KILL (India; 2023) TIFF 2023 Intro + Q&A w/ Laksh Lalwani (Lakshya) Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, Raghav Juyal

May contain spoilers (so proceed at your own risk!)
Introduction AND Q&A from the world premiere of the Bollywood / Indian action thriller KILL, with director-writer Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, co-stars Laksh Lalwani (Lakshya) and Raghav Juyal, and producers Guneet Monga Kapoor, Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Achin Jain. Recorded at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, Friday, September 8, 2023.
As always, apologies for the soft video quality - I sat far from the stage!

[@easylifeestyle]

Raghav you are awesome ❤️

[@Coolestmovies]

He’s pretty nasty in this, but he does it so well. 👍

[@Officialsilpa123]

So proud of you raghav sir ❤❤❤

[@satyaa862]

Raghav juyal ❤

[@vodibot]

Raghav not wearing formal. Beacause if he wear formal every one eyes goes to raghav 😅

[@mavjun]

Ayyy I was also at the midnight madness premiere of this too 🔥 T'was definitely BLOODY fantastic, and they absolutely killed it! Was not expecting for it to be a wild ride, and totally worth the watch! Was literally on the edge of my seat with this one. KILL is goin' places!!! Absolutely loved Director Bhat's cinematic style and Lakshya's and Raghav's stellar performances ♥🎬📽

[@user-xm9yn8jk7p]

Laksh wow❤

[@jhilikandmom]

Raghav juyal❤

[@_AnanyaNangia]

Lakshhhh 🥹🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️sssoooooo prouddd

[@swatimitra724]

We all love you Raghob....❤

[@T-Druk3]

Different from Bollywood movies. Even though, it's a Bollywood film. Brilliant work by the team

[@kylar9553]

Raghav stole the show

[@arfaa584]

They all look so cool !❤❤

[@asrafulfahim7320]

Raghab juyal ❤❤❤ 🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@rocky4dx162]

raghav ❤❤

[@anujsrivastava3381]

Raghav juyal agood acter

[@ExcitedBabyTurtles-lt5nx]

Raghav juyal is my favourite

[@pratikstark6696]

When the trailer will be released?

[@verapereira1863]

👋❤️👋❤️🇧🇷

[@saransh6492]

How to watch this movie please help me , please I am so desperate to watch it just becoz of raghav ❤️

[@brocksrocks9012]

It's been acquired by Lionsgate for a US and UK theatrical release as well as in India for early 2024 so not too much longer to wait, just a few months.

[@srilaxmisrilu6848]

it will release on 5 th July , 2024

[@varunsrivastava858]

Now it's releasing in India. TEASER out now😊

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

How was the movie? I hope it is worth it to watch .

[@Coolestmovies]

The movie was INSANE, especially for an Indian film. I know India produces many action movies every year - some even without endless musical numbers these days (this movie makes a couple of jokes about them) - and I see a few of them, but I'm pretty sure there's NEVER been an Indian film this violent and bloody. The special effects are Hollywood-grade. As the programmer mentions in the intro, this has the potential to define a new style of Indian action cinema, dark and nasty, as long as other Indian filmmakers can embrace its leaner, western-style pacing and over-the-top levels of gore and realistic fight choreography. The only (possible!) flaw for me was that it's sometimes tricky to figure out the 'character geography' of the four train cars in which most of the action takes place, and how certain characters move between them without crossing paths before they eventually do. The 'opening' title doesn't appear on screen until about 40 minutes into the film! Prior to that, there are several violent confrontations but nothing you wouldn't find in most current Indian action movies. A fairly big twist triggers that title to pop up, and after that they crank the violence and gore to 11 once Laksh goes into madman revenge mode. It's a clever idea, because I think audiences expect it's playing by the same rules as every other Indian action film, but they really go into John Wick territory and never let up. Laksh Lalwani is pretty solid as an action hero, like so many Indian actors, but Raghav Juyal TOTALLY owns the movie as a complete psychopath. I'd love to see a sequel.

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

Thank you for the detailed review. I think most would be surprised to see even Raghav Juyal as a villain considering he is more popular known as Dancer in India and a television host .He is one of the finest dancers of India with his own style of Dance .He has acted in few films such as ( Abcd2 , street dancer( Indian version of step up and are based on Kings United dance group of India),web series Bahut hua saman. These projects were small acting gigs . so, In a way This film means a lot to all the three main leads. Thank you for taking your time to respond back.

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

I hope the film reaches the desired audience and is shown some bloody love.

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

@@Coolestmovies If the film goes well after its release in Cinemas. Then , you can definitely see a sequel as the producers are already with the idea of making it a franchise.

[@Coolestmovies]

@@srilakshmidevanathan8334- - If people are familiar with Juyal from shows like you mention, they should be really surprised at his role in this. He’s just a sick, vicious murderer all the way through (but fools people with his charm at first) and does a LOT of stabbing and slicing. I think this will probably do well in India since it’s sort of the first of its kind. I can see it playing here in cinemas near Indian communities in our bigger cities, and it still has a way to go on the festival circuit, which will help. I suspect a lot of westerners will ultimately see it on streaming, but I’d love to get a Blu-ray eventually. Interesting you note that Juyal doe much ‘lighter’ fare, which is also kind of true of this film’s director, which makes it all the more surprising considering his earlier pictures sound like they were pretty average. They’d all be smart to capitalize on this if it becomes popular inside and outside of India and the Indian diaspora. Guess we’ll see. 🙂

[@Ultimatemaster_026]

Looks good, well how can I see it, there is no trailer 😢

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

Hi , The premier was at tiff and it was screened at Toronto. I think we can expect a teaser or trailer soon or at least the date of release of trailer soon by Dharma productions and sikhya entertainment.

[@Coolestmovies]

Yes, this was just a premiere screening. A lot of Indian cinema would never play in Midnight Madness, and usually only Indian ‘art’ films play in the main festival, because everything else is so ‘high concept with big stars’ that filmmakers know they’ll make money from the domestic audiences automatically. This movie is different, and has potential to play far beyond India, but it needs word-of-mouth to build first, outside of Indian culture, with western audiences who may only know Indian cinema as glossy musical romances and cartoonish ‘blockbuster’ action movies (with musical numbers! lol). This isn’t that, so I’d imagine they might even hold off until 2024 for a global release and keep booking it at festivals so the word can spread that it’s just a kick-ass bloody good time. 😉

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

@@Coolestmovies That's a long wait. It is also a part of Fantastic Fest Festival of USA and will be premiered over there from September 24 to September 26 th. So ,I guess you are right 👍

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

@@Coolestmovies How do you know these stuff ??

[@Coolestmovies]

@@srilakshmidevanathan8334 - I’ve been going to TIFF since 1998, and after a while, even as an audience member, you get a better idea of how the overall distribution system works (domestically and globally), and how movies are bought and sold, why the festival circuit is important even though the movies sometimes ‘disappear’ for many months afterward, how some movies get theatrical releases and others go direct-to-streaming or Blu-ray, and so on. I’ve also been a movie since the 1970’s, and also reviewed them in newspapers and magazines for about ten years (1990-2000), so I collected a lot of film books for research (pre-internet) and read Variety and The Hollywood Reporter too much, so I could better sound like I knew what I was writing about! 😄 (Variety and THR are still the ONLY ‘insider’ publications worth following). So at the end of the day, I’m just a lifelong fan who’s followed the business side of filmmaking just closely enough, and have been to enough TIFF Q&A’s (see my other videos) to have a reasonably good idea how the distribution industry works here, especially in regards to ‘foreign’ films with promise, like Kill. 😉

[@RichyHere]

They show their movies internationally but have a problem with showing in India 😂

[@Coolestmovies]

In fairness, this is just a first film fest screening, and compared to many Indian films, this one has potential beyond the standard Indian audience, but it needs the festival circuit word-of-mouth to plant the seeds. I’m sure it will play in India once they have a release date set, and marketing prepared, although the sheer level of violence and gore in the second half might pose problems in some parts of the country. Western countries/cultures are more comfortable with it, so the producers likely want to know that it will sell outside of India as well as inside, which is why the response from Midnight Madness is crucial.

[@moviefan700]

No, India has a problem showing it. The government will censor violence like this

[@Coolestmovies]

@@moviefan700 - I suppose that would create a ‘black market’ for it online (and it’s not like piracy isn’t rampant there anyway). Sad to think it will be cut ‘officially’ but at least it exists, and it might push things to change there. If not, many other parts of the world will get to enjoy it uncut, which I think was part of the intent of the filmmakers, to make something that would catch on beyond India and the Indian diaspora. Here in Toronto, MANY Indian films play in theaters throughout the year, but the audiences are pretty much 100% Indian (or Pakistani, Bangladeshi, etc). This could play beyond the ‘home’ crowd if it’s marketed right.

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

​@@CoolestmoviesYou were so right about festivals. The movie premiered in Usa at Fantastic film festival and Beyond fest , It would be next showcased in the midnight xtreme section of Sitges festival Spain from 5 oct .

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

​@@CoolestmoviesAs the previous comment said , I am worried about censor cuts affecting the movie. I hope the producers release the uncut version online If the censor cuts take place

[@SagarRana-rl9ef]

Raghav juyal ❤