Mastram

Hey Mastram

First of all I will admit that I never read any of your books during my childhood, or even later on. I don’t think you are that popular today but I remember during my later part of schooling, you were one of the most popular names. You were a rage, a craze, a common part of jokes in those days.

I am really happy to see a film made on you. It is indeed amazing that (almost) nobody knows who the actual author was, behind these books, or if there were multiple people. It makes this film an even more brave attempt.

Mastram movie ji, I will have to say that I quite liked the approach taken by your film maker. You are not a film with sleazy scenes. You have the touch of erotica that was a part of these books, and I will simply say they are amazing. Let us not be hypocrites and accept that we will enjoy it. You have good direction and acting. It has to be mentioned that one feels the film could have been more impactful, at various levels. At times, you were a little flat. You started with with one of the funniest scenes I have ever seen, so my expectations were raised :)

Mastram, let me tell the readers couple of important things about you:  Now to the most important thing. This film is NOT about semi porn. In fact it is about two very important aspects of our society. It is about the hypocrisy and repression prevalent in our society when it comes to sexuality. Secondly it is a rare film which talks about the worrying situation of Hindi literature in the country today. This is where I really appreciate the film maker for presenting mastram as a person who wanted to write great Hindi literature, but situations led him in to becoming a legend as an erotica writer.

You are a film that deserves to be seen. You surely do. You are a good and significant effort which could even have been a classic movie if you were more impactful, a little more funny and had a stronger ending.