Director: Omung Kumar

Writers: Utkarshini Vashishtha, Rajesh Beri

Stars: Randeep Hooda, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Richa Chadha

Strength:  Story

Weakness: Soundtrack

Runtime: 131 mins

Rating: 3.5/5

Plot: A farmer residing near the Indo-Pak border was mistaken as an Indian spy and sentenced to unfair punishment and now his life hangs in the balance as his sister tries to free him.

Review: The movie is a biopic of Sarbjit Singh, an Indian man living in Punjab who was imprisoned wrongly by a patrol in a Pakistani jail for more than 20 years. Sarbjit was punished unjustly and cruelly till he was compelled to a false confession.

The film does a good job at appealing to the emotion of the viewers. A human being forced to undergo tremendous physical and mental suffering and used as a political hostage between the conflicting India and Pakistan is devastating to watch. The turmoil Sarbjit's family has to go through is brutal and really captures the viewers' sentiments. 

Randeep's depiction of Sarbjit is the most important reason to watch this film. He has successfully showed his calibre in portraying anguish and pain; the dirty hair and gnarled hands inside a dark putrid cell is enough to make the viewers feel for him. Aishwarya Rai's portrayal of Dalbir is somewhat farfetched and slips off a couple of times while attempting at the rural Punjabi accent. Perhaps by toning-down her lines, she could have conveyed her pain more eloquently. 

Overall, the movie has wonderfully expressed its true nature which is all about the injustice that some face, due to political farce and is a great watch for biopic enthusiasts.

By Syed Ahnaf Sadeed