Bollywood Meets Suspense

WOW!

I just finished watching the 2008 hit Aamir, directed by Raj Kumar Gupta and starring Rajeev Khandelwal -- and all I can say is WOW!! Thus far I have experienced Lagaan, Dil Chahta Hai and Slumdog Millionaire -- all of which are phenominal in their own rights but somewhat similar in the way they approach the drama with still a fun, light hearted, and eventually happy manner. Aamir is simply on a whole new level -- a new dimension of Bollywood I have never experienced. And I like it...A LOT!


I will post more on the film later (once I have gathered my thoughts)


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Here is a plot summary:

THIS POST WILL INVOLVE SPOILERS...

"Everyone is a normal human being
until they do something abnormal or inhuman"

Director Raj Kumar Gupta's 2008 hit, Aamir, tells the story of Aamir (played by Rajeev Khandelwal) an Indian man returning home after studying medicine in England for 3 years. The film opens at the airport where Aamir is having difficulty getting through customs. He continually tells the airport worker that he is just an ordinary man -- a doctor. The airport worker then says something simple yet profound (quoted above). Shortly after, Aamir is let into the country, and the action begins causing the viewer to temporarily forget about this small interaction. Aamir walks out of the airport expecting to meet his family, but he is instead thrown a cellphone and learns that his family has been kidnapped, and he must do exactly what the man on the phone says or they will surely die. Aamir reluctantly begins a confusing and stressful adventure all over Mumbai. Throughout the movie, the man on the other end of the phone (who you never learn the identity of) keeps telling Aamir that he has been blind to the suffering of his people (referring to Muslims), which doesn't make any sense until the end. Aamir is in possesion of a vibrant red suitcase full of money, which he must deliver to a man for his family to live. Easy enough. But of course it is stolen. Aamir (through the help of a crazy prostitute) gets the suitcase back and doesn't think twice about it assuming the thieves never opened it. Once he is on the bus to deliver the suitcase, he is told to put the suitcase under his seat and get off the bus. It is a bomb. The airport worker's quote at the beginning of the movie comes roaring back with a whole new meaning now. This ordinary man who was forced into unfortunate circumstances is now considered a terrorist. The film reaches a moral peak -- does he save his family or does he save the people on the bus??