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#PicksAndPiques #JohnsonThomas #FilmMovieDocumentaryReviews #internationalfilmfestivalcircuit Film: #Haddi #ZeeStudios #ChaseIndia Cast: #NawazuddinSiddiqui #AnuragKashyap #MohammedZeeshanAyyub #IlaArun #SaurabhSachdeva #RajeshSharma #ShriidharDebey Director: #AkshatAjaySharma Rating: * * 1/2 Runtime: 134mins #everyone @everyone #Everybody @everybody #ChaseIndia #ZeeStudios #AnanditaStudios

A gritty but also grisly, gory, macabre tale of revenge and retribution boxed within the world of transgender people, ‘Haddi’ flirts around evil politicians and vicious goons who also appear to have some linkage with the ‘Kinnar’ world. Ultra-violent, bestial, and off-putting, the narrative devolves into confusion and mayhem as the Kinnars take on the Politician in a lesser evil versus greater evil fight for cadavers and human remains. #AnuragKashyap appears to be having a ball and #Nawazuddin makes a sincere effort to look and feel the part but the narrative’s obsession with the gruesome and the ghastly makes it hard to appreciate anything here. There’s neither subtlety nor nuance to be had here