Cuttputlli Movie Review: Akshay Kumar is now simply a South cinema puppet

 Akshay Kumar's Cuttputlli, now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, is a faithful, scene-by-scene copy of the 2018-released Ratsasan. Does Bollywood have nothing original to offer anymore?

Movie Name:Cuttputlli

Cast:Akshay Kumar

Director:Ranjit Tewari

When two characters in a film - a thriller, no less - discuss a hearing aid that has a recording feature, you know to focus tightly on that piece of machine, for that, is what will drive the thriller home. If this 'clue' looks too obvious, in-your-face, blame not Akshay Kumar's Cuttputlli, now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. It is simply a faithful, scene-by-scene copy of the 2018-released Ratsasan, Akshay's third South remake in recent times, second for the OTT giant itself. Are these stats making you go 'tch tch tch, does Bollywood have nothing new to offer anymore'? Well, you are not alone.

In Parwanoo, a small town in Himachal Pradesh, a teenage schoolgirl’s horribly mutilated body is found on a bench. Soon after, a girl in the same age group goes missing in neighbouring Kasauli. Two days later, her similarly brutalised remains turn up under a bridge. There’s a serial killer on the loose, declares newbie cop Arjan Sethi (Akshay Kumar); he should know, given that he had been working on a film about serial killers that never got made, before he joined the police.