Synopsis

Ek Mini Katha

Ram Mohan, a university professor, visits psychiatrist Dr. Satya Kishore and explains his son Santosh's sex addiction and need for counseling. Later, Santosh visits the psychiatrist and explains his past. Santosh, a civil engineer, believes he has a small penis, based on few incidents from his childhood until college. During the same time, his father perceives that Santosh is a sex addict. Santosh is also part of a social media group called SDG and follows different methods, medicines, and devices suggested by members for penis enlargement, but all efforts go in vain. Finally, he opens up about his problem with his colleague, for which Sudarshan suggests going for penis enlargement surgery and arranges an appointment with a urologist. However, the urologist suggests Santosh that it's a high-risk surgery with a success rate of 1-2%. Alternatively, Sudarshan takes him to a prostitute's house to remove Santosh's stigmas and fears. Unfortunately, the house is raided and Santosh is caught. The cop warns Santosh and scolds Ram Mohan about their upbringing. Enraged, Ram Mohan arranges an alliance with Amrutha. On the day of the meeting at Amrutha's house, Santosh learns that the girl has a code of expressing her rejection by spilling coffee on the man. Santosh falls in love with Amrutha and Amrutha also knew Santosh previously based on an incident where Santosh reveals his positive mindset towards women.

Release: 27 May 2021
Run time: 134 min
Language: Telugu

Cast & crew

SA Santosh Shoban Cast

Kavya Thapar Cast

Shraddha Das Cast ME Merlapaka Gandhi Writer

Reviews

Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.

Critics' consensus

Mixed

Across 2 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Ek Mini Katha, reception is mixed.

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India Today Ramya Palisetty

Both the lead actors, Santosh Shobhan and Kavya Thapar, try their best but the script doesn’t give them much scope. Though Santosh is able to hold his own in the comic scenes, he is unable to bring about the right expressions during emotional ones. Kavya, on the other hand, doesn’t have much screen time to show her versatility as an actor. Shraddha Das as The Seer is a revelation. The actress plays a headstrong woman dedicated to her work. Ram Mohan (Brahmaji) gives a decent performance as Santosh’s troubled father. But overall, the film fails to impress as it gets entangled in rom-com cliches and never really gets into the heart of the matter.

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The Indian Express

Debutant director Karthik Rapolu and screenwriter Merlapaka Gandhi have a relevant and compelling subject in Ek Mini Katha. And they both have turned in a movie that offers genuine moments of laughter and a few unexpected comedic twists. That, alas, is all the film has to offer. You laugh at a series of jokes concerning rather a common complaint among men about the size of their penis. And you hope down the line, the filmmakers will lead you into a mental space of the protagonist, but it never happens. The film gets very generic in the second half. Everyone wants sex, but nobody wants to talk about it. Our tendency to tip-toe around the subject, the shame and stigma attached to it, deprives the children of the most basic and vital knowledge that would go a long way in making their adolescent years a bit less challenging and confusing.

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