Sandip Roy

Aligarh

2016 · ScoopWhoop · Feb 2016

It is to Hansal Mehta and writer-editor Apurva Asrani's credit that they resist the urge to mold him into a more recognizable filmi hero that we can root for. That restraint gives Aligarh its most memorable tender moments. As Siras says poetry is not in the words, it's hidden behind the words, in silences, in pauses. The film lives up to that.