@Anupam - the idea of making him roam around was to break his spirit. You can’t accept compliance in the initial few minutes. What he did in the end was against their expectations - he acted like AAMIR - the leader and did something for (his) people (his not restricted by religion at all). That was the beauty of the movie.

Though I am dissapointed to find out that its a copy. A good one nevertheless.

Budget and Revenue was one of the first fields I had entered in my database. But, I don’t put in numbers there because I don’t know of an authentic source. Also, it will have to be updated regularly until, DVD and TV rights are sold. And that information is not really easy to get.

Thanks, once again!

An absolutely amazing movie, and a very fitting review. Congrats Meetu. I landed here through your Twitter account.

The movie is an absolute watch. I recommend this, urgently to everyone. Urgent, ‘coz if you miss this one, God knows how soon will you be fortunate enough to watch another decent Hindi flick.

And now, to answer a few queries (Just my 2 cents). The whole idea of using Aamir for the mission was to make him realize the seriousness of the situation. Possibly, they wanted him to execute something like this in the U.K. But Aamir returned to India, adding to the frustration of the “kaum”. They looked at Aamir as someone who fled U.K., when they were expecting him to fight. They wanted to teach him a lesson, and hence used him for the mission. And yes, making him run around in the city was to make him realize the situation of their people.

All in all, very good cinema.

Meetu, I liek dthe way you have structured tour website. “Reviews”, “Each To His Own”, “Just A Thought” - all very useful series.

Didn’t go through the rest of the website, but would love to see a Box-Office status feature included as well. Something that I found at http://www.boxofficeindia.com.

Keep writing. Keep Rocking.

Yeah Sudeep, I thought it had glimpses from Phone Booth too, but I dismissed it because I thought the feel must be because of the constant use of phone.

About the medication, maybe his asthama isn’t acute.

I agree that the villain was a bit overboard with the dialogs but i loved the part where he is holding the baby and talking with Aamir on phone.
And I did wonder how the hero needed his meds only once while running behind the taxi and beating the goons.

But i loved the movie.. a little PhoneBooth touch might be but was worth the time and money spent

Anupam, the movie would be a 10 minutes long if it went the way you are suggesting

Jokes apart, I don’t think he would have kept the briefcase anyway. Ultimately, did he do what he was asked to do when he came to know their intentions?

I agree, the “kaum” bit was a little inane.

I am assuming he was made to go round and round the city for him to see the conditions that people from his “kaum” stay in.

hey,
while i admit the movie is a refreshing change from what we have been treated (mistreated!!)in most cases to, the movie really has too many flaws to be gushed about. While the basic premise is intreresting enough, thats al it is. BASIC!!It doesnt go further than that. The twist with the briefcase was juvenile coz had they told him in the beginning itself to leave it in the bus, he would have(the change in plans alerts him to the possibilities) and the fundamentalists would have gotten away. Also, the morality or the “kaum” bit really felt like an after thought as if the mysterious caller only said those dialogues to fill in silences or lulls on conversation.Thirdly, why ask him to keep goin round and round over the city wen the 1st conversation could have resulted in pretty much the same intended result as the final one?
dont get me wrong, the movies nice no doubd without absolutely brilliant cinematography by alphose roy and innovative backgroung score but by no way is it a gr8 piece of cinema. Its a sincere effort and a good debut for the director.

Lol Sudhir, about the love song. Or if the movie didnt end the way it did.

The thing is, I don’t think makers of such movies are actually looking at a major commercial success, they just want to make their kind of cinema and appreciate the appreciation their movies get. Of course, if they commercial success then, nothing like it! But what i am saying is they are prepared for the blow.

Thanks Vimal. Oh, I didn’t look at the movie from “why him?” point of view. I took that as a given, an assumption. I think my brain worked backwards after the movie was over. As in, we read/hear in the news that there was a bomb blast and it was done using a suicide bomber. What could be the possible story of such a bomber? And here is one possibility.

Excellent review for an exceptional movie. But after watching it, I kinda didnt get answer to a question, ” Why him of all the people ? The gang was so well knit, so y didnt any of them do it? “. I felt there is no proper explanation to this except for the frequent mention of “comm” in the movie. Dont you think so?