Kathal (film)
Kathal - A Jackfruit Mystery  also known as Kathal () is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language satirical comedy drama film written by Ashok Mishra and directed by Yashowardhan Mishra for Netflix. The film is produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor, Guneet Monga and Achin Jain under the banners Balaji Motion Pictures and Sikhya Entertainment. The film features Sanya Malhotra, Anant V Joshi, Vijay Raaz, Rajpal Yadav, Brijendra Kala, Neha Saraf and Raghubir Yadav in prominent roles. The film released on 19 May 2023 via Netflix. Plot  
 
Two exotic breed Kathals (Jackfruit) go missing from a tree in the garden of an MLA's house in a small town. Police inspector Mahima is assigned the case. The whole police unit is under a lot of pressure to find the kathals before they get ready to eat. The chief suspect is the gardener of the house who was recently fired, but when Mahima finds the gardener, it is discovered that his daughter has been missing for days while the police are ignoring all cases to look for the kathal. Mahima tries to find the gardener's daughter by tricking people into thinking that kathals are being stolen by her. How Mahima manages to juggle the high profile kathal case and also investigate the missing girl case makes the premise of this light hearted comedy which is actually a satire on government system. Cast 

 Sanya Malhotra as Inspector Mahima Basor
 Anant V Joshi as Constable Saurabh Dwivedi
 Gurpal Singh as SP Angrez Singh Randhawa
 Neha Saraf as Kunti Parihar
 Sanjay Dadhich as Adv. Sunil Parihar, Kunti's husband
 Vijay Raaz as MLA Munnalal Pateria
 Rajpal Yadav as News reporter Anuj Sanghvi
 Raghubir Yadav as Gulab Seth
 Govind Pandey as Constable Mishra
 Brijendra Kala as Srivastava
 Apoorva Chaturvedi as Amiya
 Ravi Jhankal as Chandulal
 Ekta Singh as Amun's wife
 Lucky Khan as Balbir Bundela Inspector

Production

Development 
The film was officially announced in March 2022. Casting

Filming 
The film wrapped up shooting in May 2022. Marketing 
The official teaser of the film was released by Netflix India YouTube Channel on 24 September 2022. Music 

The music of the film is composed by Ram Sampath. Lyrics are written by Ashok Mishra. Release 
The film was released via Netflix on 19 May 2023. References

External links 
 

2020s Indian films
Indian direct-to-video films
Hindi-language drama films
Hindi-language comedy films
Hindi-language Netflix original films
Indian comedy-drama films