IMTIAZ ALI
Highway. A movie that is way different than all the other Bollywood movies I obsess over. This movie is a lot bolder than just disregarding class barriers between the two lead characters to construct romance, it the realisation and fight with their inner demons that relates the audience with the characters. As the movie is about a girl that is abducted, one might imagine that to be the real issue but instead she felt safer and happier with her abductor which opened a lot of people's eyes about the problem of society and how even in their own homes, one might not feel safe. It covered a lot of social problems that is needed to be heard and spoken about more often, especially in a country like India where people choose to not talk about it. This movie did exactly that.
Noticing his other movies, whether it is Rockstar or even a comedy film like Jab we met, they all fight the common issue of social pressure. These movies show reality instead of a dream world where real life problems do not exist.
Imtiaz Ali loves to travel and you can see that in his movies. Any director that can portray what makes them happy into their movies well can also share their love for it through that.
'the story of highway is completely about travel. it is about the fascination of travel to an extent that I don't even want to reach the destination'
Mostly his opening sequence's start with the road or anything that is related to travel.
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