Vodka Diaries (2018)

In the misty town of Manali, ACP Ashwini Dixit attempts to solve a series of mysterious murders happening in a single night, which might be connected to the night club, Vodka Diaries.

Director:

Kushal Srivastava

Writers:

Vaibhav Bajpai (Story & Screenplay), Manisha Korde (Dialogue Writer)

Stars:

Kay Kay Menon, Raima Sen, Mandira Bedi

Cast

Credited cast:
Kay Kay Menon	...	ACP Ashwini Dixit
Raima Sen	...	Roshni Banerjee
Mandira Bedi	...	Shikha Dixit
Sharib Hashmi	...	Sr Inspector Ankit Dayal
Rishi Bhutani	...	Vivek Rajput
Herry Tangiri	...	Ronny
Vaishnavi Dhanraj	...	Ananya
Swati Rajput	...	Sera
Antara Srivastava	...	Kavya
Rahul Kapoor	...	Nikhil
Sooraj Thapar	...	Hotel Manager
Vikram Sakhalkar	...	Mayuk
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aniket	...	Watchman
Sachin Arya	...	Constable 1
Khushboo Atre	...	Anchor

Storyline

ACP Ashwini Dixit and Sub Inspector Ankit are investigating a series of murders connecting to a club Vodka Diaries where young man are murdered on same night in presence of tree mysterious women citing infidelity.Ashwini's wife Shika soon disappears and he starts to get mysterious calls from Roshini whom he believes to be the main suspect and one behind disappearance of Shika.In order to investigate the case and find Shika,Ashwini goes back to Vodka Diaries where everyone fails to recognize him and he sees that the murder victims are very much alive.

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Plot Keywords:

night | 

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Taglines:

Park Your Demons in the Dark

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Due to heavy snowfall, civilians were not allowed to go beyond a certain point at Rohtang, Manali. Hence, the cast and crew took special permissions from the Indian army in order to shoot above Rohtang.

User Reviews

This vodka is a good mental excersice.

Debutante director Kushal Shrivastava brings to us a murder mystery thriller film starring Kay Kay Menon in the lead.

Film is set in Manali, where few murders happen in a Hotel called Vodka Diaries. ACP Ashwini Dixit starts his searching for the murderer. Meanwhile, lot's of complexities happen in his life or you can say in his mind. The answer of Who is the murderer becomes really tricky and complex due to lot's of twists and turns.

The snowy mountains have been shown superbly. Kudos to the cinematographer for using the beautiful place as a haunted one. Similarly, the background score gives you a feeling like these incidents are happening in front of you. My favorite piece of music was when Ashwini enters in happening market in night.

Sharib Hashmi plays the role of sub-inspector. He is good. Mandira as ACP's wife is average. May be another actress can be able to pull the role better. Raima suits in her role perfectly.

Kay Kay Menon is the reason I went for. He is absolutely fantastic as usual. I am sure you will connect to him from the very first frame. He has done a fabulous job. Also, I liked the setup of the conversations between husband and wife with the usage of poems and ghazals.

This film is watchable for the performance by Kay Kay and the complexity created by director Kushal. He, as a debutante, is superb. Though, I find the plot similar to a Bollywood movie (I will not write the name, else you will get the theme of this film if you have seen that) starring Rajiv Khandelwal. That is the reason why I am reducing the rating. But, having said that, the situations created in this one are far different and more fast-paced. You can surely feel the thrill during the runtime.

On the whole, this film is definitely worth a watch. But, I guess, it won't make money, because the 2 big Ps are coming next week. Anyway, if you have time, go for it.

Details

Official Sites:

Infilm branding Agency Official Facebook

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

19 January 2018 (India)

Also Known As:

Водочные дневники

Filming Locations:

Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$172,266

Company Credits

Production Co:

K'Scope Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Vishalraj Films & Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color