NH10
2015 · Directed by Navdeep Singh
Original language: Hindi
- crime
- thriller
The story
Meera and Arjun are professionals living in Gurgaon. On their way to a luxurious desert holiday they stop on a Highway dhaba for dinner, where they witness a young girl being picked up by a bunch of hoodlums. Arjun chooses to step in, unmindful of the danger ahead.
What it’s like
Harsh daylight and dusty, sun-bleached highway tones give way to a grimy, low-lit dread once night falls, with the camera staying tight on faces and cramped vehicles so every glance feels exposed. The sound is mostly engine drone, wind across empty fields, and sudden silences broken by a sharp, jolting score that makes each turn feel like a threat. The pacing is taut and relentless, with long stretches of quiet tension that snap into brief, brutal violence and some gory, hard-hitting fights and killings; it is not gentle and the menace lands physically. Emotionally it tracks a city couple, once comfortable and certain, forced into a rural landscape where privilege means nothing and fear quickly strips away their sense of safety, shifting from fear to fierce resolve. Best suited to a late-night, lights-off watch by people who want a grounded, unflinching thriller about class, violence and survival on the open road, not something soothing.
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