This is a story about a girl from
a small town in India who is a very passionate and ambitious singer. A great
tale of how she battles against all odds with only one strong motive. She wants
to be an award-winning singer. It’s this great gut instinct and passion that
the story depicts as she battles every struggle to reach her goal. She has
practically everything against her including an abusive, orthodox almost Talibanic
father. And it is her strong urge to achieve that finds a solution through
every barrier. She finds great strength in her mother who sees to it that her
daughter fulfills her destiny. This film has a very strong narrative and great
story telling. It is a long film. But never was I bored or felt stretched while watching it. It is interesting to observe the great melting pot of
opposing philosophies, emotions, attitudes and motives. It explores the relationship of the mother and
daughter like never before. A very sweet teenage puppy romance adds to the
overall touch and feel of the film. The film has a very medium pace with
occasional hard-hitting scenes to jolt you. Though the ending was a bit too
dramatic, I guess it was essential to make the narrative look big. The film has
melodious songs with beautiful composition.
A weird, quirky Aamir Khan brings
in the required humor into a very serious tale. Though Zaira Wasim has a mild, subtle
presence about her on screen, she gives a passionate performance and completes
the character of Insiya convincingly. Meher Vij can easily win an award for the
best supporting role. Overall a film that one can watch more than once in the
theatre. The story, the characters and the events of the film are very real and
relatable. I am definitely taking my mom to watch it. Soon.
Rating – 4.25 /5
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