Not caring what’s left behind, Not seeing what lies ahead,įinding myself amidst lost desires, firm desires, shaky pursuits, I say amazing because all of their cameras, and sound recording equipment had to be carried into some difficult terrains and places. While this is no travelogue as we never sight-see, or do what tourists do, we go through some amazing places. We travel through the dusty plains, across scorched and barren deserts, and follow narrow roads high in the mountains. From Delhi southwest into Rajasthan,then northerly into Haryana, then continuing northward into Punjab, through HP, and finally and eventually up to Pahalgam, in Jammu-Kashmir. Just to be able see a field like this, and run through it, was all so very new to her. The film is not long on dialogue, or conversation – but from the moment of the abduction, is emotionally charged.įor Veera, she’s seeing an India that she wasn’t aware of, and it excites her. While they travel on India’s back roads and local highways, they’re on an inner journey as well an infinite journey to discovery of the unknown and unforeseeable future on life’s highway. The story is wafer thin – Rich girl is abducted, and eventually she some how bonds with her captor. In a word, I’ll call this a terrific film. It was written and directed by Imtiaz Ali and it was released in the USA on February 21, 2014, the same day it opened across India. Besides, where can she go, they are in the middle of nowhere… Veera is unbound, and released as she will have to eat, relieve her self and eventually sleep. But eventually they make camp in an abandoned factory. Veera is played by Alia Bhatt, and she has no idea where they are or what her fate might be. So Mahabir Bhati (played by Randeep Hooda), and three of his men head out into the night. This boss becomes so furious that he orders them to swap their car for one of his trucks and go far, far away. Tripathi is a powerful man, and he will be able to marshal all the forces he needs to rescue his daughter. When the thieves reach their rendezvous location and they meet their boss, and he gets her name, he becomes furious. Eventually there will be a problem coming up soon – I promise. She can be ransomed later is the thought.
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She’s bound, she’s gagged, and she’s blindfolded. They grab her, and use her as a shield to make an escape. Shots are fired, the thieves come rushing out and see her, a lone woman standing there. Veera unknowingly had stepped out of the car and into an ongoing robbery. She had no idea that by doing so, the rest of her life would change forever. Veera steps out of the car, against her boy friend’s wishes. They eventually stop at an all night convenience store/filling station. They weren’t eloping, and as the fiancé tells Veera – he’d rather they were in their homes than cruising around in the middle of the night. On an impulse, she asks her fiancé to pick her up in his car later that night, so she can sneak out and they can experience some freedom. Her name is Veera Tripathi and she feels stifled, or trapped. Imagine then the daughter of a rich and powerful industrialist with strong connections within the corridors of power.