Yes watched the movie on youtube. Umm what can one say, obviously meant for an Indian audience and I can see why it was a popular movie, with big stars; songs and dances; action; patriotism; comedy; exuberance of youth....and SRK and Sushmita Sen....have I left anything out? Pop philosophy....and give peace a chance....was that the over all message?

In terms of the deeds of Lt-Colonel Srikant Pirohit and the Samjhota Peace train incident, quite ironical. In terms of Mumbai 26/11, which I assumed was an inside job by the above lot with Israeli/German assistance. (pony tails.....and what they stand for if you know what I mean)....even more ironical is the fact that the present head of the Indian armed forces, is calling for surgical strikes against Pakistan, and certainly not friendship.........so sadly the military men of India are slowly becoming politicians, instead of keeping their views exclusively to themselves on national essentially political matters.

The movie also significantly played for a number of emotions which is standard Hollywood/Bollywood fare using a variety of techniques....and someone raised in the UK like me would find such scenes a little to coincidental and annoying, though such scenes must go down well with our Indian audience, cheering and clapping in group reactions in the local cinema. I at my middle age tend to be more sober about such presentations, and rarely follow the direction the movie wants to take the audience...I am more circumspect about such things. Also on this same theme can you really have an effective movie when you throw in everything, in terms of what the film has to offer as mentioned above...that true art and creativity is not always about throwing everything into a project, "The something for everybody" safe bet prayer, but that you can achieve great art with less, encompassing less, trying for less.

So Ms Farah, what was the message of the movie? For peace between India and Pakistan; I'm certainly for it, as is our hero and the head of the Indian army Kabir Bedi. But couldn't the message have been sold more professionally seeing how important it is for all of us? Why was this important message sold in such a ham fisted way, with improbable scenarios and action? With Muslim actors and Hindu's cross playing their characters. The theme is very original I'll give it that, and surprising given the nature of what Bollywood normally produces about this general area.

The acting was mediocre, and predictable, with too many cliché smart ass lines....really people don't talk like that; well OK maybe for small periods of time..which brings me to the dialogue...switching between Hindi/English...again do the average Indian do that. Do Indians really speak like that, or to put it another way do Indians have to speak like that, to sound interesting engaging and entertaining...of course culture is a relative thing and there is no use comparing Bollywood "style" with Hollywood or European art-house style, they are worlds apart. Ms Khans choreography, of which there was too much in the movie is good if you like that kind of thing, and the songs were OK, but there seemed to be weaknesses in the movie in other respects.

Do Indian elite, British era colleges have prom nights? They were created by the British to manufacture brown sahibs after all. Maybe times have changed. Though we mustn't try too hard to be American hey Ms Khan. So what are we saying Ms Khan that maybe if one has a Pakistani name this might not be a good time to visit India.....in the present situation that might be a good idea.