Watching Raazi movie on Amazon Prime, it is a very exciting movie and a thrill to watch. Alia Bhatt was amazing as Sehmat. She had shown such maturity in her acting that would put many heroines to shame. She has blossomed into an actor not just a pretty face. She carried the whole movie on her nimble shoulders and did justice to the part of Sehmat. The emotional scenes took us on a rollercoster ride with Alia commanding our every sliver of attention. Her innocent face was a plus for no one would suspect a innocent one like her could be a spy, which added to the whole feel of the film. Who ever thought of casting her took a risk, but it paid off cause after watching the movie I couldn't imagine any one who could do the role better.
Coming to the Story, in the disclaimer it is stated that the movie was inspired from the novel "Calling Sehmat". The plot of the story revolves around a 20 year old muslim girl from Kashmir, who is married into a Pakistani army family. Her father was a double agent but was loyal to India and since he has cancer he sends in his daughter to spy in his stead. The essence of the whole movie was patriotism which the fater and daughter proclaim that they adher to. There is no right or wrong side, cause her husband was a gentle and kind mad whom she betrays for the sake of her Nation. He in turn, a true patriot of his Nation was bound to find out her true intensions. At the end she loses everything family, love and a sense of belonging when her own people try to kill her and gains nothing in return except the sense of pride one gets for serving our Country. The climax scene shows a lonely old woman sitting beside a window while a song plays in the background saying that we served the country and now left it in able hands.Only if it was true...The movie makes us think of the sacrifices made by numerous people to secure us our future and the irresponsible way we are flunting this hard earned freedom. We do not find such kind of passion for the Nation which used to be in the hearts of those people back then. Its a pity that we do not think of anything else but ourselves now-a-days. We should never forget the sacrifices of those who fought for us and our country, and movies like Raazi should be made to remind us of that. Great story and good direction. It gave me goosebumps and made me sit on the edge of the seat many times. There was not a boring or dull moment in the whole film.
