~~~~Highway reviews ~~~~~ - Page 33

Originally posted by: poppy2009

Correct me if someone has mentioned this;

The scene where Veera and Mahabir are in Spiti and she is staring at the mountains and strikes a conversation with him on mountains, whimsically wondering how it would feel to actually go upto them...and Mahabir, pauses for a moment (that is his character...he thinks before reacting unlike Veera who reacts and then ponders on what she has done or said) simply says, 'Chal'! Veera's look of joy and amusement on the fact that he is actually taking her there and Mahabir's saradonic response to her enthusiasm!😆

I thought it was one of the sweetest scenes in the movie...so typically Veera and Mahabir...she makes a childish demand and he agrees without questioning. Nothing romantic...yet so profound and poignant. A beautiful way of showing the characters progression in the story and how they have come to understand and trust each other.

It would be a tragedy if the film doesn't make money...Immy would go back to making candy floss romance instead of films that he is actually capable of making!

PS: Some of Alia's best moments in the film are when she is shown all by herself...staring vacantly at the space ahead...her face was like a Canvas with a myraid variety of colors filling it! What a discovery Imtiaz has made with Highway...I don't think it would even have passed Karan Johar's mind that his favorite protegee actually had it in her to enact such a role.

Originally posted by: UsernameLoading

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Did you notice the credits for a body language coach at the end..pehli baar I've seen such a credit..the slouch..the way he took the shawl over his head..the way he slept while he was sitting..it's all bloody perfect

Originally posted by: hardyboy09

also Randeep had dirt under his nails. He was in the skin of his character from head to toe.😆

Originally posted by: Star_girl

Apparently, Randeep suggested that he should wear a scar to bring out the contrast between Veera and Mahabir more.

Imtiaz completely put his foot down at the mention of any kind of scarring. 😆

Originally posted by: Hiral_Halwa

Just wondering, when Mahabir said he has killed three people - 2 seem to be clear, however, the third person - could that actually be his mom? even though he did mention that his ammaa is in gaon...what if that was a cover up to answer veera...? what if he actually killed his mother, to free her from the emotional and physical torture?

or was he talking abt himself as the third person who died?🤓

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ahh the closing shot is just not leaving me as yet...😳

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Me loves rockstar music more than highway as a standalone album..but the placement of songs of highway in the movie and the overall effect left by the songs in the movie and the movie on the songs - is way way way way better than rockstar⭐️

Originally posted by: Star_girl

^^ He did not say murder charges though, did he?

He said, "teen khoon kiye hain maine..".

Maybe he actually did kill his mother and that was why his mommy issues were so obvious. Perhaps he wanted to free his mother from the world. And he wants to convince himself that his mother lives. That was why he did not say it out loud. Because as long as he does not say it, it's not true.

He wanted to protect his mother from the world, the same way he was furious when Adoo tries to molest Veera. In his mind, Veera and his mother became interchangeable.

Damn you Imtiaz Ali. 😡 What have you done to me?

Originally posted by: Star_girl

Yes, that.

I also don't think he killed his mother. I was just trying to speculate a bit. 😆

This movie screws with your head or what?

Anyway, perhaps his mother was molested by more than one man.Because he explicitly gestures to a collective whole.Not one particular "bade Saab".So, that may also add to the body count.

I also don't mind if he killed his mother.

I understand why he would have done it. But that is not likely, given the fact that he is the protective kind. In his mind, I feel, he convinced himself that he was to blame for his mother's spiritual death, because he could not do anything. The famous, "Onnay je kore aar onnay je sohe.." from Tagore.

I have a feeling that he may also gesture to the spiritual death of his mother. Perhaps, his mother is just alive, but does not really live. That happens to rape victims. He feels that he has contributed to that symbolic death. And it came out of him in anger- he knows that his mother is as good as dead. Yes, he will not speak of his own death, but maybe he is talking about his mother's symbolic death. And as Alia says at the end, " Main jaa chuki ho.." He also knows that his mother has left.

Originally posted by: YusBee

And the painting on the truck- That of a lion chasing a deer. It was symbolic I feel.