Kaalakaandi : Dark humour waylaid
*ing: Saif Ali Khan, Akshay Oberoi, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Deepak Dobriyal, Vijay Raaz, Sobhita Dhulipala, Isha Talwar, Shivam Patil Rated: 5.5/10 Big guy Aamir Khan may have given this one a big thumbs-up but Kaalakaandi lives up to its intensely “dark comedy” tag only in bits and pieces. Saif Ali Khan, who plays a cancer-struck, dying man on a bucket list trip, tries hard, perhaps extra hard, to make the film look extra-ordinary with a stress on making it look like a normal reaction to a hurtling journey into death, but fails to keep up the gusto. The film starts with Saif getting blow-struck by the unfairness of life — after all, he has never smoked, drunk or even had non-vegetarian food or aerated drinks for that matter. He has maintained a good health graph with enough greens in his diet and sticks to exercise and fitness regimes that make his body look toned and supple. He has no vice to point out in his lifestyle and yet he is struck by none less an abusive dis...