At the height of nuclear tensions between India and Pakistan, two friends weigh their options for the future against the reality of life on the streets of Mumbai. Enticed by the promise of wealth and opportunity in the Persian Gulf, one boy is eager to leave his job as a mechanic. But for the other, who must finish college and care for his mother, the decision is not so easy in director Partho Sen-Gupta’s gritty, apocalyptic interpretation of Krishna’s counsel to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita. 2004, India, in Hindi and English with English subtitles, 93 minutes.
