There's a lot to like in Ali's latest, "Highway," which is a gorgeously assembled, ambitious piece of work, although it doesn't coalesce into a holistically successful film.

The film can't sustain a tone, wavering between realism and Bollywood hokum.

The action is held together by a star-making performance from Alia Bhatt.

The diverse beauty of rural India is a character in this story. There are long moments of silence, uncomfortable, beautiful and empty, even if filled with song.