Kaalakaandi~ LSD (It's not about love, sex or dhoka)

Cast- Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Oberoi, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Deepak Dobriyal,
Vijay Raaz, Sobhita Dhulipala,Amyra Dastur and Shehnaaz Treasury

Writer/ Director- Akshat Verma

Budget- 20 Crores approximately

Most informative Dialogue- You don't take LSD. You drop acid!

Kaalakaandi is a Marathi slang for when things go disastrously wrong.
The film is a dark comedy written and directed by Delhi Belly(2011) fame, Akshat Verma.

Life changes overnight for Saif Ali Khan (as we don't get to know his name till the end of the film) when he comes to know that depsite leading a healthy lifestyle he has stomach cancer and has just 3 months to live. To makeup for the lost time he decides to check off things to do from his bucket list. Though he only manages to get high on LSD and tell a transgender, "humko bahut curiosity hai aapke saman ke baare mai".

Along with Saif's story there are other stories of his brother getting married, two mafia henchmen planning to double cross their boss, a girl who has to catch a flight to the US to pursue her PhD, leaving her boyfriend behind because she thinks that they don't have the time, energy or money to get married.

Like Delhi Belly, the characters of Kaalakaandi are colourful and don't mind using provocative or abusive words as and when the script demands. So we have a drunk Shehnaz telling her BFF that she likes young boys because they follow you around and are always horny. A hot girl tells her timid boyfriend that she will teach Kamasutra to the whole country.

First half of the film is fast and keeps us rooted to our seats. The scenes where Saif is hallucinating from the effects of the acid are beautifully shot. We get to see dolphins on the streets, helicopter infront of the car and Saif holding a dropping comet on his hand.

After interval there is no surprise element and it looks like the director was in a hurry to link all the three stories.

The film was completed almost a year back but it's release kept getting postponed. Because of poor advertising and competition from Mukkabaaz, 1921 and Tiger Zinda Hai, the film managed to earn around 2 Crores in 2 days which is dismal considering the star cast.

In a line, despite having its moments, the film just starts and ends like an episode of a Hollywood series and has not a single memorable dialogue or well acted scene.

Avoidable.