KILL

"The end of the line starts here."

2024 1h 45m HI

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 549

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Synopsis

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When an army commando finds out his true love is engaged against her will, he boards a New Dehli-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage. But when a gang of knife-wielding thieves begin to terrorize innocent passengers on his train, the commando takes them on, one by one.

“The end of the line starts here.”

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Cast

Lakshya
Amrit Rathod
Raghav Juyal
Fani
Tanya Maniktala
Tulika Singh
Ashish Vidhyarthi
Beni
Abhishek Chauhan
Viresh Chatwal / Bhukhan
Harsh Chhaya
Baldeo Singh Thakur
Adrija Sinha
Aahaana
Meenal Kapoor
Tulika's Mother

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
Writers: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, Nikhil Nagesh Bhat
Languages: English, Hindi
Countries: India

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, shot by Rafey Mehmood. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ketan Sodha. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Shivkumar V. Panicker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Lakshya and Raghav Juyal and Tanya Maniktala carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "The end of the line starts here.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nikhil Nagesh Bhat directs. Rafey Mehmood behind the camera. Ketan Sodha scores. Shivkumar V. Panicker cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in India. Dialogue in English, Hindi.

Trivia

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1Shot for just $4.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 2 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.
4Directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, shot by Rafey Mehmood. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Ketan Sodha. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Shivkumar V. Panicker shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Lakshya and Raghav Juyal and Tanya Maniktala carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The end of the line starts here.".
9IMDB entry: tt28259207 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Rafey Mehmood
Original score: Ketan Sodha
Editing: Shivkumar V. Panicker
Production design: Mayur Sharma
Makeup / hair: Mahima W Salvi
Sound: Subash Sahoo
Stunt coordinator: Oh Se-yeong
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $4,800,000
Box office: $5,600,000
Return: 117% of budget
Original language: HI
Certification (US): R
IMDB: KILL (2024)

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CinemaSerf2024-07-10
★ 7/10
I always think trains make for a great confined, slightly claustrophobic, setting for a thriller and with the help of the very easy on the eye Lakshya proving he's pretty nimble with just about everything from a fire extinguisher to a bathroom sink, we set about trying to thwart the intentions of a group of thirty-odd bandits who board a train heading to Delhi and proceed to brutally rob the passengers. That was pretty much the gist of their plan until they discover that the wealthy "Baldeo" (Harsh Chhaya) is travelling with his family. Never mind scraping around for a few old iPhones and some costume jewellery, their enthusiastic young leader "Fani" (Raghav Juyal) decides to take them hostage. Now this is probably his biggest mistake as it turns out that the man's daughter "Tulika" (Tanya Maniktala) is the love of the life of our intrepid commando "Amrit", and when events unfold becoming more violent, and tragic, this unleashes in him a feverish desire for retribution that proves the training at the National Commando School of India is extremely effective. With his colleague "Viresh" (Abhishek Chauhan) travelling with him, and with the help of one or two courageous passengers, the two soldiers are hopelessly outnumbered, but hugely inventive. This isn't a film you go to see for the dialogue - there isn't really very much, and what there is doesn't really matter. This is simply an end to end, action-packed festival of acrobatic carnage that isn't necessarily the most realistic - I think in real life, everyone would have been dead from the deadly kukri blows far earlier, but Nikhil Nagesh Bhat allows the film to build the tension to quite a crescendo. Sure, some of the combat scenes are a little too choreographed and repetitive, and I doubt it would ever encourage you to want to travel on Indian Railways, but this is every inch as good as it's Hollywood equivalents. Be warned - the violence is about as graphic as it gets, but I enjoyed it and wouldn't be surprised if Lakshya starts to appear in more films targeted more at the West.
Chandler Danier2024-07-25
★ 5/10
Good god like 45 minutes of the same guys fighting. There are some cool deaths but how many times can I see a guy get a khurki or whatever knife stuck in their shoulder before they die. Everyone fights at such randomly skilled levels depending on the scene. It's so fucking long and boring.
Dr Nostromo2025-11-21
★ 6/10
62/100 A family of bandits plan to rob a train. They didn't plan on a couple of Commandos being on board. For me, the characters never connected so I didn't care about them much. Because of that, those moments of melodrama, which were pretty thick, just annoyed me. However, the action is unrelenting, savage, brutal and gory. Although I did get tired of the constant repetition of people who were seemingly defeated getting back up and fighting again, it certainly wasn't boring and if you like constant claustrophobic, in-your-face bloody violence, this is for you. -- DrNostromo.com