Abhilash Joshiy’s ‘King of Kotha’ is tailored for Dulquer Salmaan’s stardom, but there’s more style than substance

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Would you believe me if I said that the most affecting character in Abhilash Joshiy’s is a cat? It has been adopted by an elderly lady whose family has thrown her out, and it gives her what humans won’t: a sense of companionship, a sense of not being alone, a sense of having someone to care for. The first time I saw a close-up of this creature, I wondered why we needed this specific visual. But much later, we get the payoff, and it’s a brilliant bit of -film writing. It ties into the bond between this elderly woman and this cat, and you see how the animal has come to mean more to her than even the humans who still love her. This lady is one of the many “victims” in the imaginary city of Kotha, which is now a den of vice, ruled by a gangster named Kannan Bhai (and played with lip-smacking flourish by Shabeer Kallarakkal, the Dancing Rose of).

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