![]() ![]() Sandhya, inexplicably, is attracted to the perpetually bad-tempered Prem, even though he visibly blanches at the sight of her, is terrified at the thought of sex with her, and shames her before his friends. Her family appears relieved that she has finally tied the knot, and even though she has a casually cruel younger brother who doesn’t think twice before commenting on her weight, she is confident enough to endure the ignominy of being rejected by a man several stops away from her station and seize the initiative in the early days of their relationship.ĭespite his emphasis on life-as-it-is realism, Katariya allows himself one fantasy. But lurking beneath its good-natured humour is a critique of parents, siblings and friends who are oblivious to an individual’s needs and unwilling to advise anything conformity and compromise when things go wrong. The documentary feel to Meenal Agarwal’s production design, the conversational dialogue and naturalistic acting, Manu Anand’s rich camerawork, and the use of actual locations in Haridwar and Rishikesh are effectively deployed to unmask the psychological oppressiveness and emotional violence that are as much a part of Indian family life as its support structures.ĭum Lage Ke Haisha works perfectly well as an offbeat romantic comedy. Writer and director Sharat Katariya plonks the classic odd-couple premise in the midst of a recognisably shabby household in danger of sliding into genteel poverty. An obstacle race that requires Prem to hoist his wife on his scrawny shoulders becomes an apt metaphor for the heavy lifting that is required in a marriage, arranged or otherwise. Prem has a ready excuse to despise Sandhya – she is on the heavy side – but the baggage he carries in his soul cannot be measured in kilos and grams. The question of whether the two are compatible, let alone happy, simply doesn’t arise. It is hoped that Sandhya will bring much-needed income into the diminishing family account once she completes her teacher’s training degree. He is an all-round underachiever who is easily bulldozed by his overbearing family into marrying the overweight and well-educated Sandhya (Bhumi Pednekar). Prem himself is out of step with his environment as the music he loves. Their heavily orchestral paeans to intense and absolute love are as close to extinction as the audio tapes in the museum-like music store run by Prem Tiwari (Ayushmann Khurrana). Singer Kumar Sanu and composer Anu Malik are among the movie’s patron saints. Gautam Patel: ‘History will not judge us by our highways, but how we preserve the idea of India’ĭum Laga Ke Haisha is set in the actual town of Haridwar in 1995 and in the imaginary romantic universe suggested by popular film soundtracks of the last decade.Bengaluru: 22-year-old man’s arm amputated after alleged torture in police custody.Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha among former MPs who still draw pension, shows RTI reply.Assam lynching: Prime accused killed in accident while trying to escape custody, claims police.A Pakistani comedian on Munawar Faruqui: ‘At some point, your art is simply not worth your life’.Watch: Zaheer Khan explains the logic behind the retentions by Mumbai Indians.The common deadly disease that you haven't heard about.Fact check: No, Noida’s Jewar airport won’t be Asia’s largest airport.Top 10 Omicron updates: Mumbai makes RT-PCR test report mandatory for all domestic passengers.In China, ‘leftover women’ are using money power to fight the stigma of being single.Over 6 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in last five years, Centre tells Lok Sabha.Does the AstraZeneca vaccine give longer-lasting protection than Pfizer and Moderna shots?. ![]()
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