Queen is a bold, beautiful and an inspirational coming of age film. It's journey of a timid, self-conscious small town girl to self- discovery in a magical, mystical and even weird world. Kangana, like Alice in Wonderland sets out from a familiar setting to an enchanting world. Kangana rejected by her fiancé runs away from the sadness of her family to a solo Honeymoon. An unusual story line handled by Vikas Bahl with a lot of conviction, art and much restrain. The art in directing a coming of age movie is how to show to transformation of the protagonist. Vikas Bahl chose to understate it in a slow manner giving much room to the audience to interpret the story. The film is a road movie traveling from Delhi to Paris and Amsterdam and returns to Delhi. Kangana's transformation is subtle and heart-warming.

Delhi: Rani is a sweet, obedient middle class girl, destined to become a housewife. She is preparing herself for that life. She studies Home Science, a mundane subject. But later in her journey, this mundane subject rescues her from a difficult situation. Her fiancé Vijay, played by Rajkummar Rao, cancels the wedding at the last moment. He has done justice to his role but kudos to him for coming out in support of Kangana.

Paris: The plane taking off. She is going to find her wings. Rani visits a nightclub. It's her first taste of freedom. She dances to a Hindi song. She removes her sweater as if removing her protective family shell. The Hindi song in Delhi would have meant nothing much to her. Here, in Paris, it liberates her. A little high on wine, she comes out and dances in front of the cab driver who is busy texting. One layer of inhibition shed. I loved her gig. A fantastic performance. Later, she gets drunk and narrates her story to Vijay Lakshmi. She tells who was she and what happened to her. She cries, she laughs and she dances and she begins to see a new world. She could be a part of that new world. In one scene, Vijay Lakshmi takes off her bra. It was a symbolic honeymoon and also prepares the audience for what to expect in Amsterdam. Rani is ready for more.

Amsterdam: Sharing a room with men. Earlier in the film, Rani's grandmother said she found her husband while sharing a tent at the refugee camp. The hostel room worked very much like a 'refugee camp'- people finding shelter from their own sadness, anger and disappointment in life. Before leaving Amsterdam,all four friends leave a part of their soul, search and pain in that room. Rani leaving her wedding card was a clue to the climax.

Oleksander (sikandar) says he is angry with rampant drillings for oils and expresses his anger in his paintings. She says "I want to do something." He asks her "what is stopping you?" Later he talks about Kaka as how lost his parents in Tsunami. Oleksander says, "He has us." Rani becomes a part of 'us' and hugs Kaka. She shows love and care to one hurting person. She could do at least that much as a person to person. It releases Kaka from his pain and he leaves his parents picture on the wall.

Marcello (the restaurant owner) character is what script writing textbook call 'a divine intervention' to help the protagonist achieve his/her goal. He appears out of nowhere, plays a mentor and assists her, challenges her to come out of her comfort zone.

Rani passes the test successfully and realizes that she didn't need a safe place just to exist. She needed to live a life. She finds life and herself too. In the very next scene, she meets with Vijay, her fiancé and she sides with her friend asking Vijay to meet him the next day. He was no more important to her, another clue as what would happen at the climax.

She meets her friends at the Rock Concert for the last time. They dance, hug and say goodbyes. She is there alone but that was totally opposite of how alone she was in the beginning of the movie or on the plane. She continues to dance as to celebrate herself, her new self. The best scene of the movie. The transformation was complete and all she needed was to introduce herself to the world.

Delhi: She returns to Delhi with her new life offering her two choices, either to live like Vijay Lakshmi who is free spirit but rootless. Brilliantly played by Lisa Haydon. Or get married and live a life like her mother-in-law, deeply rooted in culture, tradition and mundane routine. She decides to live her own life, develop her own roots and fly on her new found wings. Climax. Rani hugs Vijay in gratitude without any anger for being rejected. His rejection helped her find herself, and see the world and make a sense of it like Alice in Wonderland. Rani on the outside remains the same but on the inside she is a new person. It's out and out Kangana's film. She is brilliant so is Lisa Haydon. She is a perfect contrast to Rani. Hangama Ho Gaya was an excellent choice to end the movie.