From the opening sequence where just some footage of a big fat Indian wedding preparations have been shown, it has been proved that how perfectionist Imtiaz Ali is as a director.Īnd Randeep Hooda has done full justice to the character of Mahabir Bhati.
The different state's names have never been told in the movie but still you will be able to identify the location as the places has been shown with such perfect detailing. He has an eye for every detailing about each characters body language to their costumes, even the characters who have one or two scene appearances will leave an impact on the audience. Like his earlier movies here too he has created such a realistic characters with them anyone can identify. Although it is pretty much expected that what could have been the destiny of such a relationship but still some optimistic audiences can feel unhappy with the ending.Īs a director Imtiaz Ali is brilliant. From that point nothing much happened to the story for a considerable amount of time which could have been shortened. But towards the climax the story seems too stretched as after a point when the lead protagonists reach to the beautiful valleys of Kashmir the story becomes a bit stagnant. For example the sequence where all of a sudden Veera start dancing to the tunes of an English song in the middle of a highway or her baby-talking to Mahabir when he reveals his softer side. It could have been turned into a monotonous journey of two people but there are some lighter moments in between which keeps the audiences interest level intact. If we left this flaw then the screenplay is very nice and engaging.
As the way Veera gets friendly with her kidnapper's in just few days time that really looks unconvincing.
Veera and Mahabir could have meet in any other situation too then it would have looked more convincing. But this story could have been told even without the incident of kidnapping. The story is clearly about Stockholm syndrome where the kidnapped person develops sympathy for kidnapper but this plot has been given a fresh twist with the issue of security of woman in our society. But can this sympathy and attachment can turned into a full fledged love ? Is it possible for a girl like Veera to settle down with a guy like Mahabir who has a background of three murder charges? This questions have been answered in the climax. Mahabir who is also a victim of disturbed childhood becomes sympathetic to Veera. She becomes so close to Mahabir that she even shares the dark secret of her childhood with him. Not only that she finds an ultimate freedom in this journey for which she was longing for throughout her whole life. during this journey Veera discovers that Mahabir is not the kind of harmful person what he looks from outside rather he is soft from inside and later she develops a soft corner for Mahabir. To hide her from police he started a journey with Veera and his aide Aadoo (Durgesh Kumar) on a truck from Delhi to Rajasthan to Punjab to Himachal to Kashmir. But still he did not surrender to the situation and decided to take ransom from Veera's father and sell her to any flesh market. Mahabir kidnapped Veera just to take her as a hostage to escape from the crime scene but soon he realized the real identity of Veera and also understood what risk he had taken kidnapping a girl from such a powerful family. Just a day before her marriage, Veera got kidnapped by a gang of robbers lead by Mahabir Bhati(Randeep Hooda) at a petrol pump while she was there out on a long drive with her fiance. It is a story of a young girl Veera Tripathy who is the daughter of a socially and politically powerful rich and famous person. Highway too is the story about two persons as different as chalk and cheese and how they discover each other and gets attached with each other. Imtiaz Ali is the master to show unconventional romance which is not love at first sight but a gradually bonded relationship between two people.