I watched this movie at the TIFF festival. Mithu and Jassi's love towards each other was so pure. There is no way we can judge how pure is love, if its true love.
On the other side, what has been truly depicted in this movie is Jassi's family total disagreement with her liking a guy from a "lower" caste. While the story is from 1990s, this is very much prevalent today as well. Most Panjabi people choose to marry within their caste. If its an upper Panjabi caste, they will never ever choose to marry someone from a lower caste. And the fun part, is the families and everyone is more concerned about "what others will say". The same has been shown in this movie many times. It is absolutely out of total helplessness that these families have no choice but to condemn falling in love. This depicts society's failure as a whole.
And if you look more closely, it is all men...
On the other side, what has been truly depicted in this movie is Jassi's family total disagreement with her liking a guy from a "lower" caste. While the story is from 1990s, this is very much prevalent today as well. Most Panjabi people choose to marry within their caste. If its an upper Panjabi caste, they will never ever choose to marry someone from a lower caste. And the fun part, is the families and everyone is more concerned about "what others will say". The same has been shown in this movie many times. It is absolutely out of total helplessness that these families have no choice but to condemn falling in love. This depicts society's failure as a whole.
And if you look more closely, it is all men...