Neha Jain

*Spoliers Alert* Hamid shows multiple facets of emotion of loss. A resident of Kashmir, Rehmat Ali goes missing one night, leaving behind his wife, Ishrat and their child of seven- Hamid. On one hand Ishrat focuses just on her missing husband to the point of almost ignoring Hamid. Her agony is palpable. You want to blame her for not being there for Hamid, but you can see she is in such misery that she just can't. Hamid on the other hand has grown responsible in his father's absence, but his innocence is intact. He believes when he hears that his father is with Allah, not knowing it to be an euphemism for death. When he finds a mobile phone in his father's belongings and learns that 786 is Allah's number, he somehow tries to contact Allah to ask for his father's return. He makes up a mobile number which apparently belongs to a soldier posted in the valley. The adult- child conversation that ensues gives us a sneak- peak into the brutal truths of Kashmir. It is from both the perspectives that you assess the same situation. The simplicity and innocence of Hamid- as a movie and as a character are heart- warming. However, the Soldier's part was given an abrupt end. Would have loved to see their bond grow deeper, an indication to which was given with the red paint in the end. Overall a very clean, heart touching movie. All the actors have done a fantastic job, making you live this story with them.

* Spolier Alert* We chose to go to Kabir Singh because just a day before, I and my husband saw Udta Punjab. Impressed with Shahid's performance in it and gathering Kabir Singh to be Masala movie from trailer, we booked our tickets. And we enjoyed the movie in our own way. We laughed our way through most of the scenes thanks to my husband's witty comments on the lame dialogues/ characters. Kabir (Shahid) is shown as a my way or highway kind of guy with anger management issues. Enter Preeti (Kiara), a mute (oh she did get a few dialogues) and pathetically dependent girl (she doesn't even get to decide who she wants to be friends with). So, obviously they are a match made in heaven. Add some so called caste problems as per Kabir, which were more like Rich spoilt kid kind of problems from girl's family side. Girl get married to someone else. Hero goes in depression, does everything he can to ruin his life (but you really can't connect with his emotions), a friend keeps saving him and Voila! a day arrives when hero comes to his senses that he still loves and wants his pregnant married girlfriend in his life. Just to discover that she is not married any more and is infact carrying his child. And she will have him back too. Wow, such happy ending... If you have a witty/ sarcastic friend, or you are one yourself, do watch this movie for the sheer fun of the innate jokes this movie will be able to pull out of you.