Movie Review: Satyaprem Ki Katha

Sameer Vidwans, post directing a couple of Marathi films, is making his Bollywood debut with this and it’s a great first attempt. Barring a couple of routine dance songs, Sameer doesn’t follow the same old rom-com template to say his thing.

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Satyaprem aka Sattu (Kartik Aaryan) is one of those dimwits who are also pure souls and falls for a girl way out of his class Katha (Kiara Advani). She comes into his life as a solution to “follow the society-set template” of life. Her heavy emotional baggage is what Sattu didn’t predict to face early in the relationship.

The first half goes like a breeze despite some characters doing some questionable things which could be passed off without much debate. It’s the second half, especially towards the climax when Director Sameer Vidwans and the team just couldn’t figure out where to end.

The script of the film feels like Writer Karan Shrikant Sharma had the central plot planned and he layered it up with the rest of the story. Despite all the wrong tags the film has been labelling itself with like ‘Romantic-Drama’, and ‘Musical’, it has a strong social message as the heart of the film.

Kartik Aaryan delivers an earnest performance as the dim-witted golden-hearted Sattu. His natural innocence helps a lot to make the character feel more relatable to all the introverts in love out there. He shines in emotional scenes and doesn’t miss a single note while delivering the drama.

Kiara Advani is the winner! Despite all the flaws in the script, she just grabs the opportunity to make it the best use for her. She gets into Katha, carrying a blank face for the majority of the film and still managing to hold your intrigue till the last. This is a Kiara Advani film all the way!

Gajraj Rao as Sattu’s ‘bro’ father lives up to the expectations. He just shares a couple of scenes with Kiara’s Katha, but I wish it would’ve been way more than that because that angle could’ve included some solid dramedy. Supriya Pathak’s character is the most undercooked one along with Shikha Talsania who plays Sattu’s sister. Supriya’s character is hastily penned making her come across as a confused and a non-diligent mother. She deserved a lot better than this.