By Trisha Gaur
Kartavya Review: Star Rating:
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Mishra, Manish Chaudhary, Rasika Duggal, Saurabh Dwivedi
Director: Pulkit
Streaming On: Netflix
Language: Hindi
Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes
“Mahabharat ki ladai ke 14ve din Arjun Kashmakash mein the. Ek din pehle beta khoya tha apna aur saamne khade the Guru Dronacharya aur Arjun ke bete ki maut mein Dronacharya ka bhi haath tha aur Arjun samajh nahi paa rahe the ki apne guru se bhida jaaye ya nahi. Aur phir dharam karam aur kartavya mein Arjun ne yuddh ka kartavya nibhaya aur apne Guru se lad gaya. Hum manushya jhandu prasad hai, dharm karte hain karm choot jata hai, karm karte hain dharm chhoot jaata hai, kartavya tak to kabhi baat hi nahi pahunchti!” SHO Pawan Malik explains the law of duty and righteousness to his junior, Sanjay Mishra. But does he choose to follow his duty when there is a time to choose? It forms the narrative of Kartavya.
There are films that fail despite good intentions, and then there are films that almost break your heart because you can actually see the gem hiding behind the clouds, managing to give you only a silver lining beneath all the clutter. Somewhere between its haunting silences, casteist-charged conversations, aching morality, and an emotionally exhausted man trying to survive a collapsing system, this Pulkit directorial had the potential to become something exponentially good!
Instead, Kartavya ends up becoming two separate films awkwardly stitched …read more
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