Curiosity kills the cat – as it
is said – we had to see it after all the controversy of winning the national
award in India and being sent as the official entry from India for Oscars. And
I must say – it isn’t a bad movie at all – I personally liked it and found it
almost at par with “The Lunchbox” if not better. My wife too liked it more than
Lunchbox but it definitely isn’t worth sending to Oscars – that’s for sure, it
should sink without a trace and if it gets anything more than that – it will be
shocking for us. Yes, it will create some buzz at the academy as it again shows
the same stuff, child labor, prostitution, sad state of law and order etc. Three
simple stories cross each other’s path on a highway – its predictable right
from the very start and you can guess everything what is going to happen next
still makes up for a simple viewing. Sonali Kulkarni is good as the tense
mother of a child missing on the highway, Ajay Gehi as per me was the wrong
choice – doesn’t fits the bill – the guy who played the truck driver is way too
good than him, although he looks like a real time driver more than an actor,
his cleaner too is perfect fit. But the movie belongs to two kids here who are
actually lost on the highway and need to reach their destination – how they
reach and change lives of couple of people on the way is movie all about. I
guess without winning the national award – this would have sunk like any another
movie with no trace still its quite a breeze (only 90 Minutes) and can be
called a movie worth watching once. I will rate it an average 2.5/5 with no
expectations at the Academy.
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