Film: "Highway"; Cast: Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt; Director: Imtiaz Ali; Rating:****
Being in the world this enchanting film inhabits is like being in the state of a waking dream. The world is fatally flawed. But it's also beautiful in spite of the deep flaws, or maybe because of them?
Imtiaz Ali's new intriguing work takes us into the heartland of India, much in the same way that "Jab We Met" and to a lesser extent "Rockstar" did. Imtiaz loves his India. With all its gigantic contradictions, anomalies and aberrations.
And Veera, the arresting protagonist of "Highway", is an anomaly herself. A misfit, akin to the one that Parineeti Chopra played so aptly in "Hasee Toh Phasee" recently. Alia's performance nails Veera.
Being in the world this enchanting film inhabits is like being in the state of a waking dream. The world is fatally flawed. But it's also beautiful in spite of the deep flaws, or maybe because of them?
Imtiaz Ali's new intriguing work takes us into the heartland of India, much in the same way that "Jab We Met" and to a lesser extent "Rockstar" did. Imtiaz loves his India. With all its gigantic contradictions, anomalies and aberrations.
And Veera, the arresting protagonist of "Highway", is an anomaly herself. A misfit, akin to the one that Parineeti Chopra played so aptly in "Hasee Toh Phasee" recently. Alia's performance nails Veera.
- 2/21/2014
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
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