If you loved Highway, try Kaagaz Ke Phool
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Kaagaz Ke Phool has roughly 4.8× fewer votes than Highway — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to Highway, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Kaagaz Ke Phool is
An old-school melodrama about the fragility of showbiz ambitions. A celebrated filmmaker becomes hopelessly smitten with a fledgling starlet, their passion igniting then immolating on studio sets and rain-slicked streets. It’s a lavish heartbreak wrapped in cigarette smoke and soft-focus regret.

