Jul 05, 2016 01:55 AM
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unlike the censor board’s earlier claims, the film doesn’t glorify substance abuse. Instead, the film has its heart in the right place: Punjab is in the grip of drugs, and only its youth can unchain it.
What may look like an indigenous version of the hugely popular American series Breaking Bad, it circles around a group of people who operate on both sides of the India-Pakistan border. They are the ones ensuring a constant drug supply in the wheat bowl of India. Protected by the high and mighty in politics, it’s hard to pinpoint anyone. At its current scale, the onus is on nobody to contain the menace.Tommy Singh(Shahid Kapoor), who is cussing and sleepwalking through his career. As we try to understand his circumstances and what’s driven him to this point, there are others like him, and all these characters keep crossing each other’s path.Then there’s a Bihari migrant(Alia Bhatt) whose zeal for a better life captures you. But just as you begin to empathise with her, you realise the futility of her efforts. It’s not a world she can control.
Similarly Sartaj(Diljit Dosanjh), a junior officer in Punjab Police, has questionable morality. He doesn’t get a hang of the reality until Dr Preet(Kareena Kapoor) shows him the bigger picture. But again, he is not on top of the food chain, and decision making is not his prerogative.
The whole movie was entertaining, and all the casts have performed their role amazingly. must watch.
