Kennedy (film)

Kennedy is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap.^[2] It stars Rahul Bhat and Sunny Leone in the lead roles.^[3][4] The film marks the third collaboration of Kashyap and Bhat after Ugly (2013) and Dobaaraa (2022).

Kennedy
First Look Poster
Directed by	Anurag Kashyap
Written by	Anurag Kashyap
Produced by	Ranjan Singh Kabir Ahuja
Starring	Rahul Bhat Sunny Leone Mohit Takalkar
Cinematography	Sylvester Fonseca
Edited by	Tanya Chhabria Deepak Kattar
Music by	Boyblanck Aamir Aziz [1]
Production companies	Good Bad Films Zee Studios
Release date	25 May 2023 (2023-05-25) (Cannes)
Running time	142 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kennedy premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival on 25 May.^[5][6][7]

Premise

Kennedy, an insomniac ex-police officer who operates secretly for the corrupt system, lives in different conditions and goes on a lookout for salvation.^[8][9]

Cast

• Rahul Bhat as Kennedy
• Sunny Leone as Charlie
• Mohit Takalkar as Rasheed Khan
• Abhilash Thapliyal as Chandan
• Megha Burman as Anuradha
• Karishma Modi as Gunjan
• Jeniffer Piccinato as Mrs. Lokhandwala

Reception

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV praised the performances and direction of the film and said that "the movie directed by Anurag Kashyap seldom takes a breath, which might be a little disconcerting at times. However, there is something alluring about a psychopath who vacillates between persistence and madness. Similar to the threat posed by a lethal, unseen illness that might be either biological or systemic, the hitman's brutal ravages. In this movie, the latter is more prevalent. Kennedy is ultimately just as much an Anurag Kashyap movie as it is a Rahul Bhat ride. The on-screen performance and the cinematic work are flawlessly balanced."^[10]