Neerja

So the "Based on True Incidents" mainstream genre appears like it is here to stay.

We aren't talking about biopics – we have too many of those, often poorly made – or Ram Gopal Verma's gory sensationalist assignments, or even the offbeat films which, while being well-made, are not necessarily embraced by the larger public (Talwar, for instance, wasn't watched all that much despite rave reviews). We are talking about a different kind of film which sources its material from a true incident, dramatises it with fine skill (maybe with some salt and pepper thrown in), and, importa....