 Meena Iyer of The Times of India praised the actors and noted that despite being based on true incidents the film " [ managed ] to connect emotionally " . In her review for Hindustan Times , Sweta Kaushal wrote that director Ravi Kumar " should be congratulated for picking a rather grave subject " and praised the actors for doing justice to their respective characters . However , she felt that in portraying Dilip , Kumar took away the " severity of the issue " and that he did not put " the blame on anyone " . Further , she opined that the film had depicted Anderson " as a rather humanist [ person ] " . She concluded that better research should have been done and that the film " could have been a more involving story " . While Kaushal felt that Barton 's role was unnecessary , Anuj Kumar of The Hindu suggested that this role was planted in the story to provide Warren Anderson a chance to express his views . Kumar praised Yadav 's acting by calling him the " face of the tragedy . " He also praised Sheen but felt that Penn looked " out of place in the <unk> surroundings . " Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express noted that Chatterjee was effective in her role . India Today 's Rohit Khilnani praised the director for " [ capturing ] everything that [ the ] drama needed " . However , he felt that the overall quality of the film could have been better . 
