I finally saw this movie after deciding to see it for a long time but somehow kept on hold. The plot starts interesting and then from a certain point i thought it was too guessable or if it was totally unnecessary at least from my point of view...What i mean here is ...the couple goes on a escapade to celebrate Anushka's Bday and the male character gets into some unnecessary mood that really spoils the purpose of an escapade...but then except for that which is quite guessable and basically that's the when the movie starts actually....Beyond that what happens can really make you scary as the reviewer who has posted it before says as this can happen to you or me too if we get caught up or if we mess up with certain people from certain section in society !!!! Coming to Anushkas acting, she was just mindblowing....never been her fan or anything but after watching this movie...I definitely became her fan !!!!!

When I write about folding, rarely do I mention this sort. There are two threads here, designed to reinforce each other. One thread is a story about a modern Indian woman, someone who might fit into an American movie well enough. In standard noir form, she finds herself in challenging situations. This unrolls expertly. Though the basic story is just the chase of a woman by dangerous men, we get enough new circumstance to engage. The signature scene, the apparent payoff is at the end where she gets some revenge, calmly reflected on. Another thread is intended for the Indian audience and is a bit hard for this American to enter. India is Hindu in the way Israel and Pakistan base their national identity on a religious one. There are many such nations, all with a burden of medieval practice.The dynamic of noir is that the unlikely events occur as if the viewer were in the film, manipulating as if they were gods in the displayed world. Some filmmakers work with this to create dissonance between who we think we are and what we like to experience. In this case, the audience is Hindu. The situation this woman is put in by those Hindus is witness to an honor killing, thereby becoming a victim. A family kills their daughter for falling in love with someone from a different sub caste. The offense is so severe that brutality as extreme as possible is warranted. Local police support this.For me as an American, the noir dynamic is uncomplicated: do I like to see a woman in distress gain control of the thugs around her? For Indians, the noir dynamic is deeper and far more disturbing: This is who you are in some deep way, these rural dangers in designer clothes, these people obsessed with a religious identity that acts, these zealots who anchor your identity.I can see it, but because my story sails on different waters, I am not sunk. For native viewers, the tragedy is that this woman survives.

NH10 is a film staying true to its genre and certainly not for the typical Bollywood audience. Its raw, violent, gripping and showcases the powerhouse Anushka Sharma who probably gives her best performance till date. The story follows a couple Arjun (Neil Bhoopalam) and Meera (Anushka Sharma) who go out on a road trip to celebrate Meera's birthday. Things go horribly wrong when they cross roads with a gang of aggressive men who were torturing another couple for some personal reasons. Arjun is hell bent to interfere with their matter and our reaction is just like Meera's shouting "why Arjun why??" Anyway if he had left them alone we would not have edge-of-seat experience that follows. Things turnout to be even more scary with we get deep insight into the height of corruption and household violence in rural India. And in the end, the film speaks highly of Woman Empowerment with a rather shaky approach. The film starts a bit slow, but I feel it was necessary for character build-up. The patient wait is rewarded with an amazing finale featuring the bad-ass Anushka Sharma unleashed. I would gladly watch the last 10 minutes of the film on repeat and cheer up like a kid. Her every expression be it fear, pain, agony or desperation were spot on. The screenplay is not quite unpredictable but it somehow manages to keep you on your toes with the atmosphere and background score. Many of the character behaviors feel illogical like Arjun showing off his macho- ism trying to face the goons single handed. Also in finale it anyone of those goons could have easily slipped away from the street, a single SUV could not have entirely blocked the road. Anyways ignoring a few loopholes here and there NH10 is still a fine film. It could have a lot more with better screenplay and direction. Overall its a breath of fresh in Bollywood and a satisfying thriller.RATING: [3/5]

First things first, I was a little doubtful of this movie when I was purchasing the tickets because of all the negative reviews I had been hearing on the radio, on TV, and from friends, etc. Turns out, these were the best 100 bucks (yes, 100 bucks; perks of living in Greater Noida) I have spent in a while. The movie was brilliant! A high society couple hailing from a metropolitan of North India head out with nothing but a great weekend on their mind. Little do they know that this adventure road trip of theirs would be met by an incident, pertaining to one of the many social evils that still prevail in the rural parts of India, which would turn their simple journey on National Highway 10 (often abbreviated as NH 10) into a life-altering experience.I was seriously blown away by the acting and direction, which defy most typical Bollywood movie template where the protagonist fights off three dozen gravity-defying goons of the villain but its a neck to neck battle with the antagonist himself, while his lady love (or rather a sidekick with almost no role to play in the movie) dances around needlessly and both survive in the end with a happily-ever-after ending. Obviously, it is seriously not meant for people who love Chennai Express-type movies. If you still decide to give it a shot, expecting even a pinch of romance, believe me you will be disheartened and disappointed with it, just like the couple sitting behind me who walked out of the theater in under 15 minutes. I liked it because it had a beginning, a mid, and an end. And all the three were properly executed, and did not completely defy logics OR physics, as is the case with most action Bollywood movies nowadays. Anushka was outstanding as the main lead, and other characters were pretty believable too. Nothing felt out of the place. And since its kind of a thriller, I really enjoyed the natural and expected behavior from the actors and I must say that in those regards, this movie even pips some Hollywood same-genre movies in which people are shown doing dumb things and act as if they are devoid of any and all common sense when in a life-threatening situation. I must say I was intrigued as well as immersed in the movie, especially in the beginning and in the end. The cast as well as the director were successful in keeping me from getting bored throughout the movie. And so, I hereby declare it a movie which is a bang for your (the no-nonsense and serious movie-goers') buck, and deserves my 9 rating stars.Just a heads up, the movie is rated A, probably because of the one cuss word which is muted out towards the ending. Or maybe its because of violence, which most reviewers here are dubbing as "not- for-the-faint-hearted" *shrugs*. But meh.... No nudity or obscene shots, it is okay to watch it with your family, in my opinion.