Cuttputlli (Soldier) is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language psychological crime thriller film directed by Ranjit M. Tewari and produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh under Pooja Entertainment.[2] A remake of the 2018 Tamil film Ratsasan written and directed by Ram Kumar, it stars Akshay Kumar in the lead role with Rakul Preet Singh, Joshua LeClair, Chandrachur Singh and Sargun Mehta.[3][4]
The film was premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 2 September 2022.[5]
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 film 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, posing as Payal's father, though soon exposed. He also befriends Divya's hearing and speech-impaired niece, Iti.
Meanwhile, Arjan investigates the abduction of a school girl, Amrita. He 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, SHO 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. 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. While trying to get a confession from him on the spot, Arjan discharges his service firearm. 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 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 in using his gun when arresting Tomar. Dejected and angry, Arjan unofficially investigates the case himself with the help of a few policemen, including Head Constable Mahinder Guleria. 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 humiliated 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 reminded 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
- Suhani Sethi as Sofia
Production[]
TBA
Soundtrack[]
| Cuttputlli | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Tanishk Bagchi, Dr Zeus and Aditya Dev | |
| Released | 30 August 2022[6] |
| Recorded | 2022 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 14:00 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | Zee Music Company |
| Template:External music video | |
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.[7] The second single titled "Rabba" was released on 30 August 2022.[8]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Saathiya" | Tanishk Bagchi | Tanishk Bagchi | Nikhil D'Souza, Zahrah Khan | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Rabba" | Omar Malik | Dr Zeus | Sukhwinder Singh | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Tu Dis De" | Hamid Ali Naqeebi | Dr Zeus | Hamid Ali Naqeebi | 3:54 |
| 4. | "Laapata" | Rashmi Virag | Aditya Dev | Payal Dev, Dev Negi | 3:20 |
| Total length: | 14:00 | ||||
Release[]
The film was originally titled as Mission Cindrella before being changed to Cuttputtli on 19 August 2022.[9] The film was premiered on Disney+ Hotstar on 2 September 2022.[10][11][12]
Reception[]
TBA
References[]
- ↑ [TBA Does Akshay Kumar’s fees amount to 80% of his film Cuttputlli’s budget?].
- ↑ [TBA Cuttputlli teaser: Akshay Kumar hunts serial killers in surprise new film, fans ask 'does this man ever take a break?'] (en) (2022-08-19).
- ↑ [TBA Cuttputlli: Ratsasan remake starring Akshay Kumar and Rakul Preet Singh to stream on Disney+ Hotstar] (en).
- ↑ [TBA Akshay Kumar is trying to decipher a serial killer's mind games in Cuttputlli. Watch teaser] (en) (2022-08-19).
- ↑ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[TBA "Akshay Kumar's 'Cuttputlli' to premiere on Disney+ Hotstar on September 2"] Check
|url=value (help). The Hindu. PTI. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022. Text "TBA" ignored (help) - ↑ [TBA Cuttputlli - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]. Jio Saavn (30 August 2022).
- ↑ [TBA Cuttputli first song out! Akshay Kumar romances Rakul Preet Singh in Saathiya].
- ↑ [TBA Cuttputlli: 'रब्बा' सॉन्ग में दिखा अक्षय कुमार और रकुल का मजेदार अंदाज, आप भी थिरकने पर हो जाएंगे मजबूर] (Hindi) (30 August 2022).
- ↑ [TBA Akshay Kumar's 'Mission Cinderella' Turns 'Cuttputlli' for OTT release] (19 August 2022).
- ↑ [TBA Cuttputli Budget & OTT Views ( Hit रही या Flop) - अक्षय कुमार] (hi). Hindian.net (2022-09-03).
- ↑ [TBA Akshay Kumar's crime thriller Mission Cinderella now titled Cuttputlli; film arrives on Disney+ Hotstar on September 2 due to fear of theatrical flop] (19 August 2022).
- ↑ [TBA Akshay Kumar's crime thriller Mission Cinderella now titled Cuttputlli; film arrives on Disney+ Hotstar on September 2] (19 August 2022).
External links[]
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