Ek Mini Katha Review: New Amazon Prime movie starring Santosh Shobhan misses the mark

Directed by Karthik Rapolu, Ek Mini Katha begins by offering us something new but fails to deliver in the end as it entangles itself in rom-com cliches.

When films are made about taboo topics, filmmakers usually take the comical route as they feel it is easier to convince the audience that way, without making them uncomfortable. Ek Mini Katha is one such film that revolves around a man and his misconception about the size of his penis, something that is never openly talked about in the film itself, until the very end. Sitting in a psychiatrist’s office, Santosh (Santosh Shobhan) narrates his story in a flashback - his childhood days when he was bullied, the doubts that plagued him, misunderstandings between him and his father and getting dumped by his first girlfriend. All of it leads him to believe that it is his penis size that is the problem and he begins to find ways to enlarge it. From medicines to pumps, he tries everything. Since most filmmakers feel that comedy is incomplete without chaos, enter Santosh’s best friend Darshan (Sudarshan). He tells him about Penis Enlargement Surgery (PES) and somehow they end up in a bigger mess - pun not intended. In the end, there is only one solution to life’s every problem in our society - marriage - and hence, begins Santosh’s love story with Amruta (Kavya Thapar).