Not exactly rebuking it to bits, the script here dissects it without taking sides or getting preachy. The small town’s Delhi dream begins the film but as Rajaram finds his own footing in an unusual genre of writing, the story furthers into reveling in its own subtlety at unveiling the myriad layers of the Indian thinking. The stories come from within the society and hence the rate at which it struck the chord with all wasn’t entirely unexpected. What catches your attention is that Mastram stands quite true for the Indian psyche. With sexual repression quite infused in our mentalities, the scene where a man compliments Mastram in one scene only to act virtuous to his oblivious wife just the next minute, is ironical, amusing and yet is the perfectly painted picture. A failed author then begins his journey to write erotic books and gets them published under the pseudonym ‘Mastram’. The man’s manuscripts are trampled around by publishers constantly, rejected due to the lack of the edgy, spicy factor in them. The same has been established quite early in the film as the writer shows us, Raghuram ties the nuptial knot simply out of gluttony his wife cooks great mutton. The reason why the palette served in this film sounds exciting to me is because it is reflective of the Indian thinking process.
Set in the cozy hill station of Manali, the film is an exciting tale about a writer who is shunned for his apparently plain works and later makes a fortune out of writing erotica.
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Rahul Bagga in a still from movie ‘Mastram’ Mastram Review: Script Analysis The story is about Rajaram’s journey to be Mastram. The man strikes gold with fame coming his way in abundance but he cannot come out in open about his success due to the society’s expectations of being virtuous. With everyone rejecting his novels due to the lack of its ‘masala’ factor, he ends up writing his ‘masala’ best by penning down erotic literature. With one novel in his stride, the guy is humiliated for his initial failure. Rajaram is a guy with an ordinary bank job but harbors within him the aspiration to make it big as a writer. Will the “real” Mastram finally be exposed? Will Rajaram’s sudden windfall arouse suspicion in his ever-supportive wife? How will Rajaram face the hypocrisy of a society that secretly enjoys reading porn, but otherwise treats such matters with disdain? Yet, Rajaram’s success still remains elusive to him, as all the glory is due to `Mastram’. He churns out colorful stories about sex that his eager readers voraciously devour. He adopts the colorful pseudonym of `Mastram’ becomes the first author of the first pornographic novel seriesin the Hindi language. Rajaram, scandalized at first, accedes to the “compromise”, and thus starts discovering another facet of literature – erotica. It’s on everybody’s mind, but no one will admit it. He introduces Rajaram to the salacious and secret world of soft pornography. Chacha is an anomaly in the hypocritical society we live in – he is unashamed of showing Rajaram the spicier side of life and of saying it out loud. He is not sure what it means to bring that to his writing – till he meets Chacha, an eccentric, old village Idiot. The only meaning of `masala’ familiar to him is the kind that adds spice to food. Rajaram is initially miffed by this writing brief.
Rajaram would have to add some necessary sensational elements to his dull tale – some `masala’, as they refer to euphemistically. They agree to publish Rajaram’s story about the plight of a small town girl. They tell him he should stick to writing text book material, and give up fanciful ideas of writing a novel.įinally, Rajaram encounters a fledgling publisher duo – Purohit and his brother-in-law, Bharti.
Turning a deaf ear to the all the snubs, Rajaram starts in earnest to show his work to several publishers. Rajaram becomes a butt of all jokes in the neighborhood. But, being a stay-at-home writer doesn’t go down too well with prying neighbors, who are quick to pass judgment on other peoples’ lives. To his utter surprise and delight, Renu unstintingly supports his decision, and starts doing odd jobs from home, while Rajaram begins to focus completely on his writing. Edged on by her encouragement, Rajaram starts stealing writing time from his humdrum work routine, and is eventually forced to leave his job, when his boss publicly humiliates him, and derides his fancy aspirations. Although a simpleton, Renu wholeheartedly supports her husband’s ambition. No one takes his litterateur aspirations seriously, least of all his uncle, who marries him off to the beautiful Renu. Plot: Rajaram, a bank clerk in a small town, dreams of traveling to Delhi and becoming a reputed writer. Producer/s: Ajay G Rai, Sanjeev Singh Pal Writer/s: Akhilesh Jaiswal, Gunjan Saxena Cast: Rahul Bagga, Tara Alisha Berry, Akash Dahiya
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