Jio Cinema has dropped the teaser of its upcoming film ‘Amar Prem Ki Prem Kahani’ but other than the gay angle, which is also not that innovative anymore, the film doesn’t seem to have much to offer.
The teaser looks like some regular masala Hindi film where two people fall in love while one of them already has their marriage arranged by the family with someone else. The twist here is just that these two love birds are a homosexual couple. How their love will win over the family pressure seems to be the gist of the story.
Homosexuality is a rather sensitive and complex matter that needs to be dealt with caution in our Indian society but to display the reality one needs courage enough to go all in and still be fun. The matter is always either taken too seriously in Indian films and other forms of content or treated very lightheartedly so that it does not raise many eyebrows.
But it’s time we handle the matter at hand in a practical way and offer a balanced portrayal on screen where it feels more relatable and also shows the on ground real problems one has to face as a person who does not identify oneself with the standards set by society.
While the teaser was just a glimpse of what ‘Amar Prem Ki Prem Kahani’ is, we can only hope the film does justice to the subject it touches upon and does not end up being an overly dramatic version.
Directed by Hardik Gajjar, ‘Amar Prem Ki Prem Kahani’ stars Sunny Singh, Aditya Seal, Pranutan Bahl, Diksha Singh, Jinder Sethi, Tarsem Paul, Baljinder Kaul, and Sanju Solanki among others. Produced by Jyoti Deshpande, Parth Gajjar and Poonam Shroff, ‘Amar Prem Ki Prem Kahani’ will premiere only on Jio Cinema on 4th October, 2024.
Watch the official teaser here