![]() ![]() Then the frame changes to the year 1989 (somewhere in Himachal Pradesh), where a groom Rajaram Vaishnava aka Hans is going along with his uncle in Baraat. ![]() The movie begins with a scene in a hostel room where a few boys are reading a porn book. So, it is a kind of fictional semi- autobiography. ![]() This is inspired by the story of anonymous author of popular pulp fiction and sex stories in Hindi (known as Mastram), whose books were sold at railway station stalls and small roadside and pavement shops in North India during 1980-90s. This film also funnily portrays the visionary in Mastram who proclaims that one day this will be common. The film successfully portrays the so-called conservative societies which has a taboo towards the word 'sex', but actually relish sleaze. Mastram is humorous but bundled with the apathy of a writer that makes us laugh but also urges us to empathize the dreams of Rajaram (Rahul Bagga). His stories find way to the wayside book vendors where his books are bought discreetly by people spanning all age groups. Please read this review at Mastram is a person's story who fancies himself as a great writer and who desperately wants to become a famous writer but ends up writing titillating stories with a pseudonym Mastram. ![]()
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