Kurbaan is the second part of the recent “Give-Back-To-The-NRI-Community” Bollywood trilogy that has dealt with Post-9/11 America. The first of these movies, all of which are set in New York, was of course, the innovatively titled ‘New York’. The third will be ‘My Name Is Khan’.

Now, I know what you’re thinking… “If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ’em all!”, right? Wrong! ‘Kurbaan’, starring Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, and Vivek Oberoi is a true gem that stands apart from the rest. If I was to analogise, ‘Kurbaan’ is to socially relevant cinema what Savita Bhabhi is to the empowerment of women. You’ll see…