It is thrilling to see a genuinely all-India film like Karwaan (Caravan, Hindi) made by Bollywood director Akarsh Khurana, with its openness to a cast, stories and varied locations beyond Bombay. This sets it apart from the other "all-India" Bollywood films like Dabangg, Dangal or PK, primarily playing in north and west India, plus additional revenue from the rest of India. Karwaan does not have standard Bollywood "stars", masala, or dancing. It is a delightful, sensitive and funny film, despite all its flaws. It is a road movie in a van, with a coffin tied to the top.

It is very tricky to make an 'all-India' cast work, if you consider Raavanan (Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), Chokher Bali (Prosenjit Chatterjee-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) or Aiyya (Rani Mukerji/Prithviraj Sukumaran). Karwaan has Irrfan Khan (Bollywood and international cinema), the gorgeous Dulquer Salmaan (Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu cinema), and Mithila Palkar (Marathi cinema, TV).