A motorbike drug-runner and his sister face a storm of trouble in this uneven drama by the feted Iranian director Majid Majidi
Majid Majidi is the Iranian director who established himself most satisfyingly with the 1997 gem Children of Heaven,
a very charming and sweet-natured tale about two children, a brother
and sister. His latest movie is a departure: a slightly misfiring
Hindi-language Bollywood-style melodrama set in the Mumbai underworld,
with a forthright musical soundtrack from veteran composer AR Rahman. It, too, is about a brother and sister, but they are older and more disillusioned.Amir (Ishaan Khattar) is a kid working for a sinister gang boss and
sex-trafficker, couriering drugs around town on his motorbike under
cover of making fast-food deliveries. On one occasion he is chased by
cops and desperately implores his sister Tara (Malavika Mohanan) to hide
him and the wrap of coke he has on him. Akshi (played by the actor and
director Goutam Ghose), an acquaintance of Tara’s at the market where
she works, bundles Amir into a pile of his clothes as the cops come
through. Later, Akshi makes violent sexual demands on Tara in return for
having helped, and she hits out at him. Soon Akshi is in hospital and
Tara is in prison awaiting trial for attempted murder. If Akshi dies
things will go badly for her.
Majid Majidi is the Iranian director who established himself most satisfyingly with the 1997 gem Children of Heaven,
a very charming and sweet-natured tale about two children, a brother
and sister. His latest movie is a departure: a slightly misfiring
Hindi-language Bollywood-style melodrama set in the Mumbai underworld,
with a forthright musical soundtrack from veteran composer AR Rahman. It, too, is about a brother and sister, but they are older and more disillusioned.
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