India, June 11 -- At this point, too many Hindi films look like they were run through the same Instagram filter: so ultra-smooth and polished, it barely resembles the real world. It leaves the film without any personality. The question arises: has Imtiaz Ali succumbed to it too?

Thankfully, not. In fact, Main Vaapas Aaunga serves as a reminder that before anything else, filmmakers need to learn from him how to visualise a film that actually looks like cinema. Shoutout to cinematographer Sylvester Fonseca too.

The story revolves around a 95-year-old Ishar Singh Grewal (Naseeruddin Shah), who suffers a stroke while desperately trying to rush to Sargodha in Pakistan. As his memory begins to fade, his grandson Nirvair (Diljit Dosanjh) retur...