What is love? A question that is difficult or almost impossible to answer. Try the same What is love From shekhar kapur, a film in which the definition of love is analyzed from two different points of view. On the one hand, a more rational idea, and on the other, a more romantic one.

Episode What is Love

Zoe and Kazim are two childhood friends played by Lily James AND Shazad Latif, relationships with their families. Kat, an English mother of Zoe, cannot calm down because of the absence in her daughter’s life of a man who works as a documentary filmmaker and constantly arranges meetings with promising bachelors. Kazim He is an Indian doctor from a traditional family and despite being born and raised in England with a modern mindset, he doesn’t seem to mind arranged marriages.

Intelligent, charming and with a good job, a man allows his parents to choose the right woman for him, considering love as a point of arrival, not a starting point. While Zoya, like most Western women, pursues the idea of ​​romantic love, a kindred spirit, with which we recognize complete harmony and complicity in the joint construction of the future. Otherwise, she thinks it’s better to be alone and still feel complete. Two cultures clash and clash throughout this sweet and clever comedy that revolves around a historic friendship that may be hiding something more.

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The meaning of the film

“I wanted to make a film that would show Pakistan in a more colorful, hospitable and positive light than perhaps we usually see on our screens,” he said. Jemima Khan, screenwriter. What follows from the story told in What is love this is not a position, but an exploration of a different way of thinking. The film explains the meaning and motives of some cultural traditions without judgment, and the viewer satisfies their curiosity and gradually enters into the essence of intricate and realistic relationships.

In the dialogues, funny and sarcastic irony alternates with social reflections on discrimination and racism of our time, albeit in a mild form. Irresistible character Emma Thompsonan unmarried woman who wants the best for her daughter and is fascinated by Indian culture, for which she maintains strong friendships with her neighbors for many years, immersing herself in their culture whenever possible and wearing bright and ethnic clothes to feel part of that oriental a community that makes her feel alive and loved.

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Some Bollywood moments are inserted at the end and give the comedy a rhythm and liveliness, which, however, maintains a dynamic rhythm from beginning to end and engages the viewer in an emotional and fun adventure suitable for any target audience. In many cases, we are touched by melancholy moments that highlight some of the fragility of family dynamics. Each family has its own problems, its own misunderstandings, but if sincere affection is the basis, then the pain will surely disappear if pride is discarded. Just like you need to gain courage and cast aside pride, even if you are in love, because you don’t often find the right person and this opportunity should not be missed.

What is love this is a delicate, funny and sentimental film that doesn’t stumble over sweet jokes or fruitless clichés, thanks to a conscious and lively script that allows you to deliver the right message to a wide audience in the name of tolerance and exchange. A multicultural film that opens minds, respects cultures, pursues and celebrates the spark that ignites between two people. Invisible and intangible, but powerful and bright for those who have an open heart to welcome it, and the courage to live it.