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KHOYA (Canada/India 2016) ***
Directed by Sami Khan
Stars: Rupak Ginn, Ravi Khanvilkar, Stephen McHattie
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Review by Gilbert Seah
Sami Khan’s first feature is an occasionally impressive piece about a man in search of his identity.
The man is Roger Moreau (Rupak Ginn), a Canadian from a small town in Ontario, who when the film opens is on his way to the airport (as seen in the Airport Road sign on Toronto’s 401 Highway). This is how intimate Khan’s film gets, as evident in other scenes as well. Roger is travelling to India in search for his adoptive parents.
The event is initiated when Roger’s adopted mother unexpectedly dies. Roger loses his last tie to his Canadian upbringing and identity. But his arrival in India is not what he expected. The crowded…
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