From the enfant terrible of Indian cinema, Anurag Kashyap, comes the wicked-looking new film noir, Kennedy. Ahead of its premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Kennedy got a first teaser on Thursday. Rahul Bhat stars as the titular character, “an insomniac ex-cop, long thought to be dead,” who still operates at night, “looking for redemption.”
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Next, we see him hurl another man off a balcony, as Kashyap gets a prominent credit. “From the director of Gangs of Wasseypur, Ugly, and Psycho Raman,” reads the bold yellow text on screen, highlighting the most acclaimed films of his illustrious career. After a few more glimpses of Kennedy killing people — he also uses guns, by the way — we get a taste of the dark comedy that Kashyap’s films are known for.