Sharma adds his own achievement to those of his heroine: he's overseen that rare Netflix Original not to feel at least a half-hour too long.

This is one of those films in which you are keenly aware that your buttons are being pushed but it's done so artfully that you relish the experience...

Could the film have been better? Undoubtedly. Women following their dreams against patriarchal odds? Absolutely.

Loving your country is not about screaming from the rooftops, he says, but doing what you do as well as you can. It shouldn't matter if the one doing it is a woman or a man.