Feast Of Love (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #26 extract: Feast Of Love (2014)



A highly enjoyable, despite being imperfect in many ways, romance. What makes Daawat-e-Ishq, or, Feast of Love, work are the light touches of comedy, the chemistry between the major characters and the brilliant, rounded tone. 
The downfalls are plentiful, but not too damaging. This is a highly contrived movie that sticks to the romantic formula quite strictly - all the way down to the final scene being in a train station or airport. Added to this, the musical numbers, whilst fun, aren't impressive. And the snippets of action.... not good at all. There is also an attempt to construct this romance around the social issue of dowry exchange - which is illegal, but still prevalent in India. There is further commentary on materialism and love in this narrative, but it is held together rather loosely by the heavy demands of the genre which push much of the social commentary to the side. 
All in all, imperfect, but highly enjoyable. I had a great time with this one. Maybe you will too.

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