Cast: Akshay Kumar, Vaani Kapoor, Ammy Virk, Taapsee Pannu, Aditya Seal, Pragya Jaiswal, Fardeen Khan Director: Muddasar Aziz Language: Hindi Khel Khel Mein begins with a beaming Akshay Kumar flashing his salt and pepper hair he should flaunt more often. He photobombs a family, shows off his British passport (why not Canadian?), bumps into Chitrangda Singh and throws an Easter egg of Desi Boyz . It’s been a while since Kumar was so easy and breezy on the eyes and ears.
It was getting exhausting to see him in those social dramas and listen to the endless cacophony about his initiatives. Here, he speaks and he listens, but they are all deep and dark secrets, just like a chocolate. No Vivek Agnihotri was harmed in this sentence.
But there are more key players in this story about closeted identities. It shows the fragile and frustrating side of supposed perfect relationships. Technology plays a role and spoilsport both.
A night that was supposed to be dreamy turns nightmarish. Instead of being a sharp take on hidden demons and infidelity, Khel Khel Mein chooses to take the comedic route to reach the finish line. Director Mudassar Aziz stages the chaos at the table well until it gets on you.
The first half, if one may confess, is a riot. You wait for the game to begin once these people are done dancing and being introduced. By what we know, one couple is childless, one woman struggles to strike a bond with the daughter of her husband from his first wife, and the daughter in ques.