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Road, Movie

  • 20092009
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 35m
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6.8/10
1.7K
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Road, Movie (2009)
Vishnu, a young man driven by wanderlust, escapes his father's faltering hair oil business.    
 
An old truck beckons, which Vishnu sees as his ticket to freedom.  He offers to drive the 
antique Chevy across the desert to the sea, where it has been sold to a local museum.  As he 
sets off across the harsh terrain, he discovers heÂ’s not merely transporting a battered vehicle, 
but an old touring cinema.   
 
Along the way, Vishnu reluctantly picks up a young runaway, a garrulous old entertainer and 
a striking gypsy woman.  Together they roam the barren land, searching for water and an 
elusive fair.  The journey turns dire when they are waylaid by corrupt cops and a notorious 
waterlord.   
 
The key to their freedom is the eccentric collection of films and the two forty-year-old film 
projectors in the back of the truck.  As in 1001 Nights, if the films are good, they live and 
move on.  If the films are boring, they face death in the outback. 
 
The journey proves transformative for each of the travelers, but especially for Vishnu who 
discovers life, love and laughter on the Indian highway.
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A young man's journey across the mythic Indian landscape becomes a life changing odyssey.A young man's journey across the mythic Indian landscape becomes a life changing odyssey.A young man's journey across the mythic Indian landscape becomes a life changing odyssey.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.7K
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    • Dev Benegal
    • Dev Benegal
  • Stars
    • Abhay Deol
    • Satish Kaushik
    • Tannishtha Chatterjee
    • Dev Benegal
    • Dev Benegal
  • Stars
    • Abhay Deol
    • Satish Kaushik
    • Tannishtha Chatterjee
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    • 17Critic reviews
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    Abhay Deol
    Abhay Deol
    • Vishnu
    Satish Kaushik
    Satish Kaushik
    • Om
    Tannishtha Chatterjee
    Tannishtha Chatterjee
    • The Woman
    Mohammed Faizal
    • The Boy
    • (as Mohammed Faizal)
    Yashpal Sharma
    Yashpal Sharma
    • Waterlord
    Veerendra Saxena
    Veerendra Saxena
    • Police Chief
    Amitabh Srivastava
    • Aatma - Father
    Suhita Thatte
    Suhita Thatte
    • Mother
    Roshan Taneja
    • OPJ - Truck Owner
    Shradha Shrivastav
    • Sister
    • (as Shraddha Shrivastava)
    Hardik Mehta
    Hardik Mehta
    • Masseur
    Shabbir Hussain
    • Hair Oil Convention President
    Bharat Vaibhav
    • Head Constable
    Rajinder Grover
    • Waterlord's Driver
    Niraj Kothari
    • Developer
      • Dev Benegal
      • Dev Benegal
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    • Trivia
      Dev Benegal has directed two movies, Road, Movie (2009) and English, August (1994), with commas in the title.
    • Goofs
      When showing the arrival of performers for the fair, the setting sun is first shown about to disappear behind the horizon and a few scenes later it is higher above the horizon.
    • Crazy credits
      Before the end credits, the film acknowledges to have ended by a slide-show of the words "The End" in different fonts, types, colors & even languages.
    • Connections
      Features Thirst (1957)
    • Soundtracks
      Tel Maalish
      Music Produced by Eric V. Hachikian

      Performed by Eric V. Hachikian

    User reviews25

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    8/10
    More like an American indie road trip movie, then anything out of Bollywood.
    A very different Indian film that I'm used to seeing. Small, personal, quirky, funny, and sometimes quite touching, it follows a young man using the excuse of driving his uncle's ancient Chevy truck across the desert as a way to get away from having to continue on with his father's hair oil business.

    Of course, along the way, he gathers friends and enemies, and learns a host of lessons about life, love, poverty and what it means to be a man. While it was fun to see this familiar story in such a different cultural context, it is still a familiar story, at times too familiar.

    There were also moments where the delicate blend of humor and reality didn't quite work - dangerous situations solved too cutely, complex relationships wrapped up in a few moments, important social issues touched on, but not explored.

    Still, this is beautifully photographed, well acted, enjoyable and a very human movie, that also shows the world-wide power of film (on the truck are projectors and old films that serve our hero more than once).

    Not quite a great film, but a charming, well made, and heart-felt one that's well-worth catching.
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    • runamokprods
    • Jul 18, 2012

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    • Release date
      • May 5, 2010 (United States)
      • India
      • United States
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      • Hindi
      • English
      • Rajasthani
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      • August Entertainment
      • Indian Film Company
      • Studio 18
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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