Dark Wind

The child actors are excellent, as they always are in Madhab's films. It is the older lot whose performance is effortful, especially the calling-attention-to-itself-part from Mishra, who is capable of much more subtlety.

Owing to the clarity of the vision that powers the film, Kadvi Hawa hits home with the force of a gale.

The story is too sketchy even for its 99-minute running time. Hedu's blindness is a clumsy attempt to evoke sympathy for his plight and an on-the-nose metaphor for his ability to divine what others cannot.

Darkly humorous and searing, Kadvi Hawa is a film that will stay with you.