Netflix's 'Black Warrant' actor Rahul Bhat on his film 'Kennedy' being unreleased in India: 'It hurts because...'

Netflix’s ‘Black Warrant’ actor Rahul Bhat did Anurag Kashyap’s 2023 thriller Kennedy that was also showcased at the Mumbai Film Festival that year and opened to rave reviews. But it still remains unreleased in India.

And talking about the same, the actor said, “There’s a possibility that it will be released this year. We worked so hard on that film. It hurts, because what is acting all about if people don’t see? Why do we make movies or art?”

He added, “For people to appreciate it, see it, and tell you the good things, criticise you but tell you something! The whole purpose of art is to reach people. If it doesn’t reach people, then what’s the point?”

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Bhat also said, “It’s gone all over the world, and it has been received so well, with a thumping response. It had been to Cannes and within minutes the tickets were sold. In Toronto too, tickets were sold the moment they opened it. "

He continued, “Here in Mumbai, I think they said in one-minute tickets were sold. In Kolkata, 2000 people were inside and 3000 were outside! There was a lathi charge. In producero ke kaan mein kuch sunai nahi padta hai ya kya pata nahi (I don’t know if this news even reached the producer), it’s crazy.”

In Kennedy, there’s an operatic feel even to the unflinching violence and humor Kashyap establishes in his scenes. There’s something gorgeous about the way he shoots brutality. The stretch involving jokes on Covid-19, a quarrelling family, and two gruesome murders in quick succession particularly stands out.

Kennedy begins with a quote of William Wordsworth about poets, their gladness, and madness, and despondency. This could also reflect on the characters in the film. The first shot shows Kennedy, the washed out hero, peeling an apple while smoking a cigarette. The never-ending peel comes off smoothly, the man knows how to strip something naked.