SummaryRight before her wedding, the daughter (Alia Bhatt) of a major industrialist, is abducted and held for ransom. As the days pass, she begins to develop a strange bond with her kidnapper (Randeep Hooda).
Directed By:Imtiaz Ali
Written By:Imtiaz Ali
Highway
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40
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Feb 20, 2014
60
Tracing a journey of self-discovery through six North Indian states without a formal script, Ali’s actors, like his characters, effectively improvise in a meandering present tense, stripped of any viable destination.
Feb 21, 2014
50
There's a lot to like in Ali's latest, Highway, which is a gorgeously assembled, ambitious piece of work, although it doesn't coalesce into a holistically successful film.
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Feb 23, 2014
10
A scary prospect is that Highway might not make money at the box office. Some will no doubt criticize the film’s silences, long takes and lack of naach gaana. That’ll be a shame because it’s not often that a successful commercial filmmaker has the courage to take a sharp left from the blockbuster formulae and make something that’s different. There is so much to appreciate in Highway and if it can goad other commercial filmmakers to take notice and also dare to try something new, we’ll all be richer for it.
Feb 20, 2014
40
The cinematographer Anil Mehta’s lovely, unfussy images ground the film and show us a good bit of India... Mr. Ali’s story, though, wanders too long and too far, sometimes coming off like a forced mash-up of “It Happened One Night” and “Patty Hearst.”
Feb 20, 2014
40
Ali has a deft hand in creating a fantasy world based on the classical Sita-Ravana model, and gives Bhatt free rein to project herself with unabashed teenage appeal.
Feb 20, 2014
30
The degree to which Highway candies up Veera's slumming toward freedom feels so fundamentally out of touch with the realities of poverty that it skirts into offensiveness.
May 12, 2014
9
It may not be perfect (very few films, if any, are) but this is definitely one of the best films that I've seen in a while and definitely my favorite of the year so far. It has a great story, good music, beautiful cinematography, & incredible acting from the two leads, Alia Bhatt's acting is particularly phenomenal. Please don't miss this resonating and emotionally impact full film. **I know it's still early in the year but I think that this film has awards potential.
Production Company:
- Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment
- Window Seat Films
Release Date:Feb 21, 2014
Duration:2 h 13 m
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Awards
Filmfare Awards
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Stardust Awards, India
• 3 Wins & 6 Nominations
Screen Awards, IN
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
