just a mundane, yawn-inducing, and pretty shocking end.
But I guess that’s the real twist - there is no twist, no climax. Towards the end, you really start wishing there is some kind of twist. In fact, the beginning is beautiful enough to elicit genuine interest, but as the film progresses, it seems to get more and more obscure. Moreover, the film lacks direction and is heavy on dialogues promoting a famous hotel in the hill town, where a major portion of the film is based. IN PICS: Parambrata, Koel at Highway premiere The storyline, too, is not worthy of celluloid. We understand it’s been done to death, but sometimes, even repetitions can be refreshing. Not once is the picturesque setting of the hill town exploited to enhance the visual appeal of the film during its two odd hours of screen life. The stage-like positions and blocking of the actors, the lack of visual variety and the long scenes give the film the feel of a stage production. In fact, at the end, you are left wondering why the film was given that name to begin with.Īs for the movie itself, it’s basically a two-hour play that was shot on celluloid by mistake director Sudipto Chattopadhyay’s, I guess. Highway - a name that brings to mind a road, maybe a road trip, and lots of adventure. The film revolves around the stories of these seven characters and their trials and tribulations. In the hill town, they meet poet Firdous Aga (Silajit Mazumder), young singer-composer Dhruba (Gaurav Chakraborty), elderly couple of Pulak (Dipankar De) and Hem (Sabitri Chattapadhyay) and grieving mother Pritha (Rita Dutta Chakraborty). Or you can simply buy its music CD and listen to the songs (recommended).Īswin Kapoor (Parambrata) and his wife Sabitri (Koel) start a game on their way to Darjeeling in which both act as strangers. Highway is a movie you can watch just to relive some basic human emotions, which the actors have expressed well.
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