Flashbach #30
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Bharathan, Cinema of India, Flashback, Sakthi, Shivaji Ganeshan, Tamil films, Thevar, Thevar Magan, Villages in films, anti-violence films, films and violence, godfather, kamal haasan
Thevar Magan (1992) (aka The Chieftain’s Son)
Bharathan
Tamil
“Go on, go educate your kids”
The slew of movies in Tamil cinema based on villages stopped with the late eighties as cities became the prime audience of the filmmakers. Though infinitely many stories still lie in the villages waiting to be told, not many movies from the nineties […]
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Thiruvalluvar The Boss and Sakalakalavallavan Bharathi
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Bharathiyar, Icons, Imagination, Petty Things, Thiruvalluvar, kamal haasan, rajnikanth
For the terribly ignorant, the above pictures are not Kamal’s avatars in his next film. They are Tamil Nadu’s historic and literary icons - Thiruvalluvar and Bharathiyar respectively.
Cut to 2008, June 26, 10:53:27. I had a passing thought relating the above two legends to the so-called legends of today (No offense meant to the four).
Thiruvalluvar […]
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chaos in dasavathaaram
Posted by eskay as Movies, chaos, kamal haasan
Maybe this is the first time a movie is based on a famous theory. And since I anticipated this even before watching the movie, it was even more interesting as each scene convinced me that the functioning of the whole world is based on chaos theory. Clearly, the movie Dasavathaaram has made people turn pages […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 20/20)
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Analysis, Cinema of India, Girish Karnad, Hema Malini, Hey Ram, Hey Ram analysis, Mahatma Gandhi, Nasseeruddin Shah, Non-violence, Om puri, Rani Mukherjee, Saket Ram, Shah Rukh Khan, Vasundhara Das, film analysis, kamal haasan
CHAPTER 20: EPILOGUE
Not a single scene, line or character is wasted in the film. In fact each character is used to the maximum by employing the fitting metaphors and allegories. Each line carries so much weight that the film packs more than thrice the film’s length in it. The screen time is so judiciously used […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 19/20)
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Analysis, Cinema of India, Girish Karnad, Hema Malini, Hey Ram, Hey Ram analysis, Mahatma Gandhi, Nasseeruddin Shah, Non-violence, Om puri, Rani Mukherjee, Saket Ram, Shah Rukh Khan, Vasundhara Das, film analysis, kamal haasan
CHAPTER 19: INTO THE FUTURE
Cut to the present. The video becomes full fledged colour, suggesting that all that has been hidden is now revealed. The walls are decorated with the photographs that were taken during the entire journey of Saket’s madness. Saket Ram describes the photographs to Tushar. Tushar then asks if he could take […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 18/20)
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Analysis, Cinema of India, Girish Karnad, Hema Malini, Hey Ram, Hey Ram analysis, Mahatma Gandhi, Nasseeruddin Shah, Non-violence, Om puri, Rani Mukherjee, Saket Ram, Shah Rukh Khan, Vasundhara Das, film analysis, kamal haasan
CHAPTER 18: THE SHOWDOWN
We cut back to the past even after Saket Ram is dead. The rest of the story is revealed to Tushar by Saket Ram’s grandson. We return again to colour. Saket is ready to renounce the animal inside once and for all. He looks at the animal for one last time in […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 17/20)
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Analysis, Cinema of India, Girish Karnad, Hema Malini, Hey Ram, Hey Ram analysis, Mahatma Gandhi, Nasseeruddin Shah, Non-violence, Om puri, Rani Mukherjee, Saket Ram, Shah Rukh Khan, Vasundhara Das, film analysis, kamal haasan
CHAPTER 17: THE LAST BREATH
Cut to the present. Back to black and white. Saket and the rest of them are still in the trench. Saket’s eyes are lit alone by the light from above, once again indicating his recollection of the past. The nurse informs the doctor Munawar that the oxygen supply, on which Saket […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 16/20)
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Analysis, Cinema of India, Girish Karnad, Hema Malini, Hey Ram, Hey Ram analysis, Mahatma Gandhi, Nasseeruddin Shah, Non-violence, Om puri, Rani Mukherjee, Saket Ram, Shah Rukh Khan, Vasundhara Das, film analysis, kamal haasan
CHAPTER 16: RENDEZVOUS WITH RAVANA
Cut to Birla House. Gandhiji is holding a talk with Premier Suhrawardy as the other Gandhians watch, suggestive of Gandhiji’s transparency in his affairs. Saket is watching too. Suddenly Gandhi turns back and calls the photographer who is behind him.
“What is going on behind my back? Don’t shoot me from behind… […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 15/20)
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Analysis, Cinema of India, Girish Karnad, Hema Malini, Hey Ram, Hey Ram analysis, Mahatma Gandhi, Nasseeruddin Shah, Non-violence, Om puri, Rani Mukherjee, Saket Ram, Shah Rukh Khan, Vasundhara Das, film analysis, kamal haasan
CHAPTER 15: LOSS OF A BELOVED - 2
Amjad struggles for life as Saket lifts him up. He also ties a cloth around his head to stop the wound. Saket is searching for the hospital. He is not able find his way out. Amjad asks Saket to take him to the soda factory as Saket obeys. […]
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Hey Ram: An Analysis (Part 14/20)
Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan as All Posts, Analysis, Cinema of India, Girish Karnad, Hema Malini, Hey Ram, Hey Ram analysis, Mahatma Gandhi, Nasseeruddin Shah, Non-violence, Om puri, Rani Mukherjee, Saket Ram, Shah Rukh Khan, Vasundhara Das, film analysis, kamal haasan
CHAPTER 14: A YOUNGER BROTHER
Saket is desperate to get the gun back. Just then he gets a brainwave. He remembers Govardhan telling him that he knows the place in and out. He digs through the trashcan and retrieves the visiting card Govardhan had given him. As the curfew nears, Saket goes into Chandni Chowk with […]
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