India, Feb. 17 -- A subject that remains painfully relevant. A cast that breathes life into every frame. Some on screen moments that grip you by the collar, refusing to let go. Assi has all the right ingredients to be a powerful film, and in flashes, it truly is. The problem lies not in what the film wants to say, but in how consistently it manages to say it, with clarity.

Anubhav Sinha returns to the director's chair with another social-issue drama, this time centred on Parima (Kani Kusruti), who lives in Delhi with her husband Vijay (Zeeshan Ayyub). One evening, while returning from work, she is abducted by a group of young men and sexually assaulted through the night. What follows is the aftermath: police investigations, court hearing...