A traveling zipper repairman from Delhi scours the countryside in search of a son he fears was kidnapped or sold into child trafficking. Don’t let subtitles becloud thinking. Given the urgent subject matter, plot contrivances, and director Richie Mehta’s untidy narrative structure, a dubbed version would be a ratings spark plug for O Channel. To add insult to emptiness, in the end, none of it would have mattered if dad had embraced technology and popped for a smartphone. The recent Heli proves there are still high quality, nonformulaic stories to be pressed from this anxiety-inducing brand of missing kid pulp. Mehta’s sociological approach to art racks up yet another well-intentioned cobblestone in the cinematic road to hell. (2013) — Scott Marks
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