Question about the movie Highway?

Do you think Mahabir's mother was still alive?

I have seen it but I didn't understand this except for the Toffe/ Chocolate part...It was like a 2 hours ad for Kashmir tourism.

Easily Imtiaz's worst movie!!

Yes and no..

I don't think you can fully put into any category Mahabir and Veera's relationship.

Originally posted by: VivaEmptiness

Do you think Mahabir's mother was still alive?

Originally posted by: Dhin-Chak

Yes and no..

Breaking the stereotype Veera found Mahaveer to b this pure at heart guy evn though he is shown to b this this gunda mawali..compared to her fake shallow well dressed/spoken sheherwalas..so mostly its platonic..as thy both feel.a certain connect and sympathy for.each other

But bits like where she flirts wid Mahaveer..then tht bit where Mahaveer saves her from the goon who tries to touch her and then tells her to dress up proprrly..also the bit where she wees and he turns his face to the other side and afterwards when she walks latak matak ke😆 Mahaveer looking away hints a not so platonic relationship...and also don thy almost live 2gather in a house and Mahaveer asks her toh kya bachche palegi.mere...

I personally thought it ws a bit weird and wish thy put some1 more younger in Randeeps bcs if u look at the telly soap made my Imtiaz as well..the guy and the girl.look same age and thy hv chemistry..

Originally posted by: CeaselessBanter

I don't think you can fully put into any category Mahabir and Veera's relationship.

He kidnaps her, wants to sell her, yet he looks out for her. She mothers him and sings the lullaby his mother sings to him and obviously likes, trusts and is free to be totally herself with him, her kidnapper which she has never had before. All this in the background of Stockhome syndrome. But who has it ? Veera yes, but could Mahabir have it too ?

What is clear is there is a connection despite their background. They give each other comfort, empathy, affection, protection, acceptance. All these are qualities in a romantic relationship. These can also be qualities in a parent child and friends. Their relationship is complex, evolving and in the end his death sets Alia free. That is the tragedy to me. If Mahabir had been alive could they have had a romantic relationship ? Possibly IMO.

As for his mother being alive, doesn't Veera ask Mahabir to go look for her ? The reality though is she could have died.

Alia's character had this incident that bothered her..the molestation or rape that a family friend did to her when she was little..basically this whole kidnapping thing helped her deal with this and have the courage to defend herself to the man who did this to her..

the movie had confusing parts..there were parts where I thought Alia was pretending to like Randeep as it happened suddenly..the transition of being scared to being in love was sudden...

but I have to say, while watching Randeep and Alia go to that small house in the mountains, all I could think was, "DONT SLEEP WITH HIM, ALIA!" 😆

Mother was dead.. but his roots were still there.

I confess. I found the movie so boring I just couldn't keep up with the story. I don't even know what happened in the middle parts. I only concentrated the starting and the ending.