Feb 18, 2016 11:37 AM
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Saru, full name Saraswati, is an obedient daddy’s girl. Inder is a broody, massively-tattooed loner. And ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’, not to be confused with the ’82 film of the same name, is a manual of how Not to make a contemporary romantic film.
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Picture this: a heavy-handed father who thunders, flinging out instructions on how wife and daughters ought to behave. Falling in love with an unsuitable boy, ‘aiyyo rama’. Acting on your own will, ‘parmeshwara’. Doing what your heart tells you to, ‘aaj se thum mere liye marr gayi’.
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Which leaves Saru(Mawra Hocane) to smile, simper, weep. Hesitate. Propitiate. And to look at her stony-faced father(Chowdhary, trying very hard to be a credible South Indian patriarch and failing) who’d rather conduct a wake than understand his daughter’s desires, and wait for his ‘permission’ before she can take a step forward.(Read: Ghayal Once Again, Sanam Teri Kasam to clash at box-office today)
Inder(Harshwardhan Rane, armed with impressive bod, limited expression), who has daddy issues of his own, scowls and growls. The deep hurt caused by his dad is revealed much too late, and much too cursorily. The rest is filled by these two unlikely characters—Inder and Saru—developing feelings, over a brain tumour, impending tragedy, and more tears. Read Ghayal Once Again review here
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