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The camera follows Ghalib through most of the 98-minute film. As a truck driver struggling with grief in Ivan Ayr’s ‘Meel Patthar’ (‘Milestone’), that attention seems to have followed the lead actor, played by Suvinder Vicky, beyond the 70 mm. His portrayal of Ghalib has earned him praise from not just leading critics and filmmakers like Hansal Mehta, but also won him an award for best actor at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Silver Screen Awards. The phone has been buzzing ever since the film began streaming on Netflix last week.
The film is about seasoned Punjabi truck driver Ghalib, a widower scarred by his past, against the backdrop of a crumbling capitalistic system. Chandigarh-based Vicky says the character is far removed from the stereotypical image of truck drivers in urban minds loud, dhaba-type. “He rarely wears a parna and speaks little,” says Vicky. And that is where the challenge for him lay, something he hadn’t imagi
Ivan Ayr s Meel Patthar(Milestone) is a beautifully realized film about a lonely truck driver. Full of tracking shots and long conversations, this slow-burner of a film works as a compelling portrayal of a trucker s life and an uncompromising look at old age. Ayr s film requires patient viewing, but it is ultimately rewarding. May 14, 2021 By Sreejith Mullappilly
Suvinder Vicky plays truck driver Ghalib in Ivan Ayr s Netflix film Meel Patthar/Milestone. Most of Ghalib s life is spent behind the wheels. In trucking terms, that means 500,000 kilometers on the roads. A coworker tells Ghalib that it is the first time someone has ever clocked the 500,000-mark in the firm. Still, Ghalib does not celebrate the occasion. He does not even show any emotion on hearing the news.