A unique, astoundingly creative and mind-boggling movie that brings us closer to the future in many unrealistic ways.
The movie Cargo pulls together fiction, facts and beliefs that make up an incredibly engaging story line.
Directed by: Arati Kadav
Run Time: 2 hours
Ratings: 4/5
Cast: Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi, Nandu Madhav
Story Line
The story line of Cargo talks about the merging of our world with the imaginary world of the ‘Rakshas’ where the two species live in peaceful unity. There is life and then there is the afterlife which is the substitute of what many believe to be called as heaven and hell.
The afterlife as depicted in the movie happens very scientifically. The dead are transported to a spaceship where a lonely demi Human/Rakshas (Vikrant Massey) who has super powers like his fellow species heals them, erases their memories and reincarnates them back to earth for their next life.
Vikrant Massey’s character, Prahastha, has been the Captain of his spacecraft for the past 75 years and has gotten extremely lonely. Hence, when University Topper, Yuvishka Shekhar, (Shweta Tripathi) lands into the spaceship as his assistant, he finds it hard to let her go despite the circumstances.
The movie blends science into many earthly beliefs which make us question life and life’s purpose in so many different ways. Cargo is a sci-fi that dwells into a few hard truths of life and also gives us a certain doubt of what really happens in the afterlife. Is there a heaven? Is there a hell? Is there reincarnation? We won’t really know now, will we?
Acting
Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi are both seen in very different and much more serious roles. They have portrayed each of their characters perfectly which makes the whole movie’s experience so much better.
As surreal and imaginative as the movie is, everything falls into place with the way the actors have showcased emotions. The tragedy of having to meet the dead and listening to them beg to make that one last call to their families before their reincarnation, the deep sadness of realising their unfulfilled dreams and the feeling of solitude in the lifeless spacecraft.
Hit or Miss?
Definitely a HIT! Arathi Kadav has outdone herself and has taken full advantage of her creativity license as she wrote and directed the movie. Are we a part of fate or science? Are we all reincarnations or is this our first life?
Cargo shows us a small glimpse of an imaginary future which is more than just a possibility.