A bit shallow?


Don't take this the wrong way, I really liked the movie but towards the end I was expecting a little more than Rohan just running away from home. I get the idea of him wanting to chase his dream and the father was wrong on many levels, but I thought Rohan was being kind of ignorant thinking he knew the meaning of love at age 17 better than his father, who had obviously been through much more than he has. Also taking his little brother with him without any means to or knowledge of taking care of him wasn't the ideal ending I was hoping for.

I think many boys around that age ''rebel'' against their fathers, thinking they know everything better, but I also know that with age and maturity you will come to understand your father better and see him more as a human being, at least that's what happened to me. In my opinion the movie portrayed the father to much as a heartless villain when I knew there was an emotional side to him (I actually felt really sorry for him when he had to leave his meeting to pick up his son at school) and I was really hoping for a conclusion in which this emotional side was shown and Rohan gained a better understanding of his father, eventually bringing them closer together.

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Actually, if you see it in Indian context, not too many boys rebel against their fathers. Ofcourse , with age and maturity you can understand a person better but considering the violence the father inflicted on Rohan and his brother (belting a 5year old) was enough to convince me that Rohan understood him to a good extent.
Also, about the emotional side to the father, the director showed it to some extent and also you could see Rohan acknowledging this in few scenes. They were starting to getting close but the foul actions of the father on the child drove Rohan away.
I would suggest you to watch more hindi movies to understand Indian culture and thus Indian cinema better.

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I can totally relate to this,hope you set things right with your father

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