It is called the "Cancer Train", Christened thus by locals because it transport scores of cancer patients from Bathinda in Punjab to the city of Bikaner, Rajasthan, for treatment. Irada deserves kudos, Director Aparnaa Singh’s film is about an explosion in a plant owned by influential businessman called Paddy Sharma(Sharad Kelkar) who derives his power from the sunds he supplies to the state’s ruling party. Chief Minister Ramandeep Braitch(Divya Dutta) is in his pocker and agrees to push up the motive behinds the blast, since it might have somthing to do with the waste disposal methods practised at the factory. She calls in NIA officer Arjun Mishra(Arshad Warsi) to do the job for her. Also in the picture are the writer Parbjeet Walia(Naseeruddin Shah) and journalist Maya Singh(Sagarika Ghatge) whose activist boyfriend disappears under mysterious circumstances.
The basic theme is laudable no doubt. but Irada fails to expand the permise into a relatable flesh and blood story peopled by flesh and blood sufferers. It my view it purely for its worth as a documentary,