Over the years, Karan Johar has established an image of creating films for the urban Gen Z. Romance and drama has been his specialty. So to hear that the most violet, goriest film made in Bollywood is being presented by him comes as somewhat of a surprise.
Kill, starring Lakshya, has made waves across festivals worldwide and is now finally set to release in India. Ahead of the release, the film’s director Nikhil Bhat speaks with DNA about the film, its extreme violence, and comparisons with John Wick. Bhat says that while Kill is being marketed for its relentless violence and extreme gore, there is softer side to it that deals with human emotions.
“Honestly, Kill is a very emotional story as well. It's a story about a lot of relationships, and about how these relationships are tested in this strange journey. Within a matter of two to three hours everything changes for all these people.
The violence and the gore is by-product of all strains on these relationships,” says the director. He adds a note as clarification, “Kill for me, has definitely the goriest action never. But having said that, actually the emotion and the action is very well balanced.
” Kill stars Lakshya as an army commando named Amrit, who gets on a train to pursue his lady love (played by Tanya Maniktala). But all goes haywire after a bunch of criminals led by Ashish Vidyarthi and Raghav Juyal enter the train. Amrit, then, must pull out all stops to prevent them from harming those he loves.
Ask Bhat .