Alia Bhatt in "Highway"

ALIA BHAT

Randeep Hooda as a Trucker

Randeep Hooda(Mahavir Bhatti)  is good in his rustic trucker’s mannerism and an almost perfect dialect. Hailing from Haryana undoubtedly helped Randeep Hooda achieve authenticity. But, why I say “almost” is because, “I have spent substantial amount of time with people hailing from that belt and can easily distinguish the variations”.

  Mahavir’s want to amend his sinful past and start a new life is quite palpable in his dialogue when Veera(Alia Bhat) asks him“ek goli mein aadmi khatam ho jaata hai na?”  and he replies, “Do aadmi! Jai pe chale, aur jo chalaawe”!

(Veera: Does a man die with one bullet? 
Mahaveer:Two persons, one who is shot, and the one who shoots!)

"She almost made my eyes wet with her performance in the scene"

Aliua Bhat's groovy moves

In the end scene, when Mahavir Bhatti realizes he has gone too far with his crimes and there is no turning back, he is quite intense.

Though, there is a hint of Marco Brambilla’s Hollywood movie “Excess Baggage” (1997) starring Alicia Silverstone and Benicio Del Toro in the plot, but, the end is remarkably different. The child abuse angle does feel like a foreign object in the film but, Imtiaz Ali manages to pull it off convincingly.

The star of the movie is indeed Alia Bhat. Imtiaz Ali gave layers to her character and also managed to time its reveal perfectly, but, how plausibly Alia Bhat unwraps it is sheer beauty. She first comes across as an impulsive and fun loving girl in the film. Post her kidnap; she is just a fragile, withdrawn and helpless creature.

The transition where Alia triumphs over her fear of her captor (Randeep Hooda) is lyrical. In the end, she is bold, fearless and rebellious and manages to liberate herself from all her inhibitions and culminates it by confronting her abuser. She almost made my eyes wet with her performance in the scene where she confronts him (uncle).

She provides authenticity to the entire plot and its sub plots. Her child like candour provides that much needed credibility to the story as a whole. Alia Bhat is indeed a fine actress! 

Her groovy dance moves on techno track “Wanna mash up” is breathe taking, in a non-sexual way of course! Alia Bhat is raw and can be moulded according to her character and is unquestionably a director’s delight.
I bet, Alia Bhat is going to be one of the finest actors in coming years.

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Alia Bhatt: Hot ‘n’ Happening

 

She is barely out of her teens, but, "Alia Bhatt" has all the traits of a major league star! Born with a silver spoon, she is daughter of Film make Mahesh Bhatt and half sister of Actor, Director Pooja Bhatt.

Alia Bhatt has a knack for Designer clothes and Bags. Well, she is rich and she doesn’t mind to flaunt!

Alia Bhat in Hot Avatar

Cute Alia Bhatt

She is young, talented and possesses an unimpeachable beauty! She is hot and quite aware of it. All in all she is quite a head turner.

She marked her presence with her debut movie “Student of the year” (2012) which she shared with Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra ( also debutants). The film reviews were mostly positive and “Student of the year was a commercial success. 
She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for best female debut in 2012 and won Favorite Debut (Female) Lions Gold Awards in 2013.

Alia has already bagged quite a few projects and her kitty is full. She has finished Imtiaz Ali’s movie “Highway” with Randeep Hooda and is shooting for Karan Johar’s “ 2 States”­.

She has had her share of controversies and link ups. She was rumored to be dating her “Student of the year” co star Varun Dhawan, but, she denied the link up and handled them quite aptly.

Alia Bhatt

Alia Posing on a Ramp

She has replaced Priyanka Chopra in ad campaigns for Garnier!

Her screen presence is magical and she brings a certain kind of liveliness to the screen which is innocent and fresh! 
So far, every thing has worked well for her. But, she must make a conscious effort to not add to the pre existing pile of stereotype films.

We wish her all the very best for her upcoming projects and career!

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“Highway” is slated to release on 21^st February 2014

 

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