G Kutta Se () is a 2015 Indian drama film made in Haryanvi and Hindi language. The film stars Rajveer Singh, Neha Chauhan, Rashmi Singh Somvanshi, and Nitin Pandit in leading roles. The film is based on a true story.
The film was scheduled for release in India in 2016 but, due to censorship, was delayed until June 16, 2017. G Kutta Se, which has been written and directed by Rahul Dahiya, takes place in Haryana, a state in northern India, and portrays gender roles in the region and the woes of women in a misogynistic society.
Plot
G Kutta Se is the story of people who follow the desires of their heart and the consequences that befall them for doing so.
Cast
Rajveer Ankur Singh as Vijender
Neha Chauhan as Kiran
Nitin Pandit as Dheer
Rashmi Singh Somvanshi as Preeti
Vibha Tyagi as Diksha
Sandeep Goyat as Keku
Parth Sharma as Sikander
Production
Development
According to director Rahul Dahiya the genesis of this film traces back to the year 2012 when he learned of an honour killing in his mother's village Ikkas in Haryana where a young girl was electrocuted by her family members for being in love with someone. The director believes that there is a lot of hypocrisy surrounding the concepts of love, desire and honour and through his film he wanted to bring it out in the open and show everyone that it is impossible for anyone to curb their natural instincts. The director says that, "My movie is more about parents and other members of a family taking the drastic step of killing a girl for falling in love. It was more important for me to show that there is no button to switch off their attraction towards the opposite sex."
Casting
Most of the cast members in G Kutta Se are non actors and were selected after several rounds of auditions held in Delhi, Chandigarh and Haryana. The director Rahul Dahiya says that after the selection process was over, "For more than a month, the cast rehearsed together in Delhi — trying to get the accent and nuances right".
Release
G Kutta Se had its world premiere at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival (CSAFF) on 4 October 2015. G – A Wanton Heart was also screened at the 16th Annual New York Indian Film Festival on 12 May 2016. The release of G Kutta Se got delayed in India as the Central Board of Film Certification refused to certify the movie on the grounds that the language and visuals of the film were unsuitable for the viewers. After refusal by CBFC, the makers of the film approached Film Certification Appellate Tribunal who decided to give the movie an A certificate but also asked for a few changes to be made in the movie. Finally the movie got released on 16 June 2017 on 40 screens all over India.
Controversy
After the trailer of the film was launched on YouTube on 17 May 2017, several videos and messages were posted on social media issuing threats to harm the people associated with the film. The reason for this hostility was the way girls from Haryana had been portrayed in the movie and a dialogue that was later removed from the film.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of G Kutta Se consists of two songs composed by Anjo John the lyrics of which were written by Rahul Dahiya and Danish Raza.
Critical reception
Reza Noorani of The Times of India gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and said that, "The film does have the potential to overwhelm you, given its heavy subject matter. Still, the filmmaker keeps you engrossed by using humour, which is dark and bleak just like the setting of the film." Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film a rating of 3 out of 5 and said that, "Dahiya’s gut-wrenching debut, with its cast of non-professional actors, has an urgent docu-feature feel. It is powerful because it shows rather than tells." Rahul Desai of Film Companion gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and said that the movie is a "kind of unrelenting, yet disturbingly clinical kick to the guts. We don’t just double over, but awkwardly keel over in slow motion." Namrata Joshi of The Hindu complimented the movie by saying that, "G Kutta Se is one of the most relentlessly horrifying films one has seen of late—from the first frame to the last—primarily because it presents the patriarchal reality of Haryana in an absolutely stark, straightforward and unadorned way."