"Simply put: Basanti threatens to offer a patriotic lesson via a text message."

arsaib, this is perhaps the most artfully written damning sentence I've come across. Ironically, I'm glad you watched it, if only to write such a fine review 

p.s. - the censor board did get its wind up, only to have a closed-door screening and decide that it actually is an inspiring film! strange are the ways of the censor board in this country!