A highly watchable celebration of love across man-made divides
What is a good love story without conflict? A popular radio jockey from Shillong also asked this question to his life partner, a renowned RJ during his show. The path of love is indeed paved with thorns love story.
A new Amazon Prime Video documentary series produced by Dharmatik Entertainment and conceptualized by Somen Mishra, love story Zero, among six real-life married couples, describes the battle they have to fight on multiple fronts to hold each other in a conservative society that has little patience for disregard for tradition.
The Valentine’s Day release is a fitting and highly watchable celebration of love across all man-made divides, differences and geographical boundaries. The relationships depicted in the series defy policymakers’ beliefs, multiplied by the widespread currency the politically convenient “love jihad” narrative has gained in India in recent years.
Driven by a determination to stay together no matter what love story Couples overcome difficult obstacles as they negotiate obstacles in their path. Entertaining, moving and consistently feel-good, these passionate stories of love, resilience and assertion are filled with genuine warmth and wisdom.
Directors Hardik Mehta, Vivek Soni, Shazia Iqbal, Akshay Indikar, Archana Phadke and Colin D’Cunha bring their personal sensibilities and concerns to the retelling of stories that bear witness to the all-conquering power of love in the face of intolerance. bigotry
love story Inspired by stories shared by barrier-broken couples as part of the India Love Project, a social media initiative by journalists Priya Ramani, Nilufar Venkataraman and Samar Halarnkar.
The six selected couples faced various problems. Each episode hinges on the manifestation of a particular love. The level of difficulty continues to escalate until it reaches a point where one pair overcomes not just caste and religion but life-threatening geopolitical realities while another, a trans couple, breaks gender barriers and declares their right to be who they want to be. .
Stylistically assembled in that each episode is a combination of talking heads and dialogue-less acts that depict important parts of each story, the stories mix glorious bigger-picture insights and light intimate moments that inform the directors’ treatment with their slightly defined creativity. sleights
Hardik Mehta (Amdabad Ma Famous, Kamiyab) begins the series with An Unsuitable Girl, in which Ekta Kapoor, a journalist and editor from Delhi, foists a messy marriage on him without her consent, and NP from Kerala, a fellow journalist and writer, chips away at the giant wall. Near – the eldest being the ex’s younger daughter – in search of true love.
Ekta belongs to an orthodox Punjabi business family. Ulekh, the son of a left-wing politician who died aged just five, has a staunch Marxist background. Their paths cross under exceptional circumstances – as bloggers with divergent views on freedom, the pair find enough common ground to be able to bridge their estrangement. But they have a lot more to contend with.
full of contradictions, An inappropriate girl Seizing a second chance and making the most of it in the face of inevitable anxiety in situations where inner differences threaten to offset the union of hearts seeking happiness.
Next is director Vivek Soni (Meenakshi Sundareswar). air lovewhich tells the story of two rival radio jockeys in Meghalaya who fall in love and a visually impaired listener who unites them against all odds. While Ekita and Ulekh are not that different from each other when it comes to deciding on marriage, Nicholas J Kharnami and Rajni K. Chhetri has no shortage of challenges.
The former is Christian, the latter Hindu. Nicholas was married once. Rajini has ended the relationship of five years. The ex has problems with committing himself to a new relationship. The latter’s parents are against Rajini’s contact with Nicholas. air love Nik-Rajani uses poetry and radio romance to create a dreamy, touching atmosphere for the love story.
Songs – Rabindranath Tagore come in handy here – and eternal affection takes on another dimension in Shazia Iqbal’s Homecoming. It is about an estranged interfaith couple, Suniti Kumar Saha and Sharmila ‘Farida’ Saha, who return to Dhaka and Chandpur in Bangladesh where their relationship began amid the country’s independence struggle before moving to Calcutta after the war. in the 1970s and made the city their home.
Sunit owned an oil and pulse mill from a rich family. Farida’s conservative Muslim family was academically strong and politically inclined. They met in Dhaka University campus. Their affair was met with strong opposition from Farida’s family but they persevered regardless of the many obstacles like lovers. Fifty years later, they get back on track
In Akshay Indikar What is Rah Sangram?The tone varies significantly. Set in western Madhya Pradesh, the story centers on Dalit activist Subhadra Kaparde and IIT graduate Rahul Banerjee, a well-to-do Brahmin from Calcutta, who support the cause – tribal rights – that they support.
By Subhadra’s own admission their relationship has faced many storms but has stood strong as the couple is as wedded to their social beliefs as each other. Their activism is the glue that keeps the couple going.
In the case of Homayan, an engineer from Kabul, and Dhanya, a resident of Wanad, the protagonist of Archana Phadke’s Fasle, the degree of separation is even greater. The man was Dhanya’s senior at St. Petersburg University in Russia and she knew from the moment she first laid eyes on him that he was the one for her.
Bonding over a Bollywood movie, the two defy all odds to get married. But the Afghan civil war and the excesses of the Taliban regime threw their lives into great turmoil and threatened their physical well-being. They work quietly and win.
Last episode, Colin D’Cunha’s Love beyond labels It’s about a Kolkata trans couple who overcome resistance from their respective families and environments when they transition from one gender to another and marry each other.
Teesta Das is an activist who runs an organization that helps transgenders. The story of Deepan Chakraborty, who hails from Lumding, a small town in Assam, hinges on his struggle with severe body dysphoria during his growing up years in a society that is hardly aware of the needs of his family members. They meet at a Transgender Visibility Day event in Kolkata and their lives change for the better.
All six episodes are remarkably flawless, crafted for maximum impact, but if one were asked to pick a personal favourite, it would be Shazia Iqbal’s. homecoming With Akshay Indikar What is Rah Sangram? a close second.
