People are voting emotionally.

Lack of good storyline.

Charming and brutal

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

To be honest, this movie is one of my favorite Indian movies in a long time. I have stopped watching contemporary bollywood garbage which it dishes out every other week. I consider BLACK as India's best movie in last 30 years. 3 Idiots & Rang De Basanti are good, but this movie is in class of its own. It almost feels MAGICAL that you are transported into Dev Benegal's world. Its mesmerizing movie. An astonishing work of cinematography. Do anything but don't miss out on this HIDDEN GEM.Also, this movie never had huge marketing behind it, i can understand why that was the case. Simply people in India don't like such artistic movies and most are illiterate but still it doesn't bring this movie down. I am glad such a movie was made and it is an awesome experience. You will feel entrenched in the Director's vision of India & Rajasthan.

Dev Benegal's 'Road, Movie' is quite an interesting film. It has potential, it has a story to tell... but falters in one section, which is: It lacks the power, that one expects from Benegal. Sure it's good, but one expected much more from this celebrated filmmaker.A restless young man played by Abhay Deol, itches to escape his father's faltering hair oil business. An old truck beckons, He offers to drive the antique Chevy across the desert to the sea, where it has been sold to a local museum. His journey then-after, is filled with ups and downs, love and hatred. 'Road, Movie' starts off very well, but becomes a waste post 45-minutes. The Yashpal Sharma track looks forced by the screenplay, and even the climax leaves a lot to be desired.Coming directly to the acting department, Abhay Deol is superb. The talented actor carries the film on his shoulders and is in character in every shot. Satish Kaushik is terrific, once again. Tannishtha Chatterjee does justice to her part. Mohammed Faizal Usmani, the kid, is annoying. Yashpal Sharma is wasted in an apology of a role. Veerendra Saxena is passable.On the whole, 'Road, Movie' might entertain you if you're looking out for some different type of cinema. From my side: A Good Effort!

I saw this as part of the Tribeca Film Festivals pay per view component and I'm so glad I did, it wiped away the bad feeling I had from the films I had seen earlier in the evening.A beautifully filmed little movie, the story concerns Vishnu, a young man who agrees to drive a friends roaming cinema across country and what happens after that as he picks up passengers and has some adventures along the way.Its a rambling film that is perhaps not perfect story wise, but which over comes its weaknesses thanks to beautiful film-making and a cast of characters who worm their way into your heart. Its a film that is like all of the best films, about the people at its center.I really liked and can't recommend it enough,

Before going into the finer details, let's study some important facts associated with 'Road, Movie":1. A widely appreciated project from Dev Benegal, the director of "English August" & "Split Wide Open".2. Featuring, Abhay Deol in the lead, who is now known for his off-beat choice of subjects and understanding of the medium. 3. Presence of the veteran Satish Kaushik in a hopeful comic role which sounds pretty exciting. 4. Refreshing promotional material with visuals of an old truck and inviting visuals of Rajasthan.5. And "Sar Jo Tera Chakraye" track from "Pyaasa" playing in the background.What an ensemble of exciting stuff associated with a single project, and what a disastrous final product in the offering. To be straight, I love artistic movies, especially the ones which have the power to enlighten and are widely acclaimed in the festival circuits. But with "Road, Movie", I was highly disappointed as it had nothing as compared to its striking promotional campaign and the earlier two movies from the director mentioned above. Now the detailed review:Once again, as seen in many recent projects, the movie starts off brilliantly with an artistic feel and ambiance. But right after the old truck comes into the story, the film steps onto an escalator, slowly moving downwards. Abhay Deol, who is not interested in his father's oil business, goes on to take an undisclosed assignment to drive an old truck to another unknown destination and keeps wandering in the deserts and plain regions with no living being in the sight. The viewer is never told why he took up this job, what was the purpose of his voyage, what goods he had to deliver and what was the actual destination he was heading for. Also it was quite weird to show that Abhay didn't even know that there was a projector and whole equipment of showing a movie in the truck he was driving. Moreover he very unintelligently takes up the job of driving an old truck through the lonely roads all alone without taking any helper along with him. That was indeed very daring thought put in by the writers.Besides all this confusion, the project misses all those thrilling factors associated with a long road journey and its joy. The viewers who love travelling long distances through roads are sure going to be disappointed with the treatment given by the director to the theme. For instance, one strongly misses the highway chills, the roadside dhabas, the occasional stoppages, the view of wide barren lands along with great music running at the back, children waving from the roadsides and risky one nights stays in the cheap hotels while watching this weak movie on "Road theme". There is nothing stated above in the entire movie.In fact the director is more interested in his outdoor cinema being arranged from the projector in the truck and its craze among the villagers in his vaguely written movie. Along with that, he also adds the plot of a mystified romance between Abhay and a nomad girl, the tragic end of a good hearted mechanic and a silly sequence about a desert don running a water-mafia. But sadly none of these sub-plots works in the movie. On the contrary each new development on the screen makes the viewer even more confused makes him wondering about what the director actually wants to convey? Especially the sequence about the grand fair in the lonely desert, coming out of nowhere. This particular part is the most confusing one in the entire movie and is also left unexplained by the director just like that. May be he wanted the festival people to make their own creative conclusion about the same. Likewise the director never shows us any sound equipment being installed by anyone before screening the film in the outdoors. May be that was too a festival liberty taken by the director with style.The other major question which came to my mind while watching "Road, Movie" was that why all the western filmmakers are still interested in showing the poverty, villages and rural areas of India in their movies more than anything else. Unfortunately the worldwide success of "Slumdog Millionaire" has contributed a lot in this direction.At the same time, all these talented directors, simply forget the essence & culture of our country while shooting their intimate sexual scenes which seems to be quite funny. Like in "Road, Movie" too, at one end the director shows a nomad girl, who has never watched cinema in her life. Yet in a later sequence he shows the same village girl smooching Abhay Deol in a pure western style and passion. Frankly speaking that was quite funny and amateur kind of direction from the experienced director.Technically the film stands out with its stunning visuals and great cinematography. But it moves at a very lazy pace which forces the viewer to look at his watch repeatedly. The screenplay falls flat and has nothing exceptional in store for the thinking viewer. Musically the film misses any special tracks to enjoy on a long drive (as per its title) and "Pyaasa's - Tel Maalish" song is also not used in any respectable context by the director. Talking about the performances, Abhay Deol fits to the role as a T, but the film would not prove to be another ace up his sleeve. His honest effort gets betrayed by a badly written script. Satish Kaushik is completely lovable. Mohammed Faizal Usmani shines with his witty dialogues and Tannishtha Chatterjee does her job well.In a nutshell, "Road, Movie" is not at all exciting as suggested by its title and eye catching promotional campaign. Its neither a thought provoking artistic venture nor an interesting novel project made on a different theme. Its just a tiring, fruitless journey heading towards no-where.