Jigra

There's a scene in Jigra that perfectly captures Vasan Bala's sharp narrative style. Satya (Alia Bhatt), seething with anger, sits in a chartered plane en route to Hanshi Dao, a fictional communist country where her beloved brother Ankur (Vedang Raina) faces a death sentence for drug possession. In a snarky act of defiance, she orders everything from the in-flight menu - literally everything - and devours it all while watching one of Amitabh Bachchan's iconic "angry young man" films.

Two key details make the scene darkly humorous. First, the plane belongs to Mr. Mehtani, the wea....