Just watched this very interesting and well produced movie but still it disappointed me to a certain extent. Here's a short comment on the movie.
I started watching this movie very late at night and regretted my decision of watching it because I knew I had to leave it in the middle and watch the rest of it the next day. I couldn't wait to finish it as the story around the subject, film making and acting, everything is superb. The subject is great and has been tackled skilfully. The only problem with the movie is it's research about Pakistani culture.
- We don't have vegetable markets like it was shown in the movie. The markets here are very different.
- Word "videsh" is a Hindi word and it's not used in Urdu.
- In Punjab, pani puri is called gol gappay. Nobody serves gol gappas in a cup wrapped in aluminium foil. It's served in a clay pot.
- We don't use "thaali" made of steel for our food. People use ceramic or plastic plates and bowls.
- The bus that they were traveling in Pakistan, I've only seen that bus in this movie.
Plus there are many such things which, honestly, can be easily ignored but again honestly, such things do make a difference. There's a difference between good job and extraordinary job... when the whole team is working so hard to present something great to the audience, then these apparently small issues do bother. You can produce an extraordinary movie when you have not overlooked such stuff.
Anyway, overall I loved the movie hence my disappointment that it lacked proper research. I would like to mention that the ending was great!
