The controversial film Udta Punjab is running to full capacity at multiplexes and single screen theatres in the city and all the shows are booked for the weekend. Movie buffs lined up to catch the first day first show of the film directed by Abhishek Chaubey.
“We have almost 85 per cent advance booking till Sunday, especially for the evening shows,” said manager, PVR Elante Mall, Chander Mohan.
Not because it is a perfect film. It has flaws. But this is the kind of film that has something to say, and it says it with both flair and conviction.
Flying is both a metaphor and reality of drugs. Anyone who’s done a line, or snorted some stuff, or shot up, knows what it feels like — you are untethered, you are afloat. It’s another matter that you come down with a thud, and it feels so awful that you are shooting up again, and that’s your vicious cycle.