This is a well-crafted docudrama, and the performances are mostly excellent, especially Emraan Hashmi as Ayan. I've never been to Pakistan, so I don't know how accurately the hospital setting was portrayed, but it certainly looked and sounded convincing. The filmmaker added a meta framing device, showing a team of documentarians trying to figure out how to tell this story without coming up against legal trouble. Although the meta thing is often done, in my opinion, this information added an extra dimension to the story that was valuable. I had no idea it could be so difficult to take on a multinational corporation, despite solid evidence that proves what is going on. It also showed how many people are necessary to bring out a story like this. It took a very dedicated whistleblower, medical personnel, NGO workers, journalists from more than one country, producers, lawyers... It's shocking how much power these big corporations have, to stop even the truth.
Ayan valiantly--and unusually--risked his own family and livelihood to change what was happening. In this he was strongly aided by his parents and wife--if they had not agreed to support him, and suffer their own privations as a result of his attempts to seek justice, he could not have done it. (SPOILER AHEAD) And yet, despite the efforts of all these courageous people, the wrongdoing continues. The real-life couple the characters of Ayan and Zainab are based on (I believe their real names are different) appeared at the film festival screening I attended, and they are still struggling to get the word out. The film has not yet been shown in Pakistan. (Gratuitous observation: the real-life wife is just as pretty as Geetanjali!)
An interesting side note for documentary fans: Maryam d'Abo, who played Maggi (the blond NGO worker), wrote and produced a very interesting documentary on Bond Girls that is featured on some James Bond DVDs.
Ayan valiantly--and unusually--risked his own family and livelihood to change what was happening. In this he was strongly aided by his parents and wife--if they had not agreed to support him, and suffer their own privations as a result of his attempts to seek justice, he could not have done it. (SPOILER AHEAD) And yet, despite the efforts of all these courageous people, the wrongdoing continues. The real-life couple the characters of Ayan and Zainab are based on (I believe their real names are different) appeared at the film festival screening I attended, and they are still struggling to get the word out. The film has not yet been shown in Pakistan. (Gratuitous observation: the real-life wife is just as pretty as Geetanjali!)
An interesting side note for documentary fans: Maryam d'Abo, who played Maggi (the blond NGO worker), wrote and produced a very interesting documentary on Bond Girls that is featured on some James Bond DVDs.