Sometimes small films do say a lot of things. Aamir comes under the same umbrella which is completely close to our real lives. It’s a plain simple story of a man romancing his life.

Set in the contemporary time, Aamir is a story of Aamir Ali (Rajiv Khandelwal) who is back to Mumbai after studying medicine in London . Very little did he know that he was being awaited by someone whom he never knew? Strange things follow and a guy throws a mobile at him which only has incoming calls and no outgoing calls. He is forced to follow the instructions given by the caller. He tries to questions the caller about all this but in turn gets a mere disconnection. Finally, in desperation he tries to leave all this mess and get back home but it was too late as his family was already kidnapped by undisclosed people.

In helpless situation, Aamir has no option rather than to follow the instructions. The caller directs the protagonist as a puppet. Everything was watched by the caller’s informers. He is dragged all around the city and to the filthiest places in the city without any physical force. He is told to note some numbers, addresses from a caller from Karachi , follow up the task, transfer a red suitcase to a junction.

What happens next? Will he do anything different from what the caller told him? Will he get his family back? What was the main motto behind all this?

The movie will answer all your queries.

First timer, Raj Kumar Gupta executes the film with brilliant creativity and thrilling screenplay. The movie never gets lost right from the airport scene to the last bus scene. Gupta implements technical aspects of the film in the same way as he did in Black Friday (He was the assistant director of that film). He shows the city not as a dream city but just the way it looks. The broken restaurant board, the chawls, squalid washrooms, misspelled “Reserved” text as “Risarwad” in the hotel.

Cinematography by Alphonso Roy is brilliant and unobtrusive. Editing by Aarti Bajaj handily leads the technical side of the film. The paused blackouts, scene-to-scene transition, well-timed cuts, everything is crafted neatly. Wasiq Khan’s art work was intelligent and impressive. Background score kept the dark mood of the film going.

A film only succeeds if the movie has the ability to engross the audience and Aamir does it with ease leaving no time to think with its brisk narration. It takes you to the verge of your seats where you start feeling the stress and emotions of the protagonist and makes you think about your reaction if you were stuck in such a situation.

Some films are publicized like there is nothing much left to publicize but at the end they fail miserably. And some stay with us forever but they never make profits or get noticed by many. All credits to the producers for not publicizing this gem of a kind.

On the whole, Aamir is a rarely made film with outstanding effort by newcomers. This is not for those who love stereotypic drama. But for those who want to get relived from main stream films. This film will surely mark the launch of Rajeev Khandelwal to the bollywood, and Raj Kumar Gupta into the league of creative directors. Guaranteed value for money!