Highway- Movie Review by Shoby
4.25 Stars Out of 5
Cinema is not always about telling grand stories. At times, you hit the right chords by telling fairly simple stories in a grand style. Imtiaz Ali is known for three things primarily... Simple stories, Exceptional locales and excellent music... This time around, he has again collaborated with maestro AR Rehman (after highly appreciated Rockstar) and has a very unique team by casting Randeep Hooda and just one film old Aliya Bhaat to give you another master piece... Highway...
First thing first- Dont look for a very traditional bollywoodish story here. Highway is perhaps the simplest tale ever told in bollywood but with a style, you can expect only from the man himself Imtiaz Ali. Soon to be married a very talkative Aliya Bhaat gets abducted by rough and tough not so talkative (read almost mute) Randeep Hooda and here they start a journey that changes their lives forever... Yes, I am not revealing the whole product... Coming straight to the review part now...
As we have already seen, in Jab We Met, Socha Na Tha and Rockstar, Imtiaz knows how to picturize best of the locales in best of the methods. In highway, you will get to see some real breath taking shots, especially those desert and ice covered mountains. However, this time, its not about picturizing the beauty of nature only...
Highway will be remembered for ages for just one thing... Spectacular performance by Aliya Bhaat and Randeep Hooda... In fact, Aliya has given one of the best performances ever by any Indian actor or actress in recent times.
If Ranbir's passionate performance bowled you over in Rockstar, its time for Aliya's natural acting flow to grab all the attention and praises... Watch the sequences, where she dances her heart out on the beats of Wanna Mashup... Where she confronts for the very first time with Randeep... Where she tells a bit of her past to Randeep... When she retruns to Randeep, Especially in the climax part, just when Randeep is shot and the sequence with her family... Mark my words, she is going to be one of the finest (not only star) but also an artists of our era...
Lets not forget Randeep... The real rough and tough guy has given another steller performance... He is a treat to the eyes... Imtiaz Ali has done a superb work by not complicating the story by adding many characters... The whole premise is built by only the two main protagonists...
Although AR Rehman sb has disappointed me a bit this time, as the sound track is not of that standard like Rockstar but tracks like Patakha Guddi and Sooha Saha are brilliant... Overall, as expected it was more of a themetical and situational based sound track... However, bg score is exceptional... Bravo!
This film will rule the world of heart of those who can feel the sensitivity ans sensibilities of cinema... Imtiaz Ali deserves a standing ovation... My verdict, one of the finest films of our time... Watch it only, if you love art in its purest form...
