"Pink" Movie Review: Say 'NO' to the stereotype Indian conception that 'aisi ladkiyon ke saath aisa hi hota hai'

Pink is the colour of sweetness, sensitivity, and romance. It shows empathy, love, and compassion. Pink is a combination of White and Red colours. White is the colour of purity & peace and Red is the colour of passion & power. Pink truly represents the femininity of women and that perhaps inspired team "Pink" to pick such a title. On the backdrop of recent unfortunate incidents of molesting and raping women across India and especially in Delhi after the notorious 2012 Delhi gang rape case in which the perpetrators raped and brutally killed Nirbhaya (Jyoti Singh), "Pink" seems to be the most relevant movie everyone should watch and take lesson from.

"Pink" is a riveting story of three normal working women Minal Arora (played by Taapsee Pannu), Falak Ali (played by Kirti Kulhari), and Andrea (played by Andrea Tariang) who are staying in Delhi as PG. They stay together, hang out, or attend parties together in the evening and on one such evening, they go to a rock concert. They were introduced to Rajveer Singh (played by Angad Bedi) and his friends by a common friend. Rajveer invited them for a dinner. Rajveer and his friends seemed friendly, polite, and gentle. There was nothing suspicious and therefore Minal and her friends accepted the offer. They went to a resort in Surajkund. But things turned ugly. They were a little drunk and Rajveer and Dumpy (played by Raashul Tandon) forcefully tried to make physical contact with the girls. But Minal and Andrea were in no such mood and refused to engage in sex. Despite saying 'No' to Rajveer, he didn't stop molesting her. Then Minal hit him with a glass bottle on his face in self-defense and that injured him pretty badly. The girls also escaped quickly from that resort. Pursuing a vendetta against Minal, Rajveer and his friends started to threaten her on the phone. They even tried to convince the landlord to throw the girls out of their flat. The girls had no option but to seek help from the police. But the officer-in-charge of the local police station proved to be unhelpful and gave a sluggish and cold reply 'If we take action against him, then you will face charges as well. After all, you assaulted him, madam'. Police were reluctant to take action against Rajveer because he is the relative of a powerful political leader. Rajveer and his friends then intensified giving threatening calls to Minal and eventually molested and assaulted her in a car. But instead of taking action against Rajveer and his friends, police arrested Minal under section 307, 'Attempt to Murder' charge. Mr. Deepak Sehgal (played by Amitabh Bachchan) who is their neighbour and also a reputed retired lawyer, decides to defend the girls in court.

In one scene of the courtroom proceedings, the lawyer Mr. Sehgal asks Minal 'Are you a virgin, Miss Arora? Please answer yes or no. Don't shake your head. Minal at first hesitated and mumbled. It is not that easy for an unmarried young woman to declare in public whether she is a virgin or not but she boldly said 'No'. She then answered the subsequent questions of Mr. Sehgal and said that she lost her virginity to her friend at age 19 but that physical intercourse happened with the consent of two adult persons. There was no other interest like the exchange of money or any business purpose. Mr. Sehgal further questioned Minal 'what happened between you and Rajveer that night? What clear indication did you give at that time that right now I am not interested in sex?' Minal answered him that she refused Rajveer for sex and she clearly said 'NO' to Rajveer. She said 'I was being held against my will.' She even said 'Who likes to be touched in this manner, sir? Forcibly!' and explained under what circumstances and how she was compelled to hit Rajveer in self-defense. In another courtroom scene, the opponent lawyer Mr. Prashant Mehra (played by Piyush Mishra) asked Andrea 'how long have you been soliciting?' and she replied 'I do nothing of this sort'. Mr. Sehgal presented his arguments before the court quite clearly that if a man and a woman want to make physical contact, that has to be done with each other's consent no matter if it happens between a boyfriend and his girlfriend, a husband and his wife or even a sex worker and her client. If a woman says 'No', that means 'NO' and that is the red line nobody should cross.

Indians are very obsessed with Bollywood movies, especially romantic movies. Those so-called romantic movies have been showing us a false formula that if the hero likes a girl, expresses his emotions to her, and proposes to her but even if the girl says 'No', the hero doesn't take that 'No' seriously and thinks that she also likes him and if he continues to tease her, she will eventually have feelings for him and ultimately he will get the girl (ladki pat jayegi). A cinema not only tells a story and gives you entertainment, but it also acts like a mirror of our society. If the cinema itself gives you the wrong impression about the seriousness of 'No' said by a woman, you can understand how Indians have been raised by our society in independent India. Even after 69 years of our independence, we still couldn't get out of our cocoon made of social barriers and prejudices. We have made rules only for women, how they should behave, what they should wear, and what they should and shouldn't do. If a boy molests a girl, so-called guardians of our society try to malign the character of that girl, stick a character certificate on her back, and come to the simple conclusion that the girl must have done something wrong which led the boy to get provoked for committing such a crime. Rajveer is just a movie character but I am afraid he is not the only man many people in our real society think that 'aisi ladkiyon ke saath aisa hi hota hai'. Not just in Delhi, we have seen how Suzette Jordan was treated and victimised by our society in Kolkata after she was gang raped in 2013 (Park Street Rape Incident). This movie "Pink" hits a tight slap on the face of these Indians and so-called self-proclaimed guardians of our Indian society. This movie tells us to get rid of those outdated prejudices and give proper respect to women for what they deserve.

I must talk about two scenes in "Pink" which seemed a little awkward to me. Mr. Deepak Sehgal is a retired lawyer and lives in the same neighbourhood where these girls are staying as a PG. Mr. Sehgal goes to a nearby park for a morning walk. Minal also goes to that same park for jogging. On the next morning of that Sirajkund episode, Minal goes to that park for her usual jogging but this time she discovers that a pair of open eyes is constantly staring at her. Those eyes belong to Mr. Sehgal. When I saw this scene, I wondered why Mr. Sehgal was staring at her with that cold and blunt look. At first, I thought he must have witnessed or knew something about that Surajkund episode. But that was not the case in this story. Since both Mr. Sehgal and Minal are neighbours, he might have heard something that these girls are involved in some unsocial activities, and that could have made him curious. Mr. Sehgal is also going through a crisis of his life as his wife is living her last days in a hospital bed. Mr. Sehgal has no children and is suffering from bipolar disorder. But everything couldn't completely explain the reason and the relevance of his constant staring at Minal. She was wearing a jogging suit, seemed tired after long jogging and then if she saw that an old unknown man was constantly staring at her, what do you think she might have thought about him, an old pervert man stalking her! I wonder what the Director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury was thinking and trying to prove when he decided to show this scene in this movie. Mr. Bachchan has said so many times in his interviews that he is the Director's man. I was also watching a televised interview of team "Pink" last Thursday before the release of this movie in India. But when the Producer Shoojit Sircar who has also worked with Mr. Bachchan as a Director in "Piku", told the reporter that the actor should always trust the Director, Mr. Bachchan coughed a little and seemed to be slightly disagreed with him. Maybe Mr. Bachchan also couldn't accept this staring scene in this movie. The second scene which I was talking about, is when Falak couldn't deal with the bombardment of uneasy questions thrown at her by the opponent lawyer Mr. Mehra, and accepted that the girls took money. This confession could have become the turning point in the case and might led to a victory for Rajveer but that didn't happen thanks to the court arguments of Mr. Sehgal and the fair judgment of the judge (played by Dhritiman Chatterjee). I can understand why the Director has shown this confession and I appreciate that but that confession is also degrading the dignity of these three girls in the society. I believe, like me, many people also think that the intended social message could have been conveyed even without showing Falak's confession scene.

Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury is a well-known and prominent Director in the Bengali cinema industry and he has shown his class once again. He even addressed and touched on the burning issue of the students and the people of North-East in Delhi and how they are facing discrimination and racial abuse day by day by the people of the rest of India. Taking care of detailing, keeping the suspense till the end, and following a tight script, all deserve to be acknowledged by the audience. Mr. Bachchan is awesome but I must give special credit to the acting of all three women, especially Taapsee Pannu. Their acting was so realistic. I think the mainstream Bollywood Directors should use the acting of Dhritiman Chatterjee even more. He deserves that recognition.

Wonderful poem recited by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan in "Pink":

"Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal
Tu Kis Liye Hatash Hai
Tu Chal, Tere Wajood Ki Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai
Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai

Jo Tuzsay Lipti Bediya Samaz Na Inko Vastr Tu
Jo Tuzsay Lipti Bediya Samaz Na Inko Vastr Tu
Yeh Bediya Beghal Ke Banale Inko Shastr Tu, Banale Inko Shastr Tu

Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal
Tu Kis Liye Hatash Hai
Tu Chal, Tere Wajood Ki Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai
Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai

Charitra Jab Pavitra Hai Toh Kyno Hai Dasha Yeh Teri
Charitra Jab Pavitra Hai Toh Kyno Hai Dasha Yeh Teri
Yeh Papiyon Ko Haq Nahi Ke Le Ke Pariksha Teri
Ke Le Ke Pariksha Teri

Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal
Tu Kis Liye Hatash Hai
Tu Chal, Tere Wajood Ki Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai
Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai

Jala Ke Bhasm Kar Use Jo Krurtaka Jaal Hai
Jala Ke Bhasm Kar Use Jo Krurtaka Jaal Hai
Tu Aarati Ki Lou Nahi
Tu Krodh Ki Mashal Hai
Tu Krodh Ki Mashal Hai

Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal
Tu Kis Liye Hatash Hai
Tu Chal, Tere Wajood Ki Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai
Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai

Chunar Uda Ke Dhwaj Bana
Gagan Bhi Kapkapayega
Chunar Uda Ke Dhwaj Bana
Gagan Bhi Kapkapayega
Agar Teri Chunar Giri Toh Ek Bhookamp Aayega
Ek Bhookamp Aayega

Tu Khud Ki Khoj Mein Nikal
Tu Kis Liye Hatash Hai
Tu Chal, Tere Wajood Ki Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai
Samay Ko Bhi Talash Hai"

Review of Independence Day: Resurgence

1996 - 2016, twenty years have passed since I watched "Independence Day" in Kolkata's prestigious Globe Cinema Hall. That nostalgic memory still fascinates me even today. I was a teenage boy who just got his wings and started exploring the World beyond his den. Unlike the kids of the present generation, we were very silly and naive. Mobile phone service had just started in Kolkata but it was so expensive and a distant dream for middle-class people like us. Boring and tasteless news broadcasting by All India Radio and state-run TV network Doordarshan or the news publishing by the morning Newspapers were all news-feeding sources we had during those days. Being the young teenagers of post-1991 economic liberalization in India, we wanted to know more, do more, and of course, get more. The giant multinational company PepsiCo also realized the aspirations of the Indian youth of the Nineties and used the slogan "Yeh Dil Maange More!" in 1998. We didn't have any clear idea about economic reforms but we started to feel the difference especially because of the introduction of computers in our life. Every new stuff that was alien to us also enthralled us. It was the first time I had visited Globe Cinema Hall and there I found something extraordinary which caught my full attention and took me out of this World. The Dolby Digital Sound System was introduced to me for the first time in my life.

Oh boy! Watching a global disaster movie like "Independence Day" on a big and wider screen with Dolby Digital sound, was quite an experience. "Independence Day" was about a story of an apocalypse in biblical proportions and a fight led by a superpower nation against an alien invasion. Humans won the war and saved their race from annihilation on a global scale. The human race was on the brink of extinction but the valor of a fighter pilot Captain Steven Hiller (played by Will Smith), the intelligence of a computer expert cum satellite technician David Levinson (played by Jeff Goldblum), and the leadership of American President Thomas J. Whitmore (played by Bill Pullman) saved the humanity.

"We will not go quietly into the night!

We will not vanish without a fight!

We're going to live on!

We're going to survive!

Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!"

President Thomas J. Whitmore (played by Bill Pullman)

Address to the U.S. Fighter Pilots in "Independence Day" (1996)

Those are the words that thrilled me and I believe, everyone else in the audience. For a moment, I even felt the shivering in my body. I was touched by his words and his way of addressing the pilots who were getting briefed for the battle of their life. Be it the human values, the leadership, the arrogance, the pride, the glory, everything was American, and yet, I experienced an adventure like my own.

Twenty years later, a sequel "Independence Day: Resurgence" has come to the town which made me excited like a kid. I have watched the movie but I felt nothing at all and when I say that, it means the film didn't meet my expectations. I wish it would surprise me but I am afraid it has failed to do so. This sequel film has most of the previous along with some new characters, a good plot, state-of-the-art visual effects, and everything that one could have asked for but I think it has missed out on some fundamental elements. Even though the character of Captain Steven Hiller (played by Will Smith) is missing in this film that absence of Will Smith has been handled quite intelligently by the Script Writers. However, I think the impact of the heroism and courage of one hero in "Independence Day" (1996) has never been achieved by this group of heroes in "Independence Day: Resurgence" (2016). If the central leadership of the resistance in a war film, is changed so frequently that one gets killed and another takes his or her place and so on, that doesn't leave any serious impact on the minds of the audience. Regardless of gender, the leader should be the prime character in such a global disaster movie like this one. People love to see the saga of a leader who fights from the beginning, falls but rises again, leads his or her followers, takes the fight to the enemy, and emerges victorious in the end. People usually relate themselves to that character. I guess too many cooks have spoilt this broth. The presence of too many heroes and leaders is the reason that this movie has failed to touch the nerves of the audience. The state-of-the-art visual effect might fascinate you but cannot help the movie stay in your heart for long. I also felt the same kind of disappointment after watching "Jurassic World" (2015) directed by Colin Trevorrow. It was the 4th sequel to "Jurassic Park" (1993) directed by Steven Spielberg. Even though "Jurassic Park" was not a ghost story, it still gave me two sleepless nights in 1993. But when I asked myself about my cold reaction after watching the new "Jurassic World" (2015), I realized that it was the element of surprise that was missing in that film. The same goes for "Independence Day: Resurgence" (2016). Making sequel films is nothing new in Hollywood. Bond series, Star Wars series, Star Trek series, and Superhero series were all commercially successful given the fact that all of them had something new and surprising as well as enjoyment for all. The success of any film is generally determined by its box office collections but how good or bad, people feel about a movie, that I think, defines the real success of a film. The makers of "Independence Day: Resurgence" perhaps thought differently that a group of heroes comprising a Caucasian American hero, an African American hero, a Chinese Hero, and an African Warlord hero would help the film reach out to the broader part of the audience around the World. They didn't formulate any character like a Russian hero or an Indian hero in this film because it doesn’t work in that fashion in Hollywood. What matters the most to them is the present equation of the major political powers in the World. They also calculate the feasibility of penetrating and grabbing new overseas markets while making a film. I have seen more and more Chinese presence in the recent global disaster kind of Hollywood movies, such as "2012" directed by Roland Emmerich, "Gravity" directed by Alfonso Cuarón, "The Martian" directed by Ridley Scott, you name it. Against the backdrop of China's rise in the World arena, China's role has been turned positive in Hollywood movies.

I am a big fan of Director Roland Emmerich because I admire his previous works but with all due respect to him, I would like to point out a few features of "Independence Day: Resurgence". The diameter of the Moon is a little more than 2000 miles. The last alien mother ship that invaded Earth in 1996, was one-fourth the size of the Moon. This time, it's bigger than the last one. This mother ship is 3000 miles wide which means it is even bigger than the Moon. Both the alien mother ships of 1996 and 2016 have taken a popular route of coming from the backside of the Moon, almost touching its surface, facing the Earth on its horizon, and then heading towards Earth. Hollywood loves this route for designing the path of every extraterrestrial object coming towards Earth. In 1996, the mother ship didn't enter into the atmosphere of Earth rather positioned 36 different spacecraft in different places across the World. All of them were hovering in the sky as the film didn't at least show any landing scene. But the sequel movie shows something else even an old spacecraft that landed in central Africa during the last invasion. This new mother ship has its gravity which caught a Space Tug while passing the Moon. This same Space Tug, before being caught by the alien mother ship, already made a couple of space travels of coming from the Moon to the Earth and then going back to the Moon by escaping from the gravitational pull of the Earth, and couldn't just get away from the mother ship’s gravity. The film also didn't give us any indication that the mother ship got separated into multiple spacecraft. So, the mother ship entered into the atmosphere of the Earth in one piece. Having a strong gravity, it started to pull buildings, cars, humans, etc. from the surface of the Earth. The mother ship first destroyed Singapore (anybody can recognize the iconic Marina Bay Sands building in Singapore), then London, and finally landed in the Atlantic Ocean by deploying its big legs. One leg of that mother ship even touched delicately the backside of the White House in Washington DC before coming to a halt. If you take a look at its course to Earth for landing, from Singapore to London to Washington DC, seems a little peculiar to me especially if I consider the distance between these cities. In another scene of its landing sequence, the father of David Levinson, Julius Levinson (played by Judd Hirsch) who was fishing in a small boat near the coastline, also saw the landing of the mother ship so closely and had to escape from a Tsunami which was created only by the touchdown of the mother ship in the Ocean. But Julius Levinson survived and was picked up by some kids. They abandoned their car and took a bus. They finally reached the surrounding area of Area 51 in the Nevada desert. If you examine the map of the USA, you'll find out that the Nevada desert is located close to the west coast of the USA. Since Washington DC is situated on the east coast of the USA, you might get confused about the actual landing site of the alien mother ship. Is it the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean? In a hypothetical scenario, what if the Moon somehow gets away from its orbit and slowly but surely collides with the Earth, what will happen then? Should the Moon even come too close to the Earth, Earth’s tidal situations would change or gigantic Tsunamis might appear but nothing had happened when the mother ship which is even bigger than the Moon, landed on the surface of the Earth. I am just a common man but curious about how a scientist or an astrophysicist gets into a conclusion after watching this film. I think the makers of "Independence Day: Resurgence" should have done a little more research before writing the script.

Drugs Di Maa Di! Review of Udta Punjab

Thanks to the Supreme Court of India, Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, and Diljit Dosanjh starrer film "Udta Punjab" has been released in theatres on the scheduled date. Interestingly, this film has a catchline "Drugs Di Maa Di!". Using slang words or phrases in any catchline is a rare phenomenon in Hindi movies. I've heard though, excessive slang words in the dialogs of the recent Hindi and even Bengali movies. "LOC Kargil", "Jab We Met" and "Baishe Srabon" are such examples. In "Udta Punjab", almost every character has thrown selected and commonly used Punjabi slang words in most of the scenes. Apparently, "Drugs Di Maa Di" looks innocent but whenever you see or hear "Maa Di" or "Maa Ki", your sixth sense tells you that it's a part of a slang phrase. This phrase also reminds me of a small incident in my life. A few years ago, I was once making a conversation with a girl of my team in our office. She was a sweet Punjabi girl. Now I don't remember the onset but when I spoke the word "London" in my typical Bengali accent, she said "What?". I repeated the word "London!". She responded with little irritation "What?". I was a little embarrassed but reiterated "London, the capital of the UK! You know". Then she replied with a relieved face, "Oh! You mean London, the city". I was baffled but within a few days, I figured out the exact reason behind her excitement. The Script Writer of "Udta Punjab" has also used other selected Punjabi slangs which mean "Mother F***er", "Sister F***er" and many more. I guess, the exceeding usage of slang words, is the reason that the Censor Board (CBFC) of which, the present Chairman is the famous (read notorious) Pahlaj Nihalani, has released the film with an "A" certificate. The SC ordered the Censor Board to release the film with only one cut, a couple of disclaimers, and the certificate. The Censor Board just followed that direction. I've seen the trailer in which there was a urination scene of Shahid Kapoor. But when the production house sent the film to the Censor Board, they suggested 89 cuts including that urination scene and the removal of the word “Punjab” from the title as if it is defaming the image of Punjab. If the Censor Board had objections against the urination scene, then why was it allowed by them in the first place?

The making of "Udta Punjab" is indeed a daring effort when it comes to choosing the subject of that film or any film for that matter. Many film Directors love to work on various socio-economic or socio-political issues in India. Director Abhishek Chaubey was not one of them before making this movie. But I must admit that he has successfully conveyed the message to the audience. The message is clear and it loudly says that drug trafficking and drug addiction among young people are the burning issues in Punjab these days. If the necessary actions against this menace are not taken, it will soon destroy the future of a whole generation in Punjab. The state will go to election in 2017. The political party that is currently in power, obviously won't let anybody or anything uncover or raise this issue that has been making them uncomfortable time and again. Their major concern is that the opposition parties might use this issue effectively against them in the forthcoming assembly election. It’s not unusual that all political parties will deny their failure and try to convince you that raising any such issue will defame the image of the state and in this case, Punjab. I am not sure about the connection but surprisingly it was Pahlaj Nihalani who made such comments on behalf of the ruling party of Punjab. He even said that Arvind Kejriwal, the present CM of Delhi, has produced "Udta Punjab". Bizarre theory!!! Pahlaj Nihalani had to suffer defeat and couldn't succeed in stopping "Udta Punjab" from releasing. His office now has to deal with another new allegation of leaking the uncut version of "Udta Punjab" on the Internet before its official release. Be it the release of the last Bond movie "Spectre" or this "Udta Punjab", Pahlaj Nihalani has found himself in controversies very often since he was appointed as the chairman of the Censor Board. Pahlaj Nihalani cut the kissing scenes in "Spectre" which was ridiculed by the cine fraternity in India by projecting the hero James Bond as Sanskari Bond on social media.

Even though I am not a fan of Anurag Kashyap who is one of the Producers of "Udta Punjab", when he defended "Udta Punjab" and shared his view with media persons, I trusted him because of his clear point of view. On the other hand, Pahlaj Nihalani made himself a laughing stock by making some absurd remarks. I haven't watched too many movies directed by Anurag Kashyap but I have watched the trailer of his upcoming film "Raman Raghav 2.0". Both the title and the trailer seem a little weird to me. I think Anurag Kashyap likes to bring out stories about the dark shades of society and human nature. Perhaps "Udta Punjab" was also his pet project but maybe he couldn't direct it because of his other commitments.

There is no film more honest than UDTA PUNJAB .. And any person or party opposing it is actually GUILTY of promoting drugs

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) June 6, 2016

Let's discuss about the story of "Udta Punjab". There is no particular story in this film. Four leading characters are living their individual lives on their own and finally, all of them fight the same battle against a common enemy. But their struggles and the war against drugs have been presented so nicely that the audience gets attached to this fusion kind of story. Tommy Singh aka Gabru (played by Shahid Kapoor) is a popular Punjabi Rock Singer who sings for young people. His music glorifies the madness of youth and the fun of taking drugs by them. Tommy himself is a drug addict too. People believe that Tommy's music is encouraging young people to take more drugs. One day Tommy got arrested and that proved to be the turning point that changed his life completely. He understands that he needs to get rid of this addiction of drugs. He refuses to take drugs but faces consequences both mentally and physically. He now finds it hard to sing for his fans. This addiction would have ruined his career one day anyway, had he decided to go on and not save himself from this menace. We have seen a similar story in the movie "Aashiqui 2" directed by Mohit Suri. The hero Rahul Jaykar who was also an alcoholic Singer, fought his battle against his addiction. Like Rahul, our Tommy also felt vulnerable that he was getting torn apart from inside as soon as he decided to throw away drugs. Tommy needed friendly support and love to get over his hurdles. That love came to him as a surprise. When Tommy was running away from some goons, an unknown girl (played by Alia Bhatt) came to his rescue, helped him to hide, and even fought with the goons. Tommy falls in love instantly and finds a purpose to live for. This girl who was once a member of Jharkhand's champion hockey team, moved to Punjab as a farm labourer to get her family out of poverty. Eventually, she also fought the battle against drugs in her way. Sartaj Singh (played by Diljit Dosanjh) is a police sub-inspector who has compromised with his honesty for the corrupt system. But when he found his little brother Bali (played by Master Prabhjyot Singh) hospitalised due to a drug overdose, his conscience woke up and told him to do his duty. Bali was saved and taken care of by Dr. Preet Sahni (played by Kareena Kapoor) who runs a drug rehabilitation clinic and also fights against drugs. Both Sartaj and Preet decided to take down the drug racket. The rest of the story is a little terrible and doesn't give us a happy ending. But the drug racket got busted in the climax.

Alia Bhatt is new in the film industry and yet, has shown a great deal of maturity in her acting which has made me a fan of her acting. Any new actress also being the younger daughter of the renowned film Director Mahesh Bhatt, should have chosen a glamorous path to shine her filmy career but instead, she has taken the challenging path. She has established her presence on solid ground as she is performing her best in these versatile roles. Shahid Kapoor is a senior actor but even he has surprised me with his crazy yet natural acting. Kareena Kapoor and the debutant Diljit Dosanjh's acting is good but not that special. But I like the character Tayaji (played by veteran actor Satish Kaushik). He has delivered an excellent performance in this cameo role.

Two soundtracks "Chitta Ve" and "Ud-Daa Punjab" are already gaining popularity. Actor cum Singer Diljit Dosanjh has also sung a song "Ikk Kudi". I cannot resist myself from mentioning one last thing that when I saw the name of the Editor Meghna Sen in the title sequence, it made me proud.