Highway Movie Review: This Alia Bhatt Starrer Is A Rare & Must Watch Flick

Highway, directed by Imtiaz Ali, is an interesting and unconventional road-trip-based movie. A young city girl, along with her fiance, goes for a ride on the highway at night. The couple is to get married in four days. Suddenly, her life turns upside down when she gets abducted by a gang when they stop at a gas station. Even though the gang leader knows the seriousness of the situation, he still decides not to let go of the girl. As days pass by, the girl and the oppressor start developing a bond.

Highway is a film which reflects a genuinely different, unique vision of life to the audiences and can even be called an avant-garde attempt of Bollywood. This film travels a very different path from the beginning till the end. Highway is highly dramatic and some scenes are marred with high melodrama at certain places. But overall, it is a must watch flick.

The movie is about a coincidental escape of an individual to the caressing calling of mother nature. The protagonist travels through remote villages with her kidnapper with no intent of reaching a destination. She finds pleasure in the journey, which is very much a Lao Tzu theory of travel. One can say that this approach can be called 'enlightenment through travel'. Veera (Alia Bhatt) travels through the Indian rural villages and it eventually leads her to self-realisation.

Alia Bhatt, in her career defining performance, delivers the best that was expected from her. Imtiaz's casting is just fantastic. Randeep Hooda, an actor who was lost in the dirty pile of cliché, has made a great come back to the real cinema with Highway.

The film depicts the story of Veera, a rich kid from Delhi and how she finds her ultimate freedom in bondage. There is a strong undercurrent of environmentalism and anti-commercialism in the film. It trashes the attitude of the bloodless business class and their social pretenses. Alia through her performance proves that having a good acting skill is all that matters in cinema.

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This is Imtiaz Ali's Ultimate Show

As everybody knows that the film is a remake of Imtiaz Ali's own Rishtey series, everything in the first half is predictable. Second half of the film comprises of Veera and Mahabir's journey. A director's talent is often proved by the way he handles dialogue-less, abstract scripts.

Telling The Story Through The Visuals

In Highway, Imtiaz Ali has proved that he has a refined understanding of the medium. Especially, the second half doesn't have many dialogues and the whole story is conveyed through the beautiful blend of visuals and background music. While anyone can easily make a dialogue-driven film, only a talented director can make a film that speaks just with its visuals.

Rare Scenic And Strange Locations

We are quite sure no other Indian films would have pictured the kind of scenic and strange locations that are seen in this film. Director Imtiaz Ali scores again in choosing these exotic locations to tell his story. These locations actually become the characters in the movie and help the narrative to a great extent as the movie progresses.

AR Rahman Has Hit The Bull's Eye

In the music department, AR Rahman has made a great comeback with Highway and his 'Patakha Gudi' and 'Sooha Saha' that have taken the movie to a different level, making these songs its greatest strength. 'Sooha Saha' is a beautiful lullaby sung by Alia Bhatt herself.

Background Music And Visuals Make For A Great Treat

The songs and background music help blend the scenes together. In total, this is a beautiful film about human enlightenment and seeing the beauty in all things around us. The film suggests the audience to lead a more fulfilling life by expressing themselves in the way that they want to. All in all, this is a movie that celebrates freedom in a true sense.