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Wikipedia article
'Cuttputlli' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language psychological crime thriller film directed by Ranjit M. Tewari, remade from the 2018 Tamil film 'Ratsasan'. The film is produced by Pooja Entertainment starring Akshay Kumar in the lead role with Rakul Preet Singh, Joshua LeClair, Chandrachur Singh and Sargun Mehta.
The film was premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 2 September 2022.
Plot
The corpse of 15-year-old student Samiksha, who was brutally murdered, is discovered. Arjan Sethi is an aspiring filmmaker who wants to make a movie on psychopaths. After multiple rejections from film producers and pressure from his family, he becomes a SI in the Himachal Pradesh Police, with the help of his brother-in-law Narinder Singh, a police officer himself. While Arjan does have a significant rank, he is treated like a rookie, due to lack of police experience. He moves in with his sister Seema, Narinder, and their daughter Payal. Payal gets into trouble in school and asks Arjan for help, so he meets her teacher Divya at school and they fall in love. He also befriends Divya's hearing and speech-impaired niece, Iti.
Meanwhile, Arjan investigates the abduction of a school girl, Amrita. Arjan finds similarities between Samiksha and Amrita's case, due to the mutilations on a doll found at Amrita's house. But his attempts to convince his superior officer, ACP Gudiya Parmar, go futile. A few days later, Amrita's mutilated corpse is found. The coroner suggests that the perpetrator's modus operandi is the same as Samiksha's. Over the next few days, another hearing impaired girl named Komal from Divya's school is abducted and killed. The search leads to Purushottam Tomar, a teacher at the new school Payal is enrolled in. Purushottam Tomar is a pedophile who forces girls into fellatio. Payal herself narrowly escapes Purushottam Tomar when Arjan nabs him after getting a tip off from another victim . Purushottam Tomar admits to being a sexual predator but denies the murder charges. In a bid to escape, he holds Parmar at gunpoint, but Arjan guns down Purushottam Tomar.
The same day, Payal is abducted from her birthday party at home and Arjan finds her corpse in their car trunk two days later. To make things worse, Arjan is suspended for his negligence for shooting his gun when arresting Purushottam Tomar. Dejected and angry, Arjan unofficially investigates the case himself with the help of few policemen. Finding an audio clip from Komal's hearing aid, he traces a piano tune back to a lady magician/pianist Agnes, who performed at all the victims' schools. Arjan informs his findings to SHO Parmar who believes him and re-appoints him on the case. Arjan finds that Agnes picks her victims by randomly calling them on to the stage, then kills them within the next few days and her next target would be a girl named Aisha. He tries to warn Aisha but despite constant surveillance, she is abducted. Arjan and his team track her location and save Aisha from being murdered. Agnes escapes, and goes to Divya's house, where she attacks Divya & kidnaps Iti.
Arjan tracks Agnes to a nearby abandoned building, and discovers that Agnes is a man. The man reveals himself to be Christopher, the son of Agnes, who was arrested years ago after killing a young girl similar to the other victims. Christopher reveals that he has progeria, and was bullied when he was younger. A young girl, Sofia, became friends with him when he was younger, but when he confessed his love to her, she humilitated him. Agnes invited Sofia to her home some time later, where Agnes helped Christopher kill her. Agnes took the blame for the murder, but after her passing, Christopher decided to dress up as her and continue killing other girls, as they remind him of Sofia.
Arjan and Christopher fight, but thanks to Iti, Arjan is able to take him down. Divya comes to aid Arjan, as he & Iti walk away from Christopher's body.
Cast
* Akshay Kumar as SI Arjan Sethi
* Rakul Preet Singh as Divya Bakshi
* Joshua LeClair as Christopher "Agnes" Fernandez
* Chandrachur Singh as Narinder Singh
* Sargun Mehta as SHO Gudia Parmar
* Sujith Shankar as Purushottam Tomar
* Gurpreet Ghuggi as Head Constable Mahinder Guleria
* Shahid Latief as SI Ravichand Machchan
* Hrishita Bhatt as Seema Sethi Singh
* Renaye Tejani as Payal Singh
* Suhani Dhanki as RJ Roshini Beniwal
Production
In October 2018, Vishnu Vishal, the lead actor of 'Ratsasan' confirmed that he acquired the Hindi remake rights of the film. Initial reports claimed that actor Ayushmann Khurrana was approached for the remake. However in July 2021, Akshay Kumar and Rakul Preet Singh were confirmed to star in the remake which was then titled 'Mission Cindrella.'
The film began first schedule on 21 August 2021 in UK which ended in October 2021. Principal photography resumed in February 2022 at Mussoorie, and the entire film wrapped up in Dehradun on 17 February 2022.
Soundtrack
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| artist = Tanishk Bagchi, Dr Zeus and Aditya Dev
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| released = 30 August 2022
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| length = 14:00
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The music of the film is composed by Tanishk Bagchi, Dr Zeus and Aditya Dev. The background score is composed by Julius Packiam. The first single titled "Saathiya" was released on 24 August 2022. The second single titled "Rabba" was released on 30 August 2022.
Release
The film was originally titled as 'Mission Cindrella' before being changed to 'Cuttputtli' on 19 August 2022.
The film was premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 2 September 2022.You can Watch at Disney+ Hotstar
Reception
A critic for 'DNA India' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "The film offers everything, ranging from action, drama, tear-jerker moments and a whole lot more". A critic for 'Zee News' rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Cuttputli' has a strong storyline, amazing production value and stellar performances". Ronak Kotecha of 'The Times of India' rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "With its cold and damp setting in a nondescript hill town, 'Cuttputlli' gets the eerie atmospherics of a campy whodunit quite right". Devesh Sharma of 'Filmfare' rated the film 3.5 out if 5 stars and wrote "'Cuttputlli' is an engaging thriller and all we can say is that perhaps they should have gambled". A critic for 'Pinkvilla' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Cuttputtli' is a faithful remake of Ratsasan that has some pros and some cons". Rohit Bhatnagar of 'The Free Press Journal' rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "To come out of the bad hangover of recent Akshay Kumar films, 'Cuttputlli' is a perfect binge-watch". Zinia Bandyopadhyay of 'News 18' rated the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Cuttputlli' would manage to hook you but there are quite a few distractions too, but overall the film does manage to maintain its pace". Sukanya Verma of 'Rediff' rated the film 2 out of 5 stars and wrote "'Cuttputlli's' absolutely absurd climax will have you rolling on the floor in unintended laughter". Shubhra Gupta of 'The Indian Express' rated the film 1 out of 5 stars and wrote "Nothing about this thriller, which lacks thrills, works the way it should. Instead of tension, we get a mix of tired family drama-and-romance in this Akshay Kumar film".
References
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