In the right hands, it could have been one of the best films of the year... Shaan’s ‘Arth – The Destination’ collaborates with the United NationsAnyone who has seen the original Mahesh Bhatt 1982 classic knows that it would be unfair to compare this local adaptation to it. One would assume that Shaan’s Arth still has a story and somewhat works – but Shaan loses it somewhere, making it more about him than the two women’s overlapping paths and destination. Shaan’s Arth doesn’t follow the physics of its own created world, leaving the viewer confused as to what he or she must focus on. In the right hands, it could have been one of the best films of the year.

Source: The Express Tribune December 22, 2017 07:58 UTC