The challenge excited the pair and they executed the various action set-pieces in “Kill.” “It’s very much choreographed, it’s almost like a tango, how they work together,” Bhat said. “Kill” also benefits from veteran action choreographers Oh Se-yeong (the train-set “Snowpiercer”) and Parvez Shaikh (“Brahmastra Part One: Shiva”), who previously collaborated on Bollywood action film “War.” Bhat instructed them that the film needed to go several steps above just martial arts as Indian commandos are trained in 12 different manual combat techniques. The talent pool includes actors Lakshya, making his debut in the lead role of Amrit, Tanya Maniktala (“A Suitable Boy”) as Tulika and dancer and actor Raghav Juyal (“Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan”) as Fani. I’ve always wanted to do this kind of genre film, but I just never had the talent pool until now.” And I was like, ‘Listen, this is something that no one’s expecting from us.’ But, there’s a lot of credibility in the unusual. “I literally, pun intended, hopped on for the ride. “The concept of this adrenaline-rushing, extremely violent, non-stop genre film based on a moving train, to maintain action for one hour, 40 minutes-plus and do that with an emotional energy, I thought would be a challenge for everyone,” Johar told Variety. The film marks a change of direction for Johar’s Dharma Prods., hitherto known for successful romances or family melodramas. So the hunter becomes the hunted,” Bhat said. But after a point of time, they want to get down but they can’t get down. They want to loot and they don’t want to let the passengers get off. ![]() The dacoits are in a train and the train won’t stop. It should be an extreme action film, because that’s where the novelty of the film is, because it’s a closed setup - it’s just in one train, it’s just three-four coaches. And somehow this started coming to me that it should be a soldier, it should be a commando. “I was experiencing claustrophobia and insecurity. The idea came to fruition during COVID-19 lockdowns. Invariably, this would be the case, and this remained with me,” Bhat told Variety. “It was a revelation that they all came from one family. During his student days, Bhat undertook frequent 40-hour train journeys across the breadth of the country in the 1990s, including on trains where some of the coaches were targeted by bandits, and that was the genesis of the film. Visceral, gut-wrenching and pulse-pounding action ensues within the close confines of the train and the pair also have to contend with the psychotic bandit Fani.īhat hails from Maharashtra, western India, and was brought up in the eastern state of Bihar. Amrit and Viresh try to protect Tulika and her family. Matters go awry when more than 40 bandits (known as dacoits in India) belonging to an extended family board the train with a view to looting and kidnapping. She is betrothed to someone else against her wishes. Set entirely on an express train to New Delhi, the film follows Indian army commandos Amrit and Viresh, who are on a mission to rescue Amrit’s girlfriend Tulika. “Kill” belongs to the extreme action genre, a rarity in Indian cinema. ![]() Producer Guneet Monga Kapoor is an Oscar winner for “The Elephant Whisperers” fellow producer and filmmaker Karan Johar is a Bollywood A-lister who has just delivered massive hit “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani” and director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat is known for Netflix film “Long Live Brij Mohan” and Prime Video series “Rasbhari.” ![]() Toronto Film Festival Midnight Madness world premiere “ Kill” is a confluence of three stellar Indian talents.
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