Scarlet Slate Studios, Vinelight Ltd., Textstep Services Pvt. Ltd. and Goosebumps Entertainment’s Human Cocaine (A) is the story of a man who gets sucked into the world of crime when he goes to deliver a parcel to somebody.
Arjun (Pushkar Jog) is a cab driver in the UK, who is offered tons of money to deliver a parcel somewhere. He sees this as a chance to patch up with his wife, Priyanka (Suhani Gandhi), who has left him because he had gotten into the habit of snorting cocaine. Anyway, he meets Liza (Ishita Raj) while on his way to deliver the parcel. She accompanies him to the place where he is supposed to deliver the parcel. Once he reaches his destination, he meets Dino (Zakir Hussain), his son, Baby (Siddhant Kapoor), and his daughter, Josh (Ainy Jaffri), there. To his horror, he realises that the family is part of a crime syndicate and that he has been trapped. He also understands that the family would be using him like it does other gullible people. Even as he is trying to escape, he learns that the parcel has gone missing. Does he find the parcel back? What is there in the parcel? Is he able to break free from the criminal family? Who is Liza?
Sarim Momin’s story is silly and his screenplay is no better. Arjun is so dumb that the audience doesn’t even care when he lands himself in serious trouble. For the viewers, it’s a case of inviting trouble. The screenplay is full of predictable twists and turns. Hence the hackneyed drama completely and totally fails to involve the audience. Even the climax is dull. Sarim Momin’s dialogues are ordinary and don’t create any impact. Many of the dialogues are in English.
Pushkar Jog acts well as Arjun. Ishita Raj is so-so as Liza. Siddhant Kapoor is alright in the role of Baby. Zakir Hussain is fair as Dino. Ainy Jaffri does a routine job as Josh. Suhani Gandhi is average in a brief role as Priyanka. Dom Fraser is quite good. Others just about pass muster.
Sarim Momin’s direction is weak. Kshitij Tarey’s music is not quite appealing. Lyrics (Sarim Momin) are barely passable. Pawan Shetty and Khalid Sheikh’s choreography hardly deserves separate mention. Kshitij Tarey’s background music is ordinary. Sopan Purandare’s camerawork is dull. Adam Richards’ action and stunt scenes are more functional than exciting. Shruti Haldipur’s production designing, and Kunal Pawar’s art direction are okay. Sandeep Francis’ editing leaves something to be desired.
On the whole, Human Cocaine is a flop show.
Released on 30-1-’26 at Gem (daily 1 show) and other cinemas of Bombay thru White Lion Entertainment. Publicity & opening: poor. …….Also released all over. Opening was weak everywhere.