How to Kidnap the Rich captures the streets of Delhi. Photograph: Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH/Alamy
How to Kidnap the Rich captures the streets of Delhi. Photograph: Prisma by Dukas Presseagentur GmbH/Alamy
In this savage cinematic caper about an academic fraudster, social commentary meets standup comedy
SanaGoyal
Wed 12 May 2021 04.00 EDT
Last modified on Wed 19 May 2021 07.35 EDT
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he opening chapter of
How to Kidnap the Rich comes to a close with the narrator, a chai wallahâs son and con artist, clarifying that this isnât a story about poverty, itâs a story about wealth. A few pages further in, weâre told that Delhi isnât saffron; isnât spice â itâs sweat. In Rahul Rainaâs satirical state-of-the-nation debut, which slices into the soul of contemporary Indian society, things arenât always the way they appear.