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Cast: Gulzar Chahal, Rizwan Haider, Puneet Issar, Brooke Johnston
Direction: Puneet Issar
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 hours 6 minutes
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Story: Post 9/11. Racial discrimination and hate crimes are rampant in the US. Ranveer Singh ( Gulzar Chahal), a young Sikh settled in India, rushes to America when his family falls prey to one such hate crime. His brother is murdered and his father brutally injured by a bunch of misguided Americans who mistook their turbaned look. Ranveer wages a long battle for justice for the human rights of the Sikhs in the US, even as a Sikh police officer (Puneet Issar) fights for his rights from the LAPD.
Movie Review: Puneet Issar does make a valiant effort to make a meaningful film about the aftermath of 9/11. Sadly, the effort gets bogged down by the hysterical undertones and the preachy nature of the film which ends up essentially as a documentary on Sikhism. The characters keep yelling at each other, the background score is over the top and the dialogues are essentially short treatises on the history of the Sikhs.
Fortunately, there are bits and pieces here and there which keep the drama flowing. The family's attempt to secure justice for the boys has an earnest ring to it. While one brother has been murdered, the other has been arrested and falsely accused for the murder of his own brother. It takes an attractive American lawyer to provide succour to the beleaguered family with her promise to secure the release of the wronged son. And does she deliver? How!
Meant as a ready reckoner on Sikhism, the film should have had a larger appeal. Unfortunately it will find its target audience, mostly in its own community.
Movie Review: Puneet Issar does make a valiant effort to make a meaningful film about the aftermath of 9/11. Sadly, the effort gets bogged down by the hysterical undertones and the preachy nature of the film which ends up essentially as a documentary on Sikhism. The characters keep yelling at each other, the background score is over the top and the dialogues are essentially short treatises on the history of the Sikhs.
Fortunately, there are bits and pieces here and there which keep the drama flowing. The family's attempt to secure justice for the boys has an earnest ring to it. While one brother has been murdered, the other has been arrested and falsely accused for the murder of his own brother. It takes an attractive American lawyer to provide succour to the beleaguered family with her promise to secure the release of the wronged son. And does she deliver? How!
Meant as a ready reckoner on Sikhism, the film should have had a larger appeal. Unfortunately it will find its target audience, mostly in its own community.
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