RK/RKAY (2021)

RK/RKAY
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Synopsis

RK is a filmmaker making a new picture in which he also plays the lead character of Mahboob. With a high-maintenance actress as the female lead Gulabo, the film-within-a film is a retro tribute to the cinema of the 1960s. When shooting is finished, and the editing begins, RK has a sinking feeling that the film is not going to come together, that this time he has really screwed up. Sure enough, one afternoon RK gets a call from the editing room — something terrible has happened. Mahboob has “run away, run out of the film” and somehow has entered the real world. Mahboob is fleeing from the film’s cartoonish killers when RK finds him and brings him home to his wife and kids (who were hoping for Johnny Depp). Mahboob has no idea where he is from, or that he is any different from people around him. The many layers of the story — the multiple characters, unresolved plot lines, magical realism, and people in search of their destiny — all converge in this playful tale.

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Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 14th, 2021 (Limited) by Outsider
May 14th, 2021 (Virtual) by Outsider
Running Time: 95 minutes
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Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Outsider Pictures
Production Countries: India
Languages: Hindi

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Leading Cast

Rajat Kapoor    RK/Mahboob
Mallika Sherawat    Gulabo/Neha

Supporting Cast

Ranvir Shorey    KN Singh/Ranvir
Chandrachoor Rai    Namit
Kubbra Sait    Seema
Manu Rishi Chadha    Goel Sahab
Saadhika Syal    Rakhi
Abhijeeet Deshpande    Police Inspector
Abhishek Sharrma    Vivan
Grace Girdhar    Rabia

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Rajat Kapoor    Director
Rajat Kapoor    Screenwriter
Rajat Kapoor    Producer
Suresh Pai    Editor
Rafey Mahmood    Cinematographer
Meenal Agarawal    Production Designer
Sagar Desai    Composer
Resul Pookutty    Sound Designer
Waris Ahmed Zaidi    Assistant Director
Namrata Kamble    Assistant Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.


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Synopsis

RK is a filmmaker making a new picture in which he also plays the lead character of Mahboob. With a high-maintenance actress as the female lead Gulabo, the film-within-a film is a retro tribute to the cinema of the 1960s. When shooting is finished, and the editing begins, RK has a sinking feeling that the film is not going to come together, that this time he has really screwed up. Sure enough, one afternoon RK gets a call from the editing room — something terrible has happened. Mahboob has “run away, run out of the film” and somehow has entered the real world. Mahboob is fleeing from the film’s cartoonish killers when RK finds him and brings him home to his wife and kids (who were hoping for Johnny Depp). Mahboob has no idea where he is from, or that he is any different from people around him. The many layers of the story — the multiple characters, unresolved plot lines, magical realism, and people in search of their destiny — all converge in this playful tale.

Metrics

Movie Details

Domestic Releases: May 14th, 2021 (Limited) by Outsider
May 14th, 2021 (Virtual) by Outsider
Running Time: 95 minutes
Comparisons: Create your own comparison chart…
Source:Original Screenplay
Genre:Drama
Production Method:Live Action
Creative Type:Contemporary Fiction
Production/Financing Companies: Outsider Pictures
Production Countries: India
Languages: Hindi

Leading Cast

Rajat Kapoor    RK/Mahboob
Mallika Sherawat    Gulabo/Neha

Supporting Cast

Ranvir Shorey    KN Singh/Ranvir
Chandrachoor Rai    Namit
Kubbra Sait    Seema
Manu Rishi Chadha    Goel Sahab
Saadhika Syal    Rakhi
Abhijeeet Deshpande    Police Inspector
Abhishek Sharrma    Vivan
Grace Girdhar    Rabia

For a description of the different acting role types we use to categorize acting perfomances, see our Glossary.

Production and Technical Credits

Rajat Kapoor    Director
Rajat Kapoor    Screenwriter
Rajat Kapoor    Producer
Suresh Pai    Editor
Rafey Mahmood    Cinematographer
Meenal Agarawal    Production Designer
Sagar Desai    Composer
Resul Pookutty    Sound Designer
Waris Ahmed Zaidi    Assistant Director
Namrata Kamble    Assistant Director

The bold credits above the line are the "above-the-line" credits, the other the "below-the-line" credits.

Weekend Box Office Performance

Daily Box Office Performance

Weekly Box Office Performance

Full financial estimates for this film, including domestic and international box office, video sales, video rentals, TV and ancillary revenue are available through our research services. For more information, please contact us at research@the-numbers.com.