Contemporary Hindi cinema is, without doubt, a brave new world where actors replace stars, the story (with a capital S) stands tall, and nuances speak louder than action.
From the house of the Bhatts comes a film in this genre, aspiring to do justice to the legacy of realistic social cinema, telling the story of the fall. No, not Adam and Eve, not this one (this one has Rajkummar Rao, not Emraan Hashmi). CityLights is the oft-told-but-never-goes-stale tale of a rural migrant, a good man, and his inescapable decline in the city of Mumbai.
Hansal Mehta's CityLight....