First, the idea of three elderly friends taking the desire of another recently deceased friend seriously enough to attempt a hike to the Everest Base Camp for dispersing his ashes, coming from a deeply embedded Bollywood production house, is novel and refreshing.
But that's where the novelty and freshness ends.
The film meanders at a pedestrian pace, pandering to the usual Rajshri maudlin sentiments, leaving one frustrated and thoroughly dissatisfied.
The film suffers from the inclusion of the 3 female characters of Neena Gupta, Sarika, and Nafisa Ali. They are not at all required to move the plot, but work only to drag the script at an excruciating slow pace. The film is almost 3 hours long. If the script had been kept true to the original idea, the film would have been a tight 100 t0 120 minutes long, and a delight to watch.
Even the magnificent Himalayas fail to lift the movie beyond mediocre.
But that's where the novelty and freshness ends.
The film meanders at a pedestrian pace, pandering to the usual Rajshri maudlin sentiments, leaving one frustrated and thoroughly dissatisfied.
The film suffers from the inclusion of the 3 female characters of Neena Gupta, Sarika, and Nafisa Ali. They are not at all required to move the plot, but work only to drag the script at an excruciating slow pace. The film is almost 3 hours long. If the script had been kept true to the original idea, the film would have been a tight 100 t0 120 minutes long, and a delight to watch.
Even the magnificent Himalayas fail to lift the movie beyond mediocre.