Entertainer with a strong social message Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, Supriya Pathak. Gajraj Rao, Shikha Talsania, Anuradha Patel, R...
Entertainer with a strong social message
Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani, Supriya
Pathak. Gajraj Rao, Shikha Talsania, Anuradha Patel, Rajpal Yadav
Rating: 3.5*
Satyaprem (Kartik) is a good-for-nothing middle-class bachelor forever bemoaning his rotten luck in love. While he and his father (Gajraj Rao) do all the household chores, his working mother Diwali (Supriya), and sister Sejal (Shikha) crack the whip in their household.
He is all over richy rich Katha (Kiara) who
is way beyond his league with a boyfriend to boot. But providence intervenes
and the unlikely couple gets married. Satyaprem is thrilled to see his
long-cherished dream coming true, but soon enough realizes that it’s a nightmare
that has entered his life.
The first part of the film is like any rom-com
with the hero’s charming goofiness and the pretty heroine leading the way. It’s
in the second half that things start falling into place with director Sameer
Vidwans deftly weaving in the social message of date rape and the value of a
woman’s consent to go to the next level in a relationship.
Vidwans takes a progressive view of the issue
with a supportive family system aiding Satya’s determination to bring the culprit
to boot. The film’s pace lags a bit only to pick up speed at the climax which
appears to be a bit hurried.
Performances overall are exemplary with Gajrao
Rao, Supriya Pathak, and Anuradha Patel (Katha’s mother Rasna) spot on. Rajpal
Yadav is wasted in a cameo.
Kartik Aaryan is sincere in his role as Satyaprem.
He smoothly shifts from being the jobless butt-of-all-jokes son firmly
believing in true love to a loving and responsible life partner, knowing when
to give his wife the space to come to terms with her tragedy and reaching out
to her as a friend to heal her wounds. Kiara looks elegant and divine, doing
full justice to her complex character of a survivor, effortlessly traversing
the range of emotions demanded of her role. The audience is treated to some
lavishly mounted garba dances.
This is one prem katha you won’t regret watching.
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