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Kennedy

Crime Thriller Hindi


An insomniac former cop, Kennedy has been presumed dead for years. Yet, in secret, he continues to serve a corrupt system while seeking redemption. Halfway between thriller and film noir, Kennedy chronicles a violent and bloody vendetta in the dark streets of Mumbai. At the rate of the murders, Kennedy's character reveals itself more and more and sinks into a spiral that seems to have no way out.

Cast:Rahul Bhat, Sunny Leone, Mohit Takalkar, Megha Burman, Haripriya Manish Lodhia, Shrikant Yadav
Director:Anurag Kashyap
Editor:Tanya Chhabria, Deepak Kattar
Camera:Sylvester Fonseca

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अंधेरी रातों में सुनसान राहों पर ‘कैनेडी’

FCG Member Reviewer Deepak Dua
Deepak Dua | Independent Film Journalist & Critic
Fri, February 20 2026

‘हम कवि अपनी जवानी की शुरुआत खुशी से करते हैं, लेकिन आखिर में निराशा और पागलपन आ जाता है।’ इंगलिश कवि विलियम वर्ड्सवर्थ की इन पंक्तियों से शुरू होने वाली अनुराग कश्यप की फिल्म ‘कैनेडी’ बहुत जल्द इन पंक्तियों के अर्थ को बयान करने में लग जाती है। 2020-21 की कोरोना महामारी के समय में स्थित इस फिल्म ‘कैनेडी’ (Kennedy) का केंद्रीय पात्र कैनेडी कभी एक पुलिस वाला उदय शैट्टी हुआ करता था जो शहर के भ्रष्ट पुलिस कमिश्नर की टीम में था। अब भी वह कमिश्नर के कहने पर लोगों को मार रहा है, उनसे उगाही कर रहा है। लेकिन जिस काम को कभी वह खुशी से करता था अब उसी को निराशा और पागलपन से कर रहा है। सिर्फ कुछ रातों की इस कहानी की शुरुआत में ही उदय शैट्टी बता देता है कि पिछले छह सालों में उसने अनगिनत लोगों को मारा है। धीरे-धीरे आगे बढ़ते हुए यह फिल्म बीच-बीच में फ्लैश बैक में भी जाती है और तब समझ आता है कि जिस बहुत उलझे हुए कथानक के बीच हम फंसे पड़े हैं, उसके धागे असल में कहां तक फैले हुए हैं।

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Kennedy, though with Anurag Kashyap in vintage form, is indulgent and sluggish

FCG Member Reviewer Priyanka Roy
Priyanka Roy | The Telegraph
Fri, February 20 2026

Despite its promising premise and intense moments of humour and critique of institutional powers, 'Kennedy' ultimately feels less than the sum of its parts.

Kennedy is a former cop who is now a hitman for hire. Set in the dark recesses of Mumbai, aka Anurag Kashyap’s playground, with the director returning to crime noir with gleeful indulgence, Kennedy is distinguished by pulsating action, a deeply brooding core and the Kashyap trademark of anti-institutional protest. Very little in Kennedy is subtle, and the humour, though rare, is often on point, marking Kashyap’s return to form in a genre he has well and truly earned his stripes in. But Kennedy (streaming on ZEE5) is not for everyone. For starters, despite the surprises that pop up often — including a twist on the “I see dead people” trope — it is a bit of an overindulgent slog. The film often feels stretched and Kennedy’s attempt at an emotional pull that seeks to make you empathise with its tragic anti-hero doesn’t quite land.

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