Umrika

A short story, but it has good actors and a good setting.

What a beautiful film, full of meanings and analogies, the initial phase, with the readings of the letters a journey apart, deliciously passionate, a real drama, this week, a Brazilian woman died in the desert trying to cross it to enter the US, "O American dream", sad, real, beautiful photography, the quality films that Bollywood knows how to produce and that we love...

Credibility is the factor often found lacking in Indian cinema. They're prone to casting outspoken, billionaire actresses as shy village damsels and silver spoon urban elites as repressed youth from the peripheries. Not in this one, thankfully. Great detail is given even to the child actor that plays the protagonist's younger self (matching their looks). The story itself is simple & heartfelt, probably why it wouldn't find many takers in a nation that drools over scenes where vehicles fly when 53 year old actors punch them while saving their 22 year old love interests. This disillusionment is the theme for the film as well, where "door k dhol suhaavne" is explored masterfully. The urban life seems a bit rushed/undeveloped but by then, the story has left a favorable imprint on you. Good to see the bellboy from The Grand Budapest Hotel in a supporting role here! P. S: More content of this ilk, Netflix!

Not even a single dialogue where I can see Suraj's lip movement.

He is super handsome and credible... Suraj Sharma, the Life of Pie fame carries off the movie singlehandedly and although story is well developed at places but feels rushed in at few and a drift from the protagonist's quest surfaces at times ... the movie starts with Indira Gandhi's Emergency address and followed by various events such as Indira Gandhi's assassination, Challenger crash and also Bollywood posters, movie songs and dialogues from 1980s that evoke the film's time period in an unobtrusive way...A sad story actually .. noticeable background score... a decent watch ..