A riveting tale of love and violence

KOHRRA opens – in accordance with its title-with a thick haze over an expanse of green fields in rural Punjab.

- KARTIK BHARDWAJ

A young couple is bumping uglies in the bushes. A pesky dog is barking tirelessly. Riled, the boy runs out, ahead of his girlfriend and picks up a brick. He reaches the spot but something makes him throw the brick aside. A body is lying on the grass. The girl runs away, shrieking. The scream and the bark dissolve in the mist.

The demised is Paul Dhillon (Vishal Handa), an NRI munda who was slated to marry the next day. His best man and best friend Liam Murphy (Ivantiy Novak) is also missing. Assigned to the case are the contemplative cop Balbir Singh (Suvinder Vicky) and his ball-bursting subordinate Garundi (Barun Sobti). Every lead leads to a box of worms. Paul’s fiancée Veera (Aanand Priya) met him on the night of the killing and was seen by her jilted ex-lover and rapper Saakar (Saurav Khurana). Later, the same night, Paul and Liam were drunk, looking for cocaine and had a tiff with a dealer.