‘Ek Mini Katha’ movie review: An interesting idea, but a boring katha

Santosh Sobhan takes up an unusual role in this Telugu film, but the dreary narrative is a letdown

Ek Mini Katha could have been a Public Service Announcement at best. But it ends up a feature film that doesn’t do justice to the unconventional story idea it picks up and stretches to 136minutes. Taking up a tricky idea alone is not a win, unless the film is good enough to make viewers empathise with the plight of a character and maybe, look at the social taboos that need to be done away with. Written by Merlapaka Gandhi and directed by Karthik Raprolu, Ek Mini Katha has a protagonist, Santosh (Santosh Sobhan), who suffers from an inferiority complex owing to size issues. He has been plagued by self doubt since childhood, so much so that he loses focus in studies and later shudders at the thought of getting married. Inevitably, as such stories go, he falls in love but fears that he may not be good enough for the girl.