Ek Choti Si Love Story [2002]

Frankly speaking, I had a feeling that this movie was just about the obscenity this is because when this movie was released, the media had projected it in a very bad way. Also, the controversy between Manisha Koirala and the film's director actually made people think that there was certainly something objectionable in the movie. Back then, as a school going kid I had pre-assumed that this movie is not worth a watch.

But surprisingly my old notions about this movie were untrue. This movie does tell a story, the pace of the movie is very slow, however there is surely something this movie tries to stay. The narration is very not dialogue-based. The entire movie is shot in limited locations, depending heavily on the pictorial depictions. On researching I also found that this movie is actually inspired by this Polish Movie.

It's sad that this movie went unnoticed, it surely belongs to a different genre of movies. A genre which now constitute of movies like Dhobi Ghaat. Perhaps, back when the movie was released, our audience was not very much evolved to accept a bold and a different movie like this. Manisha Koirala was bold enough to choose a movie like this. But the unnecessary controversy was not needed. Maybe that's what brought her career to a standstill, or well, we can just blame her stars.

Personally, I liked this movie. It's much beyond those countable scenes of soft porn that had been hyped. The movie tells a "Choti si" story that is unique and will be remembered by any sensible movie buff.

My rating- 2.75/5