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Director Amtoje Mann’s intentions are indeed noble. But sadly, those intentions do not get translated onto celluloid with the same amount of sincerity and sanity. Kaafila’s premise that of the plight of illegal immigration or human trafficking is commendable. Full marks to the director for choosing such a humane subject, one which begs for attention, the world over. Unfortunately, in the hands of Mann, the intent never gets translated onto the cinema screen with the kind of intensity and purity that it rightly should. And that is our loss as well as audiences.

Amotje’s film picks on such a band of immigrants and even manages to weave in a real-life incident, the Malta boat tragedy, to give his film that mark of authenticity. But even that is not enough to rescue the film from the morass that it falls into. It seems that Mann, in his bid, to make the film more audience friendly, inserts romance, songs – all the usual Hindi film masala—and thus dilutes his intent and the impact of the film. That is why Kaafila stutters and spurts and just never takes off. The film raises pertinent questions about patriotism and boundaries. But the answers to these are lost in the general mayhem that prevails.

Kaafila spans continents and countries as the action moves from Delhi to Russia, to Afghanistan and Pakistan before coming back to India again. It tracks the travails and tribulations that this particular band of immigrants face as they try to make their way into England, in a bid to make a better life for themselves and their loved ones. The film has certain commendable moments, but one has to look for them.

The film’s script and screenplay writers could have worked a little harder at making the intent of the film sharper and not dilute it with the usual masala. Especially hard to digest is Sunny Deol and Mann’s romance angle. (Yes, the director too is a part of the Kaafila). Adding to the plight of this band of immigrants is the nexus of agents who dupe millions of innocents with the lure of a better life, only to ditch them half way. This is their first obstacle. Despite that, they persist in pushing ahead and come up against bigger odds in the form of the Russian mafia. The Kaafila then tracks its journey back home.

Sunny Deol plays the saviour of this band of people and it is a role that he has essayed before with considerable ease. He has the persona to carry off that kind of a role. He looks the part of the saviour. But one just wishes for Sunny’s sake that he chooses his films with a little more care. Director Amtoje Mann proves he can act. Pakistani actress Sana too puts in a good effort. Despite being a first-timer her performance is quite controlled unlike the other newcomer Mona Lisa, who only ends up acting coy. Besides her looks, she had nothing else to contribute to the film.

The music by Sukhwinder Singh is average. The cinematography (Nazir Khan) is decent. Some of the shorts of the sweeping landscape are quite stunning. Since the film has been largely shot in Central Asia, Pakistan, East Europe and Russia, the landscape is filled with many different colours and hues, which has been captured well by the camera.

The film is tiresomely long and too filled with unnecessary incidents and characters. It reveals immaturity more than anything else. Kaafila fails to live up to its intent. In its bid to make the film more palatable to the public, the director goes over the top in adding the typical Hindi film masala and that proves to be Kaafila’s undoing. In his bid to add everything, probably not too sure what will work, the director reveals his total lack of confidence in himself and his vision. All in all, a disappointing show.