Rajeev Masand has to say about it.
There’s a lot to admire in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Mirzya, but coherent narrative and compelling characters are not among its strengths.
Based on the Punjabi folk tale of Mirza-Sahiba, the film, written by Gulzar, cuts between two timelines – the now, and the who-knows-where-and-when. In both timelines, newcomers Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher play the star-crossed lovers.
