Hardik Mehta’s feature debut puts the sidekick in the driver’s seat. Kaamyaab stars Sanjay Mishra as Sudheer, who has graduated from no-na...
Hardik Mehta’s feature debut puts the sidekick in the driver’s seat. Kaamyaab stars Sanjay Mishra as Sudheer, who has graduated from no-name cast member to the actor in the background as the hero goes about his business to the talent that stands on the left or right side of the leading man. As Mehta’s screenplay notes, Sudheer is to cinema what potatoes are to a food preparation. You might not notice him, but the experience is incomplete without his presence.
This man on the margins has notched up 499 credits over the decades. Could he, by adding one more role to his resume, cross a personal milestone? That is just what he attempts to do, with a big push by casting director Gulati (Deepak Dobriyal).
Sudheer’s daughter Bhavna (Sarika Singh) disapproves, especially since his last role was in an unsavoury production. Sudheer doesn’t lack money and is well-known enough to be recognised when he steps out in an obvious hairpiece and violently floral shirts. And yet, propelled by the compulsion to be true to his vocation, Sudheer takes another bash at taming that unpredictable beast called success.
Before getting imprisoned by the formulaic fetters of the...
