Cargo: The End Is Just the Beginning

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Cargo: The End Is Just the Beginning

Written by: Arati Kadav, Zain Matcheswalla, Ronjoy Borthakur
Narrated by: Manish Dongardive, Jyotica Sarkar Malik, Sumit Kaul, Kumar Pravesh
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From the mind of Arati Kadav, enter the world of Cargo, an Audible Original workplace comedy where the end of your life is just another workday for them. In a world where ancient Rakshasha prepare humans for reincarnation in spaceships, the life of Prahastha, a rigid transition officer who has lived alone in Space for decades is disrupted by the sudden arrival of Yuvishka, an idealistic and energetic new assistant. As Prahastha and Yuvishka clash in their dealings with the quirky and strange humans, they realize that their dead “Cargo” might still have something to teach them about what it means to live.

Cargo: The End is Just the Beginning is based on the motion picture Cargo on Netflix written by Arati Kadav.

Series developed by Arati Kadav and Zain Matcheswalla. Written By Zain Matcheswalla and Ronjoy Bothurkur

Disclaimer: This show is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any real person, community, business, place or event is coincidental. Use of alcohol and drugs is recorded for the purpose of creation of the show and not encouraged. Content is not intended to offend, defame or denigrate any individual, entity, institution, group, caste, religion, race or community. Listener’s discretion is strongly advised.

©2019 Arati Kadav (P)2023 Audible, Inc. Dramatisations Science Fiction
Episodes
  • Episode 1: The Magician's Last Trick

    Episode 1: The Magician's Last Trick
    Dec 29 2023

    Prahastha is a post-death transition officer on the spacecraft Pushpak-6341, where dead humans arrive to have their memories wiped and then sent back to Earth to be reborn. Alone in the spacecraft for a decade, with only the long line of dead and his supervisor Nitigya for company, Prahashta’s safe life is thrown into a chaos with the surprise arrival of a new assistant, Yuvishka.

    Adapted from the feature film Cargo, written by Arati Kadav.
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    32 mins
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  • Episode 2: Yuvishka

    Episode 2: Yuvishka
    Dec 29 2023
    Yuvishka’s first day on the job turns into a disaster as she has to deal with a hostile Cargo and a supervisor, Prahastha, who does not want her on his ship. Adapted From the feature film Cargo, written by Arati Kadav.
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    25 mins
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  • Episode 3: Never Meet Your Heroes

    Episode 3: Never Meet Your Heroes
    Dec 29 2023
    Prahashta and Yuvishka clash over their different approaches to dealing with the Cargoes. Yuvishka thinks of them as healers, while Prahastha believes that it's their job to process the Cargoes and move on to the next one. But both realize that the Cargoes still have something to teach them in return. Adapted From the feature film Cargo, written by Arati Kadav.
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    35 mins
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This show is different and amazing. performances of every character is great. simple but awesome.

Amazing

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Indian Science Fiction books/audiobooks are highly lacking so this is a good attempt in this direction. The central conceit is something fresh (I've not watched the movie on which this is based) but the treatment is limited to a surface-level exploration. The plot is somewhat predictable and one would've liked a more in-depth characterization and world-building. Still, the characters are likeable enough and this is something good to listen to on drives or commutes when you're not feeling up to more involved audiobooks.
The performance of all voice actors is commendable. However, the audio engineering is not up to par, especially considering this is an Audible original series. The conversations take place in whispers and you suddenly have loud sounds, which does add to the drama but is not a pleasant experience if you're wearing headphones.

Good attempt at Indian SciFi

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an interesting premise, good world building and decent voice actors. We need more like this.

we've been waiting for this: indian mythology meets space fantasy

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The storyline and concept are little weird. The script could have been made more exciting and fast paced.

Little slow

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This is an adaption of the Netflix Movie Cargo (from what I understand). The movie was bold but boring. The show is better than the movie. While it starts slow, it is brought to life (contrary to the theme 😇) with the wonderful voice of Jyotica Sarkar Malik. A voice to die for especially if she could be your transition specialist to the next phase after life :). Kudos for the bold attempt. A crisper editing can make the show better.

Cargo - Space fiction brought to life. Bold attempt

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