The Imtiaz Ali directorial was a hit with many misses, receiving polarising reviews at the time of release.

A decade ago, Indian cinema was introduced to a slew of unexpected offerings like Singham, Delhi Belly, Dhobi Ghat, Tanu Weds Manu and No One Killed Jessica. There was Luv Ranjan’s Pyaar ka Punchnama, too, but despite being popular for belting out more of the same misogynist ‘jokes’ at the brim of Kartik Aaryan’s comic timing, none of these could match up to Zoya Akhtar and Imtiaz Ali’s cult classics Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Rockstar.

While the prior was Zoya’s reintroduction to road films, the latter, as per The Quint, was a reintroduction to Imtiaz as a filmmaker and Ranbir Kapoor as a performer.

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