The film may not be interested in nuance but what stays with us are the flashes of genuine pain we see in the person of Pushkar Nath...

This controversial drama has been effective in stoking nationalist sentiment and communal divisions in India.

This is less of an education and more of a defensive political statement and living-room debate parading as a movie.

This is not to diminish the need for justice, or for the right story to be told, but rather that in these wars – whether physical, internal, or narrative – it’s essential that the raw humanity of such tragedies is not obscured...