Saurabh Singla

Produced by Ekta and Shobha Kapoor, Kathal is a nice entertaining movie with a good message. A satirical comedy which doesn't make you laugh in each and every scene but keeps you engrossed throughout. Sanya Malhotra as usual has a knack of choosing movies with good storylines keeping her in the center of things. We might be looking at the next Kangana Ranaut here (minus controversies). She plays the role of an ideal police officer in this movie. As far as starcast is concerned, she along with Rajpal Yadav and Vijay Raaz are the only prominent faces. Talking about the movie, it starts with a minister (Vijay Raaz) filing a report of stolen Kathal (Jackfruit) from his personal garden. How the whole police force is aligned on this case just to satisfy a minister's ego and how Sanya Malhotra uses this opportunity to unravel another mystery of disappearing girls in the town is where this story revolves around. The story blends seamlessly from searching for Kathal into searching for kidnapped girls. Rajpal Yadav plays the role of a small town press reporter who is hungry for some big news and would do anything for that. A few other social issues are also highlighted in the movie but in a very subtle way, like police atrocities towards the poor, bribery, inter-caste marriage, a girl's character being judged just because she is wearing torn jeans, etc. Yashowardhan Mishra has done a commendable job in highlighting all these messages without making the movie boring. Overall, a good one time watch movie with great performance by all. Rating - 3.5/5