USA yatra and his fantastic speech to both houses of congress wherein he slipped in Hindi and Sanskrit whilst maintaining pose in English, Satya Prem Ki Katha is another Gujarati taste of love story, word play and spattering of Gujju sayings whilst beautifully maintaining the Bollywood Hindi lines.
With the great Nadiadwala banner, and this time the grandson has proved in the DNA- one can expect a film comprising scenes with family themes, emotions, songs, dances and details be shot on ground or from drones. The title itself is serene with a twist in that a good-for-nothing 28 years old failed Law graduate bachelor of Satya Prem fancies a beautiful diva with style and voice called Katha, daughter of a rich purveyor of -what else, sweets, dhokla-farsan in Ahmedabad.
I liked the contrast of a local neighbourhood, cramped noisy but still human, compared Katha’s big mansion always in dreams of the have-nots. Our Satya Prem though is not giving up upon advice of his father and (only friend!) and takes opportunity to trespass in the mansion just in mick of time to save Katha’s life. The story takes unusual turn- a quick marriage between the two and denial of conjugal rights for Satya Prem on pretext of his heavy snoring. I would like you all to watch the rest of the movie, especially post interval the story is fast paced with surprises, Gujju dialects, one liners and humour, the one for ‘Gota’ comes is classic and whether the traditional Indian families can all watch together could be a question. However, for the younger audience the film could prove bitter sweet.
Apart from the delights of re-made ‘Pasoori Nu ‘song there is no escaping from tragic events affecting Katha’s post marriage life and the taboo subject of ‘no mean no’ as in physical relationship is raised delicately. The stats in India is diabolical, still after the Nirbhaya case of 2012, the advent of internet, freedom offered to women in sending them to Universities or work away from home is seen by some men is opportunity and they see women’s bodies as commodity in a country where we worship Goddesses.
The culprits get punished by sensible lawful action and the message is if the parents are bold enough to tackle the issue head-on rather than keeping everything under the wraps for fear of defamation in the society then the lot of young women will be far better in India now racing towards 3rd place in world economy table. Another nice topic displayed was a couple could be friends first (and always) before becoming proper couple, compromise and be tolerant. There are many reasons why one should not miss watching this film as the run time of 2hr 21 minutes goes flawlessly. Well done the creator, producer, director and whole team of Satya Prem Ki Katha
BY:Desh Premi@Eshadoot
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