‘Kadak Singh’ review: Pankaj Tripathi’s mischief isn’t enough

In ‘Kadak Singh’, a promising idea is overtaken by forced cleverness and unimaginative staging. AK Shrivastava (Pankaj Tripathi) is joint director at the Department of Financial Crimes in Kolkata. His young adult children have nicknamed their sole surviving parent ‘Kadak Singh’ for his harsh and unloving ways. AK is assigned a case regarding a major Ponzi scheme led by one ‘Agarwal’. During the investigation, and after a horrible showdown with his daughter Sakshi (Sanjana Sanghi), AK suffers an accident which lands him in hospital with retrograde amnesia. AK does not recall his daughter, colleagues or his girlfriend Naina (Jaya Ahsan). His personality sees a dramatic shift too.