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| Highway |
Director: Imtiaz Ali
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt
Music Director: A R Rahman
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Cast: Randeep Hooda, Alia Bhatt
Music Director: A R Rahman
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Travel has been an intrinsic part of all Imtiaz Ali films right from Socha Na Tha to Rockstar but with Highway, the moviemaker takes you on an extraordinary road trip that not only touches you but also leaves you with substantial to procrastinate over.
An otherwise free-spirited girl Veera Tripathi (Alia Bhatt), daughter of a rich businessman, gets claustrophobic with all her relatives gearing her up for her marriage. Fed up with the asphyxiate environment, she calls her boyfriend in the middle of the night and much against his will insists on going for a drive towards the highway. Their drive goes horribly wrong and leaves Veera in the hands of a goon Mahabir Bhatti (Randeep Hooda) who kidnaps her. On learning her qualified background he keeps her at compensation and takes her along state to state only to materialize life has something else in stores for him as he finds Veera enjoying her freedom whilst with him.It's after Socha Na Tha that Imtiaz Ali brings about an contagious innocence in his film that instantly strikes a contagious with the audience. The movie starts at a indifferent pace and keeps to it right till the end but doesn't give you a chance to complain for it takes you along with its journey making you feel for the characters, their joy, interference, pathos et al. Imtiaz Ali who's had a strong hand at capturing emotions of the Gen-X once again taps the young minds and tackles their consideration with unconditional consciousness.
One of the strongest points in the film is casting. The director almost apprehend the casting by roping in Alia Bhatt who gives a surprising performance. It wouldn't be an hyperbole to say that the movie thrives on her young yet strong shoulders as she delivers one perfect sequence after the other. There couldn't be another actor than Randeep Hooda to augmentation her well. The man who is listed amongst one of the hottest men of India easily slips into the unkempt goon's role and is spot on in the characteristic, significance etc. There's ample soul in the chemistry between the two and you literally feel for the character.
The movie does get sensational towards the second half with the layers of Mahabir's character uncover off but it's the actors' performance that keep your interest in the film going.
This review is not complete without the meaningful music by AR Rahman that adds plenty to the beautiful landscape and the magnificent cinematography of the scenic Himachal. Must watch.
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