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Director: Pankaj Kapur
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From Time Out London
1992 India: Hindu Harry (Shahid Kapur) – ‘the most handsome boy in Punjab’ – falls for Kashmiri-Muslim lass Aayat (Sonam Kapoor). Over the next decade, our star-crossed lovers must bear the fallout of almost every major Indian and even global atrocity. This includes: the Mumbai riots and bomb blasts of 1992-1993, the 1999 Kargil war with Pakistan, 9/11 and the 2002 Gujarat riots. First-time director Pankaj Kapur makes little effort to put these events into any proper socio-political context. Instead, they are used as convenient plot-devices to keep the lovers apart. Most outrageous is the use of the ‘Line of Control’ war as an excuse for bashing Pakistan, referred to here as ‘the enemy’. Laughable also are the ‘Top Gun’-style sequences with lead-man Kapur sporting a Cruise-cut and Ray-Bans.Author: Anil Sinanan
Time Out London Issue 2144: 22-28 Sept, 2011
User reviews of this film
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- Anna said...
- Posted on Oct 29 2011 20:20 Boring Boring Boring. no chemistry between Shahid and Sonam. i THINK THAT SAYS IT ALL, DON'T U THINK?
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- aman said...
- Posted on Oct 04 2011 21:54 Very good film. Interesting and keeps u in suspence of the love story.
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Cast & crew
Director: Pankaj Kapur
Cast: Shekhar Kapur, Sonam Kapoor, Anupam Kher
Genre(s): Drama
Rated: 12A
Duration: 180 mins
UK Release: Sep 23 2011
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