Mira Nair has successfully portrayed an ordinary story of a common Pakistani young man with extra ordinary dreams - the American dream. Like her earlier movies, she has focused completely on the protagonists life only, and no other intertwining stories around it.
The movie runs around the pre 9/11 era, where everything was smooth as silk for this young Pakistani strategic consultant and his American dream. Post the 9/11 attack, his world shifts a bit, with additional checks at the airport and few verbal abuses here and there. The point here is that the story has not gone too far to show the extremes of the investigations (like the movie Khuda ke liye or New York).
The movie aims on finding your identity, being proud of it and most importantly, accepting it. It also delivers a message of how every human no matter from USA or Pakistan demands and wishes for love and peace.
A slow paced movie though, where you might have yawns here and there, but an interesting one if you dive deeply into the life of Changez Khan - the protagonist (played by Riz Ahmed). Riz's performance is above average and deserves an ovation. Veterans like Om Puri and Shabhana Azmi look under utilised though, but they execute their characters to the tee.
Overall, a movie well directed which deserves a onetime watch from movie buffs. Watch it in a theatre if you are a hardcore Mira Nair flicks fan, else a Blu-Ray / DVD should serve the purpose.
Score: 2.5/5
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