More than anything else, what Meghna Gulzar’s Talvar does is bring home that horrifying reality — that the life you knew could, in a blink, get flushed down the toilet, like an ‘alleged’ murder weapon maybe, never to be seen again.

Asha Bhosle’s effort in Mai is applause-worthy.

The script could have been more nuanced; some of the casting could have been better; the final product, for want a better word, could have been ‘more finished.’ And these desires only crop up because the film is helmed by the highly capable Raj Kumar Gupta.