I hadn’t witnessed a charming, lovable, and heartfelt love story with its heart in the right place come out of Bollywood in a long time. While I went into Satyaprem Ki Katha expecting a simple love story, it turned out to be much more. Using a love story as a canvas, filmmaker Sameer Vidwans confronts an essential topic that has long afflicted our society, blending raw emotions of the youthful generation, conservative views of the elderly, and the guilt that the middle-class lot has long lived with.
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Satyaprem ki katha Plot:
With an excellent plot and concept in fingers, the film falls in execution at times, but never to the point where it detracts from the story’s purity. A musical romance with a good-looking lead couple — Kartik Aaryan and Kiara Advani — who previously turned heads with their chemistry in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 – Satyaprem Ki Katha is exciting and enjoyable while never losing sight of the sensitivity of the issue at hand.
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Satyaprem ki katha cast:
Satyaprem aka Sattu Aggarwal (Kartik Aaryan) is an attractive, virgin, Gujju guy who hasn’t been able to finish his legal exams for three years, hasn’t ever dated a lady in his life, but possesses a heart of gold despite being labeled as a loser. He encounters Katha (Kiara Advani), an impulsive and adventurous modern, and outgoing girl, during a community event and falls in love with her right way, despite the fact that she’s much out of his league and apparently in a relationship.
But, as fate would have it, they end up marrying. While Sattu works tirelessly to woo Katha, she is harboring a secret that is difficult to let go of. The basis of the novel is how Sattu discovers the truth and, in the process, provides Katha the strength to accept it, let go of her inhibitions, and stand up for herself.
Whilst the initial period lacks luster and takes too long to get going, the fast-paced second half has a lot going on with twists emerging one after the other. I appreciated how Sameer doesn’t waste time taking us through a succession of uninteresting and time-consuming flashbacks, instead keeping us focused in the present day and what’s going on at the time. Furthermore, there is no forced attempt to display a modern family setup with everything in order, but we are shown a realistic scenario in which parents and relatives in a middle-class household intervene by any means if their newly married son and his wife are not sleeping in the same room.
Satyaprem Ki Katha skillfully portrays the narrative of this couple and delivers the point it set out to in 2 hours 36 minutes. The screenplay, penned by Karan Shrikant Sharma, never puzzles you with heavyweight speech or extravagant Gujarati lines. While there is a lot of Gujarati in the dialogue, both in words and in the characters’ accents, it readily adds wit and humour. Ayananka Bose’s cinematography is perfectly in harmony with the tale, and the scenes shot in the gorgeous Kashmir valley are truly breathtaking. Charu Shree Roy’s editing guarantees that the film doesn’t drag and that there is a rhythm that keeps you engaged.
In Satyaprem ki katha, Kartik’s Sattu balances sweetness and vulnerability brilliantly and seamlessly, despite having largely played comedic roles and a couple of really dark and dramatic ones. He is excellent in emotionally charged sequences, as well as in comedic ones. Oh, there’s also a nod to his notorious monologue from Pyaar Ka Punchnama, which is a very creative insertion. Kiara is unquestionably the star of the show. She gets to demonstrate an array of emotions and complexities in her character after Jugjugg Jeeyo. She emotes so beautifully onscreen and looks magnificent in every shot, transitioning from a strong-willed girl who aspires big to a person who breaks down so readily.
Among the supporting cast of Satyaprem ki katha, Gajraj Rao, who plays Sattu’s father, is a patriarch and an odd casting choice. This is a lot more complicated character than Badhaai Ho and all of his other soft and charming roles, and Gajraj does full honor to it. Supriya Pathak, who plays Sattu’s mother, doesn’t have much to do for the majority of the film, but there is one pivotal scene in which she has a meaningful talk with her son and advises us on how to keep his marriage alive.
That’s incredibly moving, and it compensates for Supriya’s little screen time. Shikha Talsania plays Sattu’s sister, but she has minimal to do in Satyaprem ki katha. Siddharth Randeria and Anuradha Patel, who play Katha’s parents, provide a good performance, and their scenes with Kartik are beautifully structured. Rajpal Yadav as the doodhwala is completely squandered.
There are parts of Satyaprem Ki Katha which transport you back to the 1980s and 1990s, when simple love stories were popular, and while presenting Sattu and Katha’s story, the filmmaker gives us a lot more to keep us interested. Kartik makes a spectacular hero entrance with the song 20 minutes into the flick. Kiara appears minutes later, looking stunning as she does those dancing skills in yet another upbeat number. The tone for the musical is established from the start, and the screenplay includes various songs that are properly spaced apart.
Conclusion:
Satyaprem Ki Katha checks off most of the boxes on the checklist, and it could very well be the desperately needed romantic tale that Bollywood is in desperate need of right now. Watch it with your family and partners since there is a message for everyone, and it will not bore you even for a second.
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Written by: Anshika Patra
