‘Love Storiyaan’ Movie Review | Real Tales Of Love – FilmyVoice
Love being within the air, all of us having had our share of Valentine’s Day, it’s the good time to delve deeper into the quite a few facets of affection, creatively at that. And who may be higher than Karan Johar along with his Dharmatic Productions crew giving us a cute assortment of tales (‘storiyaan’) suffused with the totally different flavours of six romantic liaisons from totally different elements of the nation.
Launched on Amazon Prime Video, ‘Love Storiyaan’ has endearing tales of surprising love blossoming in small and metropolitan cities, involving abnormal individuals – effectively, largely. Devoted to everybody who has ever cherished, misplaced and was daring sufficient to fall in love once more, the episodes characteristic impressed tales from Priya Ramani, Niloufer Venkatraman and Samar Halarnkar’s widespread Instagram deal with #IndiaLoveProject.
An anthology of six brief movies, that is as various as it might get. The assemble is intentionally an try to take a look at the variations in social conditioning as additionally the politics that is available in the best way of affection from blooming.
It opens with ‘An Unsuitable Woman’, directed by Hardik Mehta, and co-written by Hardik and Mirat Trivedi. It’s a few 40-year-old Punjabi divorcee Aekta from Delhi who falls for a Malyali man, Ulekh. The acquainted allure unmistakably inherent within the two plausible characters who meet within the digital world as bloggers, is endearing.
Although they disagree so much, their dissent brings them nearer, even when the lady being a mom of two daughters, believes she is past the age when individuals fall in love. Her first marriage was organized the place she performed the domesticated position of a loyal spouse. She is hesitant the second time round as a result of certainly one of her daughters objects to their relationship. What follows is a contrived growth because the environs of Kerala beckon her. For Aekta, it’s all the time been her intestine feeling that Ulekh is the person for her.
Sunit Kumar Saha and Farida (who turns into Sharmila later) meet in Dhaka and immediately get attracted to one another. On account of bitter opposition from each units of fogeys, they transfer to Kolkata severing ties from their households without end. For the aged couple, it’s love and exactly nothing else that issues.
The ‘Prince of Chandpur’, Sunit, abandons his royal title for his love, Farida Khatun. She, on her half, sacrifices every little thing she had so as to have the ability to set up a house in a distinct nation. She lapses into Bangla from time-to-time reminiscing about her youth. And eventually, sooner or later, the 2 resolve to take the practice to Dhaka to catch some final glimpses of the relations who’re left. Time has performed a merciless position and most of their household has handed on.
Akshay Indikar brings to life the story of a mild Bengali Brahmin, Rahul Banerjee, and a strong-willed Dalit girl, Subhadra Khaperde, who’ve the onerous activity of uplift our society with their revolutionary fervour. Their journey runs up in opposition to a number of obstacles, however collectively, they’re decided to make it.
In Vivek Soni’s story two radio jockeys (RJs) – Rajani and Nicholas – fall for one another in Shillong. A standard pal and admirer, Mandira, makes them meet and it’s friendship that unites the 2 first. Step by step, a shy Rajani falls for the flamboyant Nick. Their story hits a hurdle as his marital standing as a divorcee and a father is available in the best way.
In Archana Phadke’s brief, there’s an Afghan man, Homayon Khoram, who falls in love with an Indian girl, Dhanya Ravindran (who he thought reminded him of his Bollywood crush Rekha). They too overcome enormous non secular and cultural limitations to unite. And as if faith and nationality weren’t sufficient, it’s the Taliban’s management over Afghanistan in 1997 that makes all of them the extra depressing.
There may be additionally a brief on what turns into obligatory to painting on streaming platforms – a trans couple, Tista Das and Dipan Chakraborty. It’s about their wrestle to say their id. Collin D’Cunha and co-writer Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar focus extra on the tough time the 2 bear, however sadly, much less consideration is paid on how their love blossoms.
Jonita Gandhi’s observe ‘Aashiyaan’, composed by Shantanu Dutta, units the temper of the collection.
The explanation why the tales may go for some is solely as a result of they’re all actual tales of affection. They might make you wish to fall in love. And be cherished. The romance isn’t fictional and has a relaxed, comfy, and at occasions laid again really feel, regardless of the battles the 2 lovers must toil with.
In case your are in search of extra, nonetheless, it’s possible you’ll find yourself getting disillusioned!
Internet Sequence: Love Storiyaan
Director(s): Hardik Mehta, Vivek Soni, Shazia Iqbal, Rahul Badwelkar, Akshay Indikar, Archana Phadke, Collin D’Cunha
Streaming on: Prime Video
Episodes: 6 (30-36 minutes every)
–IANS/arnab/srb
