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| director = Arati Kadav | | director = Arati Kadav | ||
| producer = Navin Shetty<br />Shlok Sharma<br />Arati Kadav<br />[[Anurag Kashyap]] | | producer = Navin Shetty<br />Shlok Sharma<br />Arati Kadav<br />Zain Matcheswalla<br />[[Anurag Kashyap]] | ||
| writer = Arati Kadav | | writer = Arati Kadav | ||
| starring = [[Vikrant Massey]]<br />[[Shweta Tripathi]] | | starring = [[Vikrant Massey]]<br />[[Shweta Tripathi]] | ||
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'''''Cargo''''' is a 2019 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[science fiction | '''''Cargo''''' is a 2019 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Philosophy|philosophical]] [[science fiction]] [[Black comedy|morbid humor]] film written and directed by Arati Kadav.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/mami-2019-five-new-female-voices-to-watch-out-for-6075651/ |title=MAMI 2019: Five new female voices to watch out for |last=Sharma |first=Priyanka |date=18 October 2019 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/vikrant-massey-plays-scientist-in-anurag-kashyaps-cargo-indias-first-ever-spaceship-sci-fi-film-2346565.html |title=Vikrant Massey Plays Scientist in Anurag Kashyap's Cargo, India's First-ever Spaceship Sci-fi Film |date=15 October 2019 |website=CNN-News18 |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> The film is produced by Kadav, [[Shlok Sharma]], Navin Shetty, Zain Matcheswalla, and [[Anurag Kashyap]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/cargo-teaser-vikrant-massey-plays-prahastha-a-scientist-in-sci-fi-film-produced-by-anurag-kashyap-7501391.html |title=Cargo teaser: Vikrant Massey plays Prahastha, a scientist, in sci-fi film produced by Anurag Kashyap |date=15 October 2019 |work=Firstpost |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> Starring [[Vikrant Massey]] and [[Shweta Tripathi]] in the lead roles, the story is set on a spaceship named Pushpak 634A where a scientist Prahastha, works for the Post Death Transition services with the help of a female astronaut, where dead people are recycled for rebirth.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/vikrant-massey-shweta-tripathis-science-fiction-film-cargo-to-be-screened-at-jio-mami-in-mumbai |title=Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi's science fiction film 'Cargo' to be screened at Jio MAMI in Mumbai |date=9 October 2019 |work=The Free Press Journal |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/cargo-indias-first-ever-sci-fi-spaceship-film-teaser-released-256440 |title=Cargo: India's first-ever sci-fi spaceship film teaser released |date=17 October 2019 |website=Wion |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> ''Cargo'' premiered at the 2019 MAMI Film Festival under the spotlight section.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/vikrant-massey-and-shweta-tripathi-starrer-sci-fi-film-cargo-teaser-unveiled/articleshow/71596710.cms |title=Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi starrer sci-fi film 'Cargo' teaser unveiled |date=15 October 2019 |work=The Times of India |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/vikrant-massey-shweta-tripathis-cargo-at-jio-mami-film-fest/1636641 |title=Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi''s ''Cargo'' at Jio MAMI film fest |date=9 October 2019 |work=Outlook |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> The film premiered on [[Netflix]] on 9 September 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/cargo-netflix-india-movie-release-date-arati-kadav-2285100|title=Cargo: Netflix Acquires Indian Sci-Fi Movie, Sets September Release Date |work=Gadgets 360|date=25 August 2020|access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
*[[Vikrant Massey]] as Prahastha | * [[Vikrant Massey]] as Prahastha | ||
*[[Shweta Tripathi]] as Yuvishka Shekhar | * [[Shweta Tripathi]] as Yuvishka Shekhar | ||
*[[Nandu Madhav]] as Nitigya | * [[Nandu Madhav]] as Nitigya | ||
*[[Konkana Sen Sharma]] as Mandakini (Special Appearance) | * [[Konkana Sen Sharma]] as Mandakini (Special Appearance) | ||
*[[Ritwik Bhowmik]] as an aggressive Cargo | * [[Ritwik Bhowmik]] as an aggressive Cargo | ||
*[[Rohan Shah]] as | * [[Rohan Shah]] as Shashank (cameo) | ||
*[[Biswapati Sarkar]] as Ramchandra Negi | * [[Biswapati Sarkar]] as Ramchandra Negi | ||
*[[Hansal Mehta]] as himself | * [[Hansal Mehta]] as himself | ||
*[[Anjum Rajabali]] as Raman | * [[Anjum Rajabali]] as Raman | ||
*[[Prabal Panjabi]] as Bhavesh Joshi , the cargo | * [[Prabal Panjabi]] as Bhavesh Joshi , the cargo | ||
== Production == | == Production == | ||
===Development=== | ===Development=== | ||
The idea of ''Cargo'' came to director Arati Kadav in 2017 after she worked on pre-production for a film for six years before it got shelved. After getting angry at the situation, Kadav started writing another script and after | The idea of ''Cargo'' came to director Arati Kadav in 2017 after she worked on pre-production for a film for six years before it got shelved. After getting angry at the situation, Kadav started writing another script and after 2–3 months, she developed an idea.<ref name="tipu">{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/cargo-mami-anurag-kashyap_in_5daead66e4b08cfcc3214d74 |title=How Director Arati Kadav Made 'Cargo', A Wildly Original Indian Sci-Fi Drama |last=Sultan |first=Tipu |date=22 October 2019 |website=HuffPost |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> A friend of her Rahul Puri had told her that film school [[Whistling Woods International]] was going to be free for a month and its studio space, camera and some lights will be available for shoot.<ref name=fc>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/cargo-netflix-how-to-shoot-a-science-fiction-film-on-a-low-budget-arati-kadav-vikrant-massey-shweta-tripathi/|title=How To Shoot A Science-Fiction Film On A Low Budget|last=Sequeira|first=Gayle|website=Film Companion|date=11 September 2020|access-date=17 September 2020}}</ref> She started thinking about what could be made in a single location and pictured a spaceship. Kadav wrote a "complicated massive intergalactic superhero story" for the next three months but later realised it was too expensive to shoot.<ref name=fc/> | ||
She then wrote a new screenplay based on a one liner, "an immigration office in space for dead people."<ref name=fc/> ''Cargo'' is the sixth screenplay written by Kadav who has earlier made short films like ''Time Machine''. In order to manage the budget of the film, Kadav decided to make a film with minimum location.<ref name="tie">{{Cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/sci-fi-acts-as-a-prism-to-help-look-at-reality-cargo-mami-film-festival-6072412/ |title=Sci-fi acts as a prism to help look at reality: Cargo director Arati Kadav |last=Sahani |first=Alaka |date=17 October 2019 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> She wrote a science fiction story set in a spaceship that also tapped into Indian mythology and issues like life and death. Kadav decided to showcase the technology in the film from the 1980s and not very advanced. She said, "I didn't want the tech to be intimidating but more endearing."<ref name=tie /> For references, her team looked at ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'' (2013) to real [[NASA]] visuals "to figure out what we could use from those films that wouldn’t cost us much."<ref name=fc/> | She then wrote a new screenplay based on a one liner, "an immigration office in space for dead people."<ref name=fc/> ''Cargo'' is the sixth screenplay written by Kadav who has earlier made short films like ''Time Machine''. In order to manage the budget of the film, Kadav decided to make a film with minimum location.<ref name="tie">{{Cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/sci-fi-acts-as-a-prism-to-help-look-at-reality-cargo-mami-film-festival-6072412/ |title=Sci-fi acts as a prism to help look at reality: Cargo director Arati Kadav |last=Sahani |first=Alaka |date=17 October 2019 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> She wrote a science fiction story set in a spaceship that also tapped into Indian mythology and issues like life and death. Kadav decided to showcase the technology in the film from the 1980s and not very advanced. She said, "I didn't want the tech to be intimidating but more endearing."<ref name=tie /> For references, her team looked at ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'' (2013) to real [[NASA]] visuals "to figure out what we could use from those films that wouldn’t cost us much."<ref name=fc/> | ||
Kadav was planning to make a film with [[Phantom Films]], but the production house dissolved and the project was shelved. However, its founders [[Anurag Kashyap]] and [[Vikramaditya Motwane]] decided to back ''Cargo''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/cargo-director-arati-kadav-on-challenges-of-making-an-indie-sci-fi-film-and-perks-of-a-screening-at-sxsw-8122921.html|title=Cargo director Arati Kadav on challenges of making an indie sci-fi film, and perks of a screening at SXSW|last=Sinha|first=Seema|publisher=Firstpost|date=7 March 2020|access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref> Kadav cited Argentine short-story writer [[Jorge Luis Borges]] and sci-fi writer [[Ted Chiang]] as her inspirations for the story.<ref name=tipu /> She stated: "Eastern sci-fi is more relatable as it matches with Indian culture in its milieu and values."<ref name=tipu /> Massey felt the story "abstract and gorgeous", further mentioning: "I had to read the script in detail to [decipher] what she was saying. It stunned me, and that's when I knew I had to do this film."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/vikrant-massey-film-is-abstract-and-gorgeous/21933163 |title=Vikrant Massey: Film is abstract and gorgeous |last=Basu |first=Mohar |date=19 October 2019 |work=Mid Day |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> | Kadav was planning to make a film with [[Phantom Films]], but the production house dissolved and the project was shelved. However, its founders [[Anurag Kashyap]] and [[Vikramaditya Motwane]] decided to back ''Cargo''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/cargo-director-arati-kadav-on-challenges-of-making-an-indie-sci-fi-film-and-perks-of-a-screening-at-sxsw-8122921.html|title=Cargo director Arati Kadav on challenges of making an indie sci-fi film, and perks of a screening at SXSW|last=Sinha|first=Seema|publisher=Firstpost|date=7 March 2020|access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref> Kadav cited Argentine short-story writer [[Jorge Luis Borges]] and sci-fi writer [[Ted Chiang]] as her inspirations for the story.<ref name=tipu /> She stated: "Eastern sci-fi is more relatable as it matches with Indian culture in its milieu and values."<ref name=tipu /> Massey felt the story "abstract and gorgeous", further mentioning: "I had to read the script in detail to [decipher] what she was saying. It stunned me, and that's when I knew I had to do this film."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/vikrant-massey-film-is-abstract-and-gorgeous/21933163 |title=Vikrant Massey: Film is abstract and gorgeous |last=Basu |first=Mohar |date=19 October 2019 |work=Mid Day |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> | ||
===Filming and post-production=== | ===Filming and post-production=== | ||
Several spaces from the set of spaceship were reused during shoot. Discarded [[ | Several spaces from the set of spaceship were reused during shoot. Discarded [[automated teller machine]]s were used as palm reading machines in the film.<ref name=fc/> The film was shot in a spaceship set for 27 days. Kadav felt that a single location film could be visually boring so decided to use a lot of different colours and lights to make it look interesting.<ref name=fc/> There were two spaceship sets for both interior and exterior shoots. It was also shot in outdoors for nearly 10 days.<ref name=tie /> The entire shoot took 30 days and was finished in November, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/shweta-tripathi-and-vikrant-massey-to-play-astronauts-in-cargo/articleshow/66529614.cms |title=Shweta Tripathi and Vikrant Massey to play Astronauts in 'Cargo' |date=19 November 2019 |work=The Times of India |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/each-shot-planned-to-the-last-detail-says-cargo-director-arati-kadav/21865189 |title=Each shot planned to the last detail, says Cargo director Arati Kadav |date=8 October 2019 |work=Mid Day |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> | ||
Due to low budget, motorcycle helmets were used for astronaut helmets in the film that were enhanced with paper and cardboard.<ref name=fc/> [[Konkana Sen Sharma]] plays a cameo appearance in the film for which Kadav wrote a long backstory which is not shown.<ref name=fc/> The visual effects work took a year to complete. Green screens were used while shooting at a specific angle and pages were printed and pasted pages on the backgrounds to trick people into thinking it was created in post-production.<ref name=fc/> The music is composed by Shezan Shaikh, the cinematography is done by Kaushal Shah while Paramita Ghosh has served as the editor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/director-arati-kadav-and-actor-shweta-tripathi-on-their-latest-sci-fi-film-cargo/article32602358.ece|title=Into the afterlife: Arati Kadav and Shweta Tripathi on their latest sci-fi film, 'Cargo'|last=Bhatt|first=Neha|work=The Hindu|date=14 September 2020|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/guitarist-shezan-shaikh-going-metal-movies-producer-composer/|title=Guitarist Shezan Shaikh on Going From Metal to Movies as Producer-Composer|last=Tagat|first=Anurag|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=26 October 2019|access-date=17 November 2019}}</ref> | Due to low budget, motorcycle helmets were used for astronaut helmets in the film that were enhanced with paper and cardboard.<ref name=fc/> [[Konkana Sen Sharma]] plays a cameo appearance in the film for which Kadav wrote a long backstory which is not shown.<ref name=fc/> The visual effects work took a year to complete. Green screens were used while shooting at a specific angle and pages were printed and pasted pages on the backgrounds to trick people into thinking it was created in post-production.<ref name=fc/> The music is composed by Shezan Shaikh, the cinematography is done by Kaushal Shah while Paramita Ghosh has served as the editor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/director-arati-kadav-and-actor-shweta-tripathi-on-their-latest-sci-fi-film-cargo/article32602358.ece|title=Into the afterlife: Arati Kadav and Shweta Tripathi on their latest sci-fi film, 'Cargo'|last=Bhatt|first=Neha|work=The Hindu|date=14 September 2020|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/guitarist-shezan-shaikh-going-metal-movies-producer-composer/|title=Guitarist Shezan Shaikh on Going From Metal to Movies as Producer-Composer|last=Tagat|first=Anurag|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=26 October 2019|access-date=17 November 2019}}</ref> | ||
== Reception == | == Reception == | ||
The film received mixed reviews. Review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] rated it | The film received mixed reviews. Review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] rated it {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cargo_2020|title=Cargo (2019)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}}}}</ref> | ||
Pradeep Menon of [[Firstpost]] wrote: "A philosophical tale, a dark comedy, and a tight budget space film all rolled into one, Cargo is one of those oddball movies that will undoubtedly go on to develop a bit of a cult following over time."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/jio-mami-21st-mumbai-film-festival-arati-kadavs-cargo-will-undoubtedly-develop-cult-following-over-time-7529151.html |title=Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival: Arati Kadav's Cargo will undoubtedly develop cult following over time |date=21 October 2019 |website=Firstpost |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> Tipu Sultan of [[HuffPost]] said that Kadav's "true success lies in how she wraps all this up under the garb of a comedy and serves up a film that is devilishly hilarious and ceaselessly entertaining."<ref name=tipu /> Eric Kohn of ''[[IndieWire]]'' noted, "While ''Cargo'' stumbles on plot, it excels at vision, and bodes well for the potential of a filmmaker capable of innovating within familiar restraint."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/03/cargo-review-india-sxsw-2020-1202217969/|title='Cargo' Review: The Afterlife Reimagined as a Low-Budget, Indian Sci-Fi Space Epic|last=Kohn|first=Eric|work=IndieWire|date=15 March 2020|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref> Peter Debruge of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said that Kadav "shows creativity and a gift for world-building in this unlikely sci-fi fable, which playfully reimagines reincarnation."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/cargo-review-sxsw-1203550963/|title='Cargo': Film Review|work=Variety|date=1 April 2020|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref> Rahul Desai, a film critic from Film Companion says: "It’s both real and unreal at once, and the visual dissonance adds to the way Cargo – and its playful marriage of the past and future – hopes to be perceived."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bollywood-review/cargo-netflix-review-a-creative-cocktail-of-spirituality-and-science-fiction-vikrant-massey-shweta-tripathi-rahul-desai/ |title=Cargo On Netflix Is A Creative Cocktail Of Spirituality And Science Fiction |date=9 September 2020 |website=Film Companion |access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref> | Pradeep Menon of [[Firstpost]] wrote: "A philosophical tale, a dark comedy, and a tight budget space film all rolled into one, Cargo is one of those oddball movies that will undoubtedly go on to develop a bit of a cult following over time."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/jio-mami-21st-mumbai-film-festival-arati-kadavs-cargo-will-undoubtedly-develop-cult-following-over-time-7529151.html |title=Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai Film Festival: Arati Kadav's Cargo will undoubtedly develop cult following over time |date=21 October 2019 |website=Firstpost |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref> Tipu Sultan of [[HuffPost]] said that Kadav's "true success lies in how she wraps all this up under the garb of a comedy and serves up a film that is devilishly hilarious and ceaselessly entertaining."<ref name=tipu /> Eric Kohn of ''[[IndieWire]]'' noted, "While ''Cargo'' stumbles on plot, it excels at vision, and bodes well for the potential of a filmmaker capable of innovating within familiar restraint."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/03/cargo-review-india-sxsw-2020-1202217969/|title='Cargo' Review: The Afterlife Reimagined as a Low-Budget, Indian Sci-Fi Space Epic|last=Kohn|first=Eric|work=IndieWire|date=15 March 2020|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref> Peter Debruge of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' said that Kadav "shows creativity and a gift for world-building in this unlikely sci-fi fable, which playfully reimagines reincarnation."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/cargo-review-sxsw-1203550963/|title='Cargo': Film Review|work=Variety|date=1 April 2020|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref> Rahul Desai, a film critic from Film Companion says: "It’s both real and unreal at once, and the visual dissonance adds to the way Cargo – and its playful marriage of the past and future – hopes to be perceived."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bollywood-review/cargo-netflix-review-a-creative-cocktail-of-spirituality-and-science-fiction-vikrant-massey-shweta-tripathi-rahul-desai/ |title=Cargo On Netflix Is A Creative Cocktail Of Spirituality And Science Fiction |date=9 September 2020 |website=Film Companion |access-date=9 September 2020}}</ref> | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*{{IMDb title|tt8992946}} | * {{IMDb title|tt8992946}} | ||
*''[https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81297470 Cargo]'' on [[Netflix]] | * ''[https://www.netflix.com/in/title/81297470 Cargo]'' on [[Netflix]] | ||
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