people always seek better life for themselves and their family, some do it for something they desire but sometimes even doing so becomes so hard people decide take up drastic measures.
A Malayalam Adventure movie about a communist boy Aji Mathew (Dulquer Salmaan) who in his college falls for a junior Sarah Mary Kurian (Karthika Muraleedharan), he is a homeland loving hard core communist while she is a more upbeat NRI type girl. their love for each other blossoms at first sight, but due to some unexpected incidents Sarah is taken back to america here she came from for her marriage that was decided by her family. She calls up Aji and tells him to Come to america for her to convince her parents as she doesn’t want to marry and loves him. this makes Aji try to get to america but unfortunately unable to get visa makes him take a drastic decision to get into america the illegal way. this is the journey that the story is about crossing multiple borders Aji makes it to mexico from here its a long trek to cross the border with him are many fellow humans who yearn for a better life across the border some wanting to visit family or loved ones. Along the way they get ditched by their guide, run into people trying to kill them they survive but start to dwindle in hope and number. they are finally caught but manage to escape Aji makes a run for it and is finally in American. he goes to his contact in america to settle down. its here he gets to know that Sarah never thought a Homeland loving boy like Aji would ever come to america anyway and only called to reassure her position to him, and had accepted the marriage already. This Gives Aji a shock but he realises that the journey to reach was more valuable to him than Sarah now and he is thankful to her for this and leaves to get back to Kerala.
the movies shows the troubles people go though in life and the things people and ready to do for the hope alone for the better life across the border. the struggles people face while they cross such a dangerous path where only their hope drives them.
i wouldn’t recommend this movie honestly not a bad movie but it didnt hit any notes with me, A can see tag and a rating of 5/10.
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