Footfairy
Footfairy
2020 Hindi film
Footfairy is a Hindi-language crime-thriller film, directed by Kanishk Varma and produced by Anurag Bedi, Ruchir Tiwari and Nithin Upadhyaya. It starrs Gulshan Devaiah, Sagarika Ghatge, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Muskan Bamne, Karan Arvind Bendre, Ashish Pathode, Shamal Rokade and Yogesh Soman.[1][2]
| Footfairy | |
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Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Kanishk Varma |
| Written by | Kanishk Varma |
| Screenplay by | Prawaal Raman |
| Produced by | Anurag Bedi Ruchir Tiwari Nitin Upadhyaya |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Pratik Deora |
| Edited by | Sumit Purohit |
| Music by | Jeet Gannguli |
| Distributed by | &pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
A psychopath killer who takes away feet of girls with himself after brutally killing the victim by asphyxiation. CBI Inspector Vivaan Deshmukh is assigned for the mission knock down the killer. Vivaan nabs Joshua Matthews as the prime suspect but lacks of evidence to arrest. At the end, Vivaan gets help of a kid to reach to the killer on a railway track.[3]
- Gulshan Devaiah as CBI Inspector Vivan Deshmukh
- Sagarika Ghatge as Devika
- Shonita Joshi as Anisha Kulkarni
- Kunaal Roy Kapur as Joshua Matthews
- Ashish Pathode as Harsh
- Taneea Rajawat as Rita Madhav
The movie has three songs recorded at Zee Music Company by music director Jeet Gannguli.[4]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Andhera" | Rashmi Virag | Jeet Gannguli | Shivi | 04:16 |
| 2. | "Andhera Unplugged" | Rashmi Virag | Jeet Gannguli | Pawni Pandey | 03:50 |
| 3. | "Andhera" | Rashmi Virag | Jeet Gannguli | Jyotica Tangri | 04:12 |
| Total length: | 11.78 | ||||
The film was released on &pictures on 24 October 2020.[5] A week later it is released on Netflix.[6][7]
Rishita Roy Chowdhury for India Today rated the film 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "Footfairy is paced impressively. As soon as one attempts to crack the identity of the serial killer, the story turns. One is kept guessing throughout the run of the film, until the very closing scene."[8] Moumita Bhattacharjee of Rediff.com found Footfairy an "intriguing and shocking". She further wrote, "The performances are nuanced and not a single character is without a purpose. Gulshan Devaiah takes time to grow on you because he isn't the usual brooding police officer with a dark past. There's no back story here, just the investigation."[9]
Conversely, Ruchi Kaushal of Hindustan Times felt upset about the disappointing ending and writes "Even if the maker wants to not just highlight the obsession of the footfairy but also of a CBI officer obsessed with finding the culprit, the film feels pointless".[10]
- "Foot Fairy". British Board of Film Classification. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- "Footfairy: Gulshan Devaiah chases after a serial killer with a fetish in gritty thriller that keeps you hooked". Pinkvilla. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- Service, Tribune News (23 September 2020). "Make way for a spine-chilling crime thriller Footfairy". The Tribune India. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- "Footfairy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Single by Jeet Gannguli". Apple Music. 23 March 2020. Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "Gulshan Devaiah, Sagarika Ghatge-starrer 'Footfairy' to release on &Pictures in October". The New Indian Express. PTI. 21 September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- Juneja, Tanishk (28 July 2022). "From Unfavourable Reviews In 2020 To Trending At 2nd Spot On OTT, 'Footfairy' Is A Hidden Gem!". IndiaTimes. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- "Gulshan Devaiah and Sagarika Ghatge's Footfairy to release on &Pictures". The Indian Express. 21 September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- Roy Chowdhury, Rishita (4 November 2020). "Footfairy Movie Review: Gulshan Devaiah, Sagarika Ghatge film is a serial thriller". India Today. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- Bhattacharjee, Moumita (23 October 2020). "Footfairy review". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
- Kaushal, Ruchi (24 October 2020). "Footfairy movie review: Gulshan Devaiah-starrer murder mystery aims big, achieves little". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 28 December 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
