Kuch Sapney Apne

Kuch Sapney Apne (2024) is a breath of fresh air in the Indian film industry. Although this is a a queer centric film with a queer centric cast and crew, the core message and meaning remains about love, connection and relationships. Despite being a sequel, this film stands alone as a touching story centered around the life of Aman. The actors compelling performances will keep audiences hooked into its intricately woven story, with various plot lines blurring into each other. LGBTQ+ representation is sorely needed now more than ever and this film should be the opening discussion for closed minded people.

I truly loved the film! It's both entertaining and thought-provoking, featuring a captivating storyline packed with surprising twists. The technical and artistic elements are exceptional, particularly Sagar Gupta's insightful and polished dialogues, Subhransu Das's stunning cinematography, and Ajay Kumar Balakrishnan's impressive sound mixing. The entire cast delivered remarkable performances, with Mona Ambegaonkar, Shishir Sharma, and Abhay Kulkarni standing out as a real highlight.

Such films are essential in today's world, as they can inspire positive change and reach a wide audience.

Overall, this is a film you need to see; it will stick with you!

Kuch Sapney Apne not only includes very timely universal messages of the importance of love, family, acceptance, human rights and deals with themes of homophobia, stigma, discrimination, and misogyny in a way that is sadly relevant to too many countries and cultures around the world. Despite these very serious topics, the film manages to raise awareness and educate in a very entertaining non-preachy way and is packed with drama and plot twists and beautiful Indian songs. The acting by both veterans and first-time actors is first-rate and the scenery in Stockholm as well as in India is gorgeous. People who watched the earlier film "Evening Shadows" (about a young gay man from South India coming out to his parents) will recognize the characters and enjoy watching their growth during the past 5 years. However, if you somehow missed Evening Shadows, Kuch Sapney Apne and its plot are still easy to follow. I hope this movie is widely distributed, including in theaters internationally, as well as on streaming platforms.

Kuch Sapney Apne is really about dreams - personalized dreams! Dreams that people will understand, transform and accept other people who are different but not all that different either. Human beings live in a world of 'right' and 'wrong' and 'should' and 'should not be'. The judgement machine does not allow acceptance of what is different from the so-called 'norm'. The film is an entry point into the world of LGBTQIA+ for people not acquainted yet. Everything that the filmmakers want to say is there in the film . . . Made in the Indian popular entertainment genre with songs, foreign locations, drama, love and finally acceptance and importance of family. It is about who you could be rather than who you have become in a narrow-thinking rigid society, finding yourself however you are and having the courage to be with it and seeking acceptance!

Well made film with good intentions. Good acting, especially by the actors playing Kartik and the father. The film is a bit of a glimpse into the life of an urban gay couple and their relationship with small town parents. Good music and a feel good sort of film. It does get slightly preachy at times. The father suddenly turning a new leaf and a 180 degrees was a bit hard to digest but it was needed to wrap up the story positively. The movie will help non lgbtq folks understand the issues that the lgbt Indian community goes through. The film should be available on streaming platforms to reach a wider audience.