Wonderful Movie

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

When I first saw Highway, I enjoyed it. What the critics claimed, came to me later. I would say it to be true. A criminal with such a mind would be rare or impossible to find. Despite that what I found when I first watched the movie was that, it was entertaining.Tone, Script & Story: It's an accidental kidnap story of an engaged women belonging to a prosperous family. How she turn out to her kidnappers and finally kidnappers fate. The thing I would like to highlight hear is the story would turn out would be different by what you would imagine by above given introduction. It is what wins your heart.Direction, Screenplay, Cinematography: It is very good. The city, the mountain, the village, the river, it's all beautiful. It is another enjoyable treat from Imtiaz Ali. Music: Music coming from A R Rahman, it was very good as well. It included local treats. Acting: I liked Randeep most, others were good too.Final Verdict: It's an entertaining treat, if you don't go into details of real world. Watch it and see for yourself.

There are fewer movies which takes you to a journey and you are completely transformed at the end like you fill you are there with protagonist.... One of the best acting by a leading actress

Only good thing about this film is Randeep Hooda's Acting - Direction & stry bakwaas...Sorry to say this - i am also a big fan of such new films ! But overall the director seems to be confused - lot of loopholes. Fifty minutes in to the movie I started to ask the question 'What is going on here? Where is the movie I was promised by the trailer?' Nearly all the scenes that were in the trailer have been played out by now.I have been fortunate enough to know people who have made 15 minute short films with more sense and better vision. But in spite of repeated temptations to leave the theatare, I survived till the end, mainly because I hoped something will happen. but that's the trouble.finally i left

After a long time there is a director who has really evolved with every film. Imtiaz Ali promises to be the one who can give Hindi mainstream movies the identity that was missing. The depiction of the human characters, their individualism, their growth (by learning or making mistakes) is indigenous & portrays the intellect and knowledge of the director regarding human beings. Hope he continues in the same way even if (hope not) success fails him. From "Socha Nahi Tha" to "Jab We Met" to" Love Aaj Kaal" to "Rock Star" & now "Highway" he has grown considerably. The films have started to show the mindset which we find in a Ghazal or Sufi Song. There is a philosophical touch to the story/human characters in Imtiaz's film. Yes there are some unrealistic angles but that's the zone of the creator, that's the freedom of the poet & his poetry.The story is a one liner--a high society girl in Delhi gets kidnapped by accident just before her marriage. Her journey with the kidnapper is the central theme. Travelling is one the integral components of the film along with the establishment of the human characters and their relationships. The way all these things have been integrated along with the visual pleasure of the Himalayas takes the film to great heights. The journey of an apparently dumb looking city girl re-discovering herself amidst the natural background, the journey of a kidnapper re-inventing the situation which led him to such a world justifies the movie name beautifully. (From the name whoever feels of watching a thriller should restrain himself/herself from going to the movie). For a change A. R. Rahman's music does not look out of place. The climax scene is subtle and far from melodrama. Most of the scenes are unique--some for their visual treat, some for the connect of the human emotion & nature.The scene where Alia is sitting in front of the gushing water is something special. The mingling of water & human emotion is indeed very special. This is not a love story, it is a story of acknowledging human emotions and respecting that in the correct place.Performance wise Randeep Hooda is outstanding. The scene where he rediscovers his past through the girl is excellent and the restraint and intensity with which Randeep displays his emotion is beyond words. Alia Bhatt from Student Of The Year to Highway---she is completely different, looks more confident and has easily got into the skin of the character. From the talkative immature girl to the intense person she is spontaneous and brilliant and hardly appears a new comer to the industry.People who are interested to spend their "outing time" in a movie theatre will definitely not like this as it will be beyond their capacity and their will to grow as an audience. I got a good glimpse of that in a popular multiplex of Noida Sector-18. The public reactions specially during the intermission was horrible. The 1st half which was developed in some sort of documentary/real type way to establish the characters was inviting even wild thoughts/reactions from the audience. Majority likes to see larger than life things---dialogue-baazi, glycerin scenes, blinking love stories, irritating over smartness--referred to as comedy. Story, performance hardly has any significance. The 100 crore business stuff, the build up to such a movie with stories of how long an actor has prepared his body/physique for a particular role, the costumes of the actresses & the dance numbers are far more significant & worth to the mass of Hindi film audience. This has been a story of Hindi films over the years. The result ---- some of the potential directors had to turn to conventional stuff to earn their living/fame after some failures at box office. Hope things mature with time !!!