Director: Aditya Sarpotdar
When a superstition-shaped curse turns personal, an ordinary marriage becomes the stage for supernatural comedy in Kakuda, a 2024 Hindi-language film directed by Aditya Sarpotdar.
What is Kakuda about?
Sunny finds his life upended after falling under the influence of a menacing spirit known as Kakuda, a curse tied to local superstition that threatens to spiral out of control. His wife, Indira, refuses to accept the situation quietly and instead teams up with a ghost hunter to track down the source of the affliction and find a way to break its hold. The pairing of domestic comedy with village-rooted horror gives the story a lighter tone than typical genre fare, even as the stakes around Sunny's condition remain genuinely unsettling for the people around him.
Cast & crew
Ritesh Deshmukh and Sonakshi Sinha lead as the couple at the center of the story, with Saqib Saleem, Aasif Khan, and Garrvil Mohan filling out supporting roles. Hemant Singh, Arun Dubey, and Magan Luhar appear in the surrounding cast, contributing to a village ensemble that anchors the film's blend of humor and superstition-driven scares.
Context & significance
Kakuda arrives as part of a recent trend in Hindi cinema toward horror-comedy hybrids that lean on rural folklore rather than city-set hauntings, pairing a domestic story with a supernatural threat. It runs 117 minutes and carries an IMDb rating of 5.4, placing it among the more divisive entries in its genre. Director Aditya Sarpotdar, known for genre work, keeps the tone light even as the folklore elements driving Sunny's curse are treated with some seriousness.
Where & how to watch
Kakuda is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking viewers a way to follow the story without relying on the original dialogue. Streaming the film requires logging into a free K-Time account, though this page can be read without signing in. K-Time's Farsi-focused design aims to make finding and watching titles like Kakuda simple for Iranian audiences abroad.