #PranjalPateria #SaurabhSachdeva @everyone Directors/Writers : #JaspalSinghSandhu #RajeevBarnwal Runtime: 110 mins Rating: * * 1/2

Hindi cinema is now literally obsessing about the #Dexter ( International TV Series) way of disposing-off dead bodies and we see that translating in real life too (if newspaper reports are anything to go by) but are such macabre methods really required in a story where murder is an act of rage or accident? Well, Vadh ( translated as vanquishment/slaughter/Assassination of evil in cinema terms) would like you to believe it is…A crime thriller that borrows the #Drishyam construct rather simplistically, this one is about a geriatric brahmin couple, hapless and timid, who find themselves in the crosshairs of a vile villain out to extort a debt they are unable to repay. When he suggests that a young girl child they care for as their daughter be the repayment, the old man sees no way out … Up to that point, the narrative was believable. The aftermath of the murder though was unpalatable and rather implausible. The usual cliches of an ungrateful progeny, a corrupt cop, and a gypped criminal justice system come into play. The film literally loses heft on the way to an implausible, contrived ending. While this film does not work up steam as an edgy thriller it indirectly raises questions as to the bias of caste and religion by which we view crime and criminal culpability…