Good
things
come
in
small
packages.
Hope&A
Little
Sugar
[English]
is
a
fine
example
of
this
adage.
On
face-value,
you
would
be
least
interested
in
jumping
the
queue
and
grabbing
its
ticket.
But
once
the
reels
unfold,
you
realize
that
sometimes
small-budget
films
have
more
to
convey
than
those
multi-crore
extravaganzas.
Hope&A
Little
Sugar
doesn't
look
at
the
tragedy
[9/11].
Nor
does
it
look
for
reasons
that
resulted
in
the
tragedy.
It
looks
at
the
trauma
a
family
undergoes
through
and
one
has
to
move
on
in
life.
One
of
the
prime
reasons
why
it
works
is
because
the
film
has
recall
value.
It
affects
you
even
after
the
show
has
concluded.
A
film
for
mature
audiences,
Hope&A
Little
Sugar
packs
a
solid
punch
in
those
90
minutes.
Set
in
New
York
in
the
weeks
before
and
after
9/11,
Hope&A
Little
Sugar
centers
around
the
romance
between
a
Muslim
photographer
and
a
young
Sikh
woman.
Bike
messenger
Ali
[Amit
Sial]
meets
the
beautiful
but
married
Saloni
[Mahima
Chaudhry],
a
charismatic
mithaai
shop
owner
who
encourages
Ali's
photography
and
becomes
his
muse.
Despite
Ali's
secret
and
largely
unrequited
crush
on
Saloni,
he
develops
a
close
friendship
with
her
and
her
husband
Harry
[Vikram
Chatwal].
Story first published: Monday, August 8, 2011, 17:09 [IST]