Strong content-driven 'Mulk' highlights bigotry, raises serious questions

The biggest triumph of 'Mulk' is its definition of terrorism

Murad Ali Mohammed (Rishi Kapoor) is almost as old as India itself. Seven decades ago, five years before he was born, his family decided to stay in India at the time of Partition. Growing up in Varanasi, Murad, an advocate, has built a small support system for himself, comprising his family and friends who practice different faiths. He invites his Hindu friends for parties, stops at their shops and drinks chai, shares jokes with them and laughs.

But that changes when his nephew, Shahid (Prateik Babbar), an accused in a bomb blast, is shot by the police. Shahid was indeed