Kennedy, an insomniac ex-police officer who operates secretly for the corrupt system, lives in different conditions and goes on a lookout for salvation.[8][9]
Cast
Rahul Bhat as Uday Shetty / Kennedy, an ex-police officer turned hitman.
Aamir Dalvi as Saleem Kattawala, a gangster with ties to Shetty's past.
Release
The Indian premiere of Kennedy took place at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival in 2023, where the screening played to a packed house and concluded with a standing ovation. After premiering at 2023 Cannes Film Festival and touring several international festivals, Kennedy became the only Indian film selected for the launch lineup of Letterboxd’s Video Store on 10 December 2025. This marked the film’s first wide availability to general audiences through a global TVOD release across 20+ countries, even though it was still not streaming in India. Director Anurag Kashyap welcomed the move, calling it a long-awaited chance for viewers outside festivals to finally watch the film.[10][11][12]
after 3 years of preimered at Cannes, It will preimer in India on ZEE5 on 20 february 2026.[13][14]
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV praised the performances and direction of the film and said that "the movie directed by Anurag Kashyap seldom takes a breath, which might be a little disconcerting at times. However, there is something alluring about a psychopath who vacillates between persistence and madness. Similar to the threat posed by a lethal, unseen illness that might be either biological or systemic, the hitman's brutal ravages. In this movie, the latter is more prevalent. Kennedy is ultimately just as much an Anurag Kashyap movie as it is a Rahul Bhat ride. The on-screen performance and the cinematic work are flawlessly balanced."[16]
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