14 Phere review: Politically-incorrect script works in favour of this Vikrant Massey, Kriti Kharbanda starrer
The film has the imagination to lace its take on patriarchy and dyed-in-the-wool traditions with satire
The fault, dear viewers, is not in our stars but in our caste names that determine the way our lives are likely to play out. Wikipedia has 200 pages devoted to a listing of castes in India, all at cross purposes with each other. No wonder Sanjay Lal Singh [Vikrant Massey] and Aditi Karwasra [Kriti Kharbanda] have their work cut out. He is a Rajput from Bihar; she a Jat from Rajasthan. Their family patriarchs are the kind who talk of killing at the minutest transgression that affects the family honour. (A garlanded portrait of Sanjayâs sister, who has run away with a man from another caste, hangs on the wall, hinting at her fate when the family catches up with her.)