The truth is that I\u2019m still trying to understand Zero. The story begins in Meerut and somehow moves to Mars. It\u2019s so bizarre and implausible and incoherent that I kept wondering if pages in the script went missing or too many scenes were slashed or if I\u2019m just missing the point.
Zero strains for sweep and scale. The visual language suggests a glamorous fairy tale. The VFX is convincing and I loved the Ajay-Atul ballad Mere Naam Tu. But the rest of this film left me stumped and eventually, sad.