In Highway’s lovestory, the Stockholm Syndrome in the background muddies the waters. And you feel for the poor distraught lovers. The romance portrayed in his films might be the kinds that upsets the gharwalas/society/what have you – but it is believable. Generally with Imtiaz Ali’s films, I have never found believability a problem. Although I felt for both of them – Ali portrays their stories and circumstances movingly, I couldn’t get behind the whole romance angle. Ali spins it as two kindred souls finding each other – special emphasis on the “kindred”. Well, expectedly, Veera and Mahavir grow closer into what appears to be love. Ali promises us hatke love stories with each film, but I found it hard to imagine how he would squeeze one here given the rather dire circumstances. As the journey progresses, Veera’s perspective changes – she finds some measure of freedom in her captivity.įrom the trailer I had surmised that the film is based on Stockholm Syndrome, a condition afflicting kidnapped victims where they begin to view their captors kindly, even falling in love with them.
Angry and rebellious, Veera tries to escape, but finds herself stranded in the middle of the desert. When that is deemed unsafe, they move her onto a truck where she lies bound and tied in the back as the uncouth gang-leader Mahavir Bhatti (Hooda) takes the wheel. Unceremoniously bound and gagged, she is transported by masked gangsters to a safe-house.
Highway is about Veera Tripathi (Bhatt), coddled rich girl, who is almost accidentally kidnapped while out on a joyride with her fiancé.
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