Eshwar alla tero naam...

Niether Lord Ram nor Alla favours violence, pray for peace and unity in the wake of judgement on disputed site in Ayodhya.




As mentioned in vedas, "vasudaika kutumbum", the whole world is a global village, in which every human being and all creatures in this world should be bonded with love and live by truth. This is what life is for.... but maintaining equilibrium in all aspects of life has become a herculean task for the postmodern man. Bharath is said to be karmabhumi, but gradually losing its sheen and respect in many aspects of her greatness; intolerance and insecurity are the order of the day...we have stopped upholding the greatest values handed down by vedas, on the other hand, we are restricting ourselves to biased, prejudiced and constructed world, where freedom is available at cost. we have lost so many lives due to our confined, fundamentalistic, chauanistic attitude, and still spreading intolerance in the younger generation. This is no doubt self-destructive attitude.. unless we grow out of all fears,prejudices, we cannot build a free and fair world for the coming generation..For god's sake, for our younger generation's sake, stop imparting biased, partial knowledge; instead teach them the greatest values of freedom. as freedom is what a creative expression of an individual... that is how the world should be built...


not this not this.. as mentioned in vedas....

always utter these words and grow your conscious levels by gaining knowledge which leads you to freedom from all prejudices...

whatever be the judgement...

1. look at it from the objective point of view....
2. don't let your emotions guide your mind..
3. let your mind to analyse objectively...
4. don't jump to conculsion...

the solution is not so far from your mind and heart... it's within you, you can convince your "self" otherwise the truth will teach you at some price.... satam shivam sundaram.... recognize and realise the beauty of truth..




Niether lord Ram nor Alla favours violence, pray for peace and unity.....

satyameva jayate.....

Can we expect new Narrative structures in indian cinema..

Whenever I watch an Indian film, I try to observe the narrative structure, of course I may not expect anything new.. but look for some change… but I failed to find anything new, though I find something new, still it might be copied from some European film, never original… hence, I feel like writing this article in which I expressed my views about the Indian audience and the filmmakers and their narrative structures in the films.. it's true that screen writers should try for original and innovative screen plays, and at the same time, the filmmakers must be ready to handle it in the same manner. forget about Hollywood or European movies, when you take India, it's very difficult to convince the producer as well as the audience together. they out rightly reject the film irrespective of its originality and novelty. the root cause is the belief system that cinema is meant to entertain and it should keep its promise every second of the movie, otherwise, the audience will move away from the theatre... that is how Indian audience are educated to watch the film. there is no space for realism or sensitivity in the emotions of the characters or in the story... they have developed what next attitude.... and they don't want "change", they need entertainment... whatever kind of experiment you do, keep entertainment in the mind, even at the cost of story, characters, doesn't matter if you can't explain the reason, nobody bothers if you can entertain, you can become a great filmmaker.. a successful filmmaker.. Wealthy filmmaker... and these successful filmmakers say " we don't want to make any award films, we want to entertain the audience, that's our duty" he never expresses his individuality but sacrifices for the money, for the audience, feels pseudo-happiness.. the actors take most of filmmaker's fame...

as far as the screen writers in india are concerned. they are subjected to certain rules and formulas, unless you follow the formula, you will never get another chance, even if you try one different from others and fail in the box office, that may be the last experiment for you... and one will never dare to experiment again, gradually switch on to safe mode... neither we can blame the audience, nor we can blame the filmmakers or the psyche of the Indian audience....we had better stop comparing our films to european or Hollywood films, our films are meant to entertain at all cost... it can be cheap or great, whatever it is .. one has to entertain..it's like a game, sometimes you win, sometimes you fail...hence, experimental or esoteric films can be done only with a small budget with non-professional actors, and they may not be released in theatres, but will be sent to foreign festivals, and may be awarded one or two, still the indian filmmaker won't get an opportunity to make mainstream film in India



it's really unfortunate to say... filmmakers like girish kasaravalli, adoorgopal Krishnan, and other ace filmmakers are not known to the public....but when you ask any of the successful mainstream filmmaker, they are as famous as stars... whatever it may be, even if one tries to use parallel narrative, he is subjected to the box-office rules... we know we can never change the audience, only thing filmmakers can do in India is to choose the realistic subjects that are identified by the common people, with all idiosyncrasies of the common man's tastes, but present with parallel narratives.. Hopefully, the common audience might identify themselves irrespective of the narrative structure...
my formula for a successful commercial film yet realistic is
Trying to maintain realism in the subject,
Trying to present the narration as fast as we can ,
Choosing the subject that is identified by the common man,
Trying new story telling methods, or narrative structures, only if we can still entertain them...
Never go for a message, just tell a story...
try to maintain realism in the filmmaking too...
Instead of what next attitude, try to sustain the interest with characters’ attitude, circumstances, external events, etc.

Anyway, let's try to create new wave in the Indian film by practicing the above.... vardhan..

wong kar wai... you can't resist but get tempted by his visual seduction....

wong kar wai, ultra modern, bizzare, stylistic, highly cinematic filmmaker from hongkong... 2046, happy together, in the mood for love, and many other films reveal his visual expression of the story more powerfully than many contemporary filmmakers....

i feel it's right word to say about his films is ... visual feast for the eyes at and then for the senses.....i am going to review his most romantic, sensual and highly stylistic film " In the Mood for love" in my blog soon....

cinema, a commercial art form..

i real feel like writing something about art and commerciality in cinema, as many people mentioned that art films are very slow in their presentation, and there is no entertainment in them, and i have aslo observed that some telugu cinema directors used to say that they don't like to make award cinemas, they want to reach common audience, whenever they don't get the awards. i fully agree cinema has lot of commercial scope, at the same time cinema has the quality of being an art form, for that matter it is better to say " it's a commerical art form".




the first thing we need to consider is its entertaining quality, and then expressing the emotions by creating suspension of disbelief in the minds audience, as i know majority of the filmmakers in india regard cinema as entertainment, there is nothing wrong in it, similarly, few distingusihed filmakers in india or in the world proved that cinema has the potentiality of art form. before we go further, let's discuss, what is an art form, as far as my knowledge is concerned, a work of art is one that is timeless, eternal in its appeal, has greatest way of expression which is completely original, like mahabharatha or ramayana, and ever new at every time you watch the film, it's purely an artist's highest form of expression that sprang from his deepest heart, whether you appreciate or not, it has its own significance,





i would like to give an example, many of us may not be able to appreciate hindustani or karnatic music, but we can appreciate film music easily, as it catches our attention, that doesn't mean hindustani or karnataic music is not great, just because they are slow and can't enjoy the music, ususally in ancient days, in india, music is aimed to reach divinty, for that matter, take every art form in india such as dance, painting, aimed to have a higher goal to reach divinity... cinema is a newly born medium which has a high potentially for the entertainment, at the same time it has also the potentiality to express the aesthetics, artistry and could create creative expressions like any other art form,





here we need to understand this point clearly, and the other point is why art cinema is slow, as far as i know, they wanted to represent truthfullness of the characters, events or circumstances with time and space to express them through the pure cinematic form, which we feel boring, becuase of our pre occupied mind compares with the overdramatized movies made solely for the sake of entertaining the audience with all the liberties taken at the cost of telling or representing the truthfulness or objectivity of the story. of course some of the filmmakers in the world are successful in entertaining the common and class audience alike. as the artist grows in mind and spirit, he tries to explore different forms in the medium he is using, this where comes the gap between the audience and the filmmaker, and i aslo say entertainment is not a dirty word, but entertaining the audience at the cost of objectivity of the story or the characters is wrong, if they could maintain both objectivity with convincing reality and entertainment, it will no doubt be a great achievement, this is what every art filmmakers are trying to achieve, they never discriminate common audience or class audience, they just make films to express their urge to create highest form in the cinema by maintaining objectivity in the story, but cinema is commercial in everyway, has to take into consideration unless one patronises the filmmakers to create great as our ancients did in india.





i feel never discriminate any film by art or commercial, but judge the film by its objectvity, truthfullness of the characters and their emotions, original representaion, instead of its exitement, entertainment, what next attitude at the cost of above values. of course, when we watch some entertaining films, we feel so happy at that moment, we don't want to see it again, we feel bored, but when you watch some great films, they are timeless, eternal in its appeal. here i am not saying entertainment films are bad, they will be great if the filmmaker can incorporate or maintain the above values in his films. bye...

break up

Nothing is fatal but the break up of relationships, it could be husband and wife, between lovers, father and daughter, father and son or any close relationships.... be aware of relationships, otherwise they could cause you much damage,
this is an article that discusses relationships in the post modern world, as they are so fragile, they can be broken at any moment.....






Don't be a silent spectator, or don't think that your silence could answer and never try to be indifferent.... try to subdue your ego and communicate the problem.... it will help others to understand the problem, so that there will be a possibility that they can understand your point of view.....





never jump to conclusion about the relationship thinking that is the end, there is always a way to go ahead with... wait for a while, think about it objectively, be careful about the negative thoughts that slowly creeping up your heart and make you feel bitter... in the deepest of your heart, you know that love is unconditional that it cannot be broken...






true love is unconditional, try to understand the basic human nature, how humans long for love and how inevitable it is for survival...





love is a link that bonds humans and all other beings in this world... without it we are dead...









nothing is fatal but the break up of relationships... always try to maintain detachment by loving everyone unconditionally like god.....

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soulful relationship with my grandmother- chinnamma

My grandmother, chinamma, to me she is a great soul, a karma yogi, I have heard and read of a soul, but I haven’t understood or experienced the soul or soulful experience until just before two days of my grandmothers’ death; of course even after her death, she is almost 94 years old when she died; as soon as she died, the guilt in me started paining me like anything, I couldn’t bear, and I felt that I would grow out of it only by the help of my grandmother;





I had a such a great attachment with my grandmother, the same was true to my grandmother, as she had lost her husband (my grandfather), when my father was in womb, since then, she fell into dilemma and started experiencing duality of mind which leads to insecurity and uncertainty; in order to make her life secure, she had the only option was my father, with whom she had developed such an attachment that I cannot describe in words which went well until the marriage of my father; Naturally my father had to share his love with my mother after the marriage, of course my father had to balance both of them, but the solution to this problem was found by my birth, my grandmother started finding a hope in me and wished that I would give her the security she wanted which she had got before my fathers’ marriage, that is how the attachment between my grandmother and me developed; my grandmother is a great story teller, especially the way she narrates orally is almost like listening to harikatha or burrakatha; she used to tell wonderful stories including epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana. In addition to all these things, she used to tell how she struggled to bring up my father and expressed her present insecurity to me. I really couldn’t understand the innate wish of my grandmother but knowingly or unknowingly I tried to comfort her by giving hope and made her happy at the moment. Later I had to move to other places for my higher studies, which again started creating a kind of insecurity in her mind, she longed for it for her whole life, I understood for the first time how a woman or someone who is economically and emotionally dependent longs for love and security… trying to secure herself either by god or by someone nearest to her, of course it depends on the mercy of the nearest one. As I said above, my father loves her more than me, I knew it very well, he was the one who had been with her whenever she fell ill, of course until her death. I could say they are inseparable….

As the years passed on, I started developing a kind of detachment, because of my indulgence in career development and in reaching my goals. Often I started feeling a kind of guilt that I was not able to keep the promises given to my grandmother. She understood it very clearly and started living indifferently or nonchalantly, or by leaving everything to god. Sometimes she used to mention about death, “death can happen in seconds, and we truly live in that moment, else everything is Maya by god” I really didn’t understand the meaning at that time…. Later I understood that the duality of the mind is such it can never allow one to live truthfully to the moment until one indulges in such an act that equals the moment of death.

January 5th 2008, I received a call from my father, that my grandmother fell seriously ill… I rushed to my native place, she talked to me and advised me to marry as soon as possible, hoping that she could witness and bless me. But I had my own indulgences, intentions, and felt that I couldn’t marry in the near future, which I couldn’t explain it to my grandmother. Of course, everyone in my family insisted me to marry. but I out rightly rejected the idea. Besides, my grandmother had another wish that she requested me many times to take her to laksminarasimha swamy temple in kadiri, who is our domestic god, which she hadn’t visited at least once. Neither could I marry nor could I take her to the temple or nor could I keep the promises given to her. My father kept all his promises and looked after her in such a way, that he used to sleep in the room of my grand mother for six months to take care of her in the night in case of any physical help.


January 7th I left for the city to attend my duties, I bid adieu to my grandmother, she advised the same as I mentioned above by taking my hand into hers. That was my last speech with my grandmother, I didn’t anticipate it though she is almost in death bed, because she used to feel often and often, hence I thought that she could recover again, I told her that I would come again in a week to assure her, but it was a lie that I couldn’t return in a week, as I had taken many leaves in that month… it’s just an assurance to her so that she could feel better… I don’t know whether she must have recognized the usual lies of me, but just remained silent while I was leaving…

I left for Hyderabad by bus from my native place.. I started feeling guilty while moving in the bus and reminding my grandmother’s attachment with me, after a while, I gradually fall into sleep, that is where I had had dream, in which my grandmother wearing white sari standing at big white wall beside the river in a crowded holy place, looking for someone, and then my father came and give her some food… the atmosphere is hazy, holy, cloudy, beside the river, as everyone seemed to have worn white sarries… as soon as I woke up from the dream… I felt that I was distancing myself from my grandmother…. But I didn’t take it seriously…

Juanuary 9, I received a call from my sister who had been there for some days told me that my grandmother died around 11:00 clock… during my journey to my native place to attend the funeral is not about retrospection or memories of her but about my guilt that I couldn’t keep up the promises…. Even after coming back from the funeral, for that matter I suffered for the whole year… I visited the narasimha swamy temple and prayed god to help me come out of the guiltiness… of course nobody could console my father…

After a year, I married, after 11 months, my wife, for that matter everyone expected a baby boy, but I was blessed with a girl child’ I felt who is none other than my grandmother…I was relieved of my guilt and when I saw my grandmother in death bed, she wanted to live every moment and still deeply longing for life… I read somewhere that if one had a strong desire to exist or live, one can survive for sometime or can born again…I don’t want to know whether it is true or lie…I came to conclusion that my grandmother was born in my family again as my daughter….

Love has such a bond that it has no boundaries of time and space or love cannot be confined by time and space…it is all pervasive…. It gives us an experience of all the worlds created by god….

dilemma

dilemma, confusion and uncertainty are the order of the day in this post modern world... i am weaving a story relevant to this subject, as i have got a thread of ideas that make great story..... wait and read the short story "dilemma" soon in my blog..... vardhan






dilemma,

The man who knows too much about life walked into the organisation for an interview, though he seemed reserved, introvert and nervous externally, but his internal confidence is indomitable and he feels that he could achieve anything if he is physically energetic like other people whom he kept on comparing; naturally he couldn't face the interview with confidence, he mumbles and felt nervous and his pitch of voice is low that led the management to conclude that he didn't seem to be right person they are looking for, though he had all eligible qualifications required for the job....

left the organization with a saddened face, feeling that he would sure get the better job than this. what made him regret was not his failure in the interview but his inability to express it at the right time. he stood at the big and lengthy entrance wall of the organization confused where to move, and what to do next, as he had just 100 rupees in his pocket, caluculated what could be done within 100 rupees, decided to move to an internet which he had been addicted to watch porn and to write something in his blog. as soon as he sat in the internet, he started writing his experiences in his blog titled as " dilemma" he begins with " for the first time in life i fall into a bitter dilemma, i don't know how much time it will take to grow out of it, i don't know how i could explain it to you...

it’s bitter, sour experience that irritates me and gradually pushing me into depression” you might ask me what causes my dilemma, I could say it’s neither circumstances nor my mental condition but my inability to accept the truth. I am gathering lot of strength, both mentally and physically to accept the bitter truth, but I am not able to… wait for tomorrow… I have got to go”… left the internet and started walking in the pedestrian way, his conflicting thoughts were occupying his mind rather than the heavy sounds of the traffic, everything looked grey to his eyes like his thoughts, he stooped at a circle where four roads meet, waiting for the signal.. the camera placed at the signal flashed across and recorded the mood and atmosphere of the people and the location, as if everything and everyone in this world is being watched or under surveillance... he couldn’t hear his mobile ringing until someone standing behind him informed about it... nervously received the phone only to know that his girlfriend wouldn’t be able to come tomorrow at specific place… the vehicles started moving all of a sudden as the signal fell… but his state of mind was like that he neither could move nor could stand there… to be or not to be… indecisive… falls into dilemma… reached his room… he had been staying alone, because he wouldn’t want to be disturbed by anyone…. Of course his thoughts are lingering around his girlfriend why she had refused to come, was there any special cause or was she losing interest in me? He was convinced with the later and reasoned himself that he had not been able to please her… and he remembered yesterday’s meeting with her that he couldn’t talk to her… as she kept comparing her other boyfriend mr.Naveen who is so jovial and fun to talk with… came to conclusion that she would have a date with naveen tomorrow probably,

while going to bed with lot of paradoxes in the mind, the mobile got a message… suddenly opened it, only to find the reminder of the tomorrow’s class which he had joined a month ago for crash course on data ware housing…put it down and opened a spiritual book in which he started reading the article named “living in uncertainty” .

Sitting in the class and listening to marketing professional explaining success “if you can’t fallow the market rules, if you can’t market yourself, if you can’t learn constantly, if you can’t keep up the same spirit, “you are dead” said the professional preaching the rules of success in the postmodern world. Continued in the same spirit “ these rules can be applied to life also, you have to change your life style…it’s not slow and steady and wins the race, it’s fast and leap wins the race…. Success is a process, hence you will get it only if you constantly work for it…. Of course knowledge is power but marketing it is success”. Everyone in this world is a product or a commodity; it can be used until it has demand” imagine if you have fallen in love with a girl” raised his head and widen his eyes to listen…” you will have to please her everyday thinking that she is an ever demanding commodity” the day you stop pleasing or you are not able to please her, you lose the demand and someone will occupy your place…. “ akil remembered the words his girl friend uttered yesterday encounter “ I am boring akil, i don’t know why I feel really boring with you yaar, you know naveen is really a funny guy”, lingering in his mind…

started messaging his girlfriend “ do you r e a lly like me” answer me” the trainer is still teaching “ we reject commodity or product because we don’t find it interesting at the moment, hence we should always give preference to external look of the commodity, doesn’t matter even if it looks superficial “ akil got the message from his girl friend, “why are you asking me this now” started messaging again, “ I just want to know right now, answer me” while listening to the words of the trainer “ even in life, our relationships are also depended upon how we project ourselves in front of others, hence we must project ourselves as a successful man despite the failures” akil got the message “ of course I like you, but… “Confused by the message, again started messaging “but …what does it mean? Answer me immediately” received the message from his girlfriend “ I can’t answer this kind of questions, you know” I am not sure about it, bye” the class is over, as trainer moved away, akil got up and reached the internet as fast as he could, opened his blog and started writing where he left yesterday “ I don’t think one can accept the truth unless he projects himself as lie, because people don’t accept” currently I am facing the same condition, I don’t know whether I should project myself as lie or truthful… is it possible to face the people with the truth? I always fear them… I feel I was rejected by my girlfriend because I am trying to project myself as truthful, as my trainer preached unless one project oneself as lie irrespective of its superficiality, you will be succeeded, it’s a process, you will have to maintain throughout your life…

but my true nature might laugh at me, again I fall into dilemma, to be or not to be like hamlet, “left the internet as if he had determined to do something, got on the bus and moved to a big saloon, changed his hair style, and then went to a shop and bought two pairs of clothes, changed his outlook completely, of course for that matter, he started behaving as if he is perfect reminding the saying “ yadbhavam tadbhavati” . As the days passes on, the positive outlook in him started giving fruitful results, consequently he started working as if he is doing with lot of commitment or truthfully, thinking that getting success is the only destination. For the first time in life, he finds a strange pleasure in projecting himself as successful, positive person despite his reluctant innate nature. Everything runs after him, even his girlfriend, the rate of his success is in leaps and bounds, he couldn’t believe himself or his success in life… of course naturally he falls into dilemma, started writing in his blog.... I can just say “ don’t follow your instinct, you will sure fall into dilemma of moral conflict, I feel there is a duality in everything you do, all you need to be happy at the present time, project yourself as positive person, that will sure bring positive attitude in life, and will bring you success you carved for…. Irrespective of its superficiality, I now feel everything is superficial or Maya or illusion, why should I bother about something eternal, as lord Krishna said in Bhagavad-Gita “ be detached, but still enjoy what is there at present with you” do or enjoy it as if it may not be yours after the moment” I learned and came to conclusion… life has past, present, future, duality, and many more things, but man could involve in only one thing at a time, he should stick to it, otherwise he will sure bring misery” these are all the lessons I learnt from life, I will continue to live like this, bye” completed writing in his blog, started moving in his bike, he is feeling so free as if he is moving in the air, for that matter he is feeling the moving or motion itself, of course his girl friend joins in the journey, giving exciting or thrilling momentum to the moment. He remembered that he didn’t enjoy such simple moments before, because he out rightly rejected them as frivolous or silly or amateurish. As he always projected himself as serious, reserved and matured, he never enjoyed the simple moments or childlike activities…

Later, one day his girlfriend happened to read his blog, she was surprised to know such truths about Shiva.. And called him up and asked him to meet at a certain place… they both met at a certain place…

Girl: I read your blog….

Shiva: surprised… or acting like surprised… is it?

Girl: you are projecting yourself as lie..

Shiva: of course, people like it, I am more positive than I was before.. I hope you also like this disposition…

Girl: of course I like it... but.

Shiva: but… what do you mean?

Girl: I feel I am fooled by you...

Shiva: I fooled everyone, not only you… that is what success is…

Girl: now I feel whatever we did is completely childish…I may not like you any more….

Shiva: he laughs… laughs and laughs… of course even I am feeling boring with you…

Girl: feels dejected, she turns her head and starts moving away as Shiva is still laughing at her…

The girl falls into dilemma…. Shiva may also fall into dilemma

It’s a modern love story that ends usually in break up, as guys or girls don’t like to have a lasting relationship… they all need is instant happiness, instant relationship,….

Filmmaking thoughts

My definition of the film or filmmaking and the quotes that inspire me about filmmaking








Film making is a technique to be used to express your thought in the form of a story.








Filmmaking is like music that flows lyrically as the story unfolds gradually on the screen and in the mind of the audience..












Film-making is almost a kind of meditation on our story and form, later bridges them together for completeness....














filmmaking is also like poetry of spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.












of course, film-making is no doubt a magic that baffles the audience with the tempo and rhythm of the story while being witnessed by audience themselves.













Film-making converts story into surreal and virtual by using time and space, of course in a way a kind of suspension of disbelief- VARDHAN

Rashomon by shakespeare of filmmaking, Akira kurosova

My next review, kurosova's most bizarre, electrifying, highly cinematic "Rashomon", the sole question remains after watching the film is " can truth be told as objectively as man witnesses?"

dweepa by girish kasaravalli

Dweepa……



Girish kasaravalli, a name to be reckoned in parallel cinema… the sole sailor who successfully leading the boat and continuing his principles he believed in despite lucrative offers and other distractions in the ultramodern world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHupkAnxyJ8----watch dweepa trialer by opening this link... the review of this movie will be posted by me in one or two days... i liked this movie and i am sure you too will like it... i will tell you why....


Dweepa another masterpiece from girish kasaravalli…. Impeccable. lyrical…highly symbolical and metaphorical.. nagi, indomitable, undeterred, persistent stands for energy, change, transformation and ready to be adaptable. Durgappa, father in law of nagi, a traditional, conservative, has a great faith in domestic deity that she will save him against all odds, as he performs “nema” a ritual to invoke the spirit of deity and prays for the problems they are facing… his son, husband of nagi, ganapa, a blind follower of his father, sometimes get intrigued by the fathers’ traditional beliefs and nagi’s rational outlook ; the other important character is Krishna, an intruder into the dweepa, nagi’s nephew, who is confused about himself and others,
a dreamy caricature in the film, neither completely pragmatic nor completely idealistic, he is just struggling between idealism and pragmatic nature.



as soon as the film begins, gets into the plot straight away; as the plot reveals that the rise of the water level in the river and the forthcoming monsoons could submerge the sitamountain where the all the characters residing. the characters are getting warned at each sequence the danger of the rise of the water level and the govt officials warn them to leave the place as early as possible, but the main character in the film, durgappa, a traditional nema performer, has staunch a conviction that sita mountain will never be merged, hence he would like to stay there despite the warnings. The second important thing is compensation offered by the govt officials to the people who leave the place; neither the officials could find anything substanial to pay compensation for the durgappa family nor durgappa family could claim with proper evidence of their property. The plot revolves around the compensation and the rise of the water level gradually by each monsoon seasons.




in the meanwhile, krishna, nephew of nagi enters into the plot or into dweepa as intruder or unwanted guest into the family. krishna, a disillusioned man, still projects himself as a happy man. Nagi, a woman of substance, naturally gets attracted to krishna's playful and hilarious attitude, but sometimes gets irritated by his intruding into her personal space. ganappa seems to be the most affected man in the plot, especially after krishna's entry. krishna, knowingly or unknowingly becomes a cause for concern, as the plot gradually tightens. The rift between ganappa and nagi widens by krishna, and at the same time, the water level rises and gradually submerges sitamountain, the belief of durgappa crumbles, especially when his son ganappa mentions that he is not afraid of the river submerging the island, but really scared of krishna's nature with nagi. This scene reveals how the director symbolically or metaphorically intertwined the personal and external events to thicken the plot. consequently durgappa dies performing nema helplessly... his faith dies.. ganappa,being a blind follower of his father, has lost hope and becomes a silent spectator.. but nagi,after realisig the situation, she asks krishna to move away from the dweepa and takes up the task of the bridging the relationship once again. in the last sequence, three factors that test the nerves of the nagi are the assumed tiger that could enter into the premises of nagi's house, ganappa's indifferent attitude to the present circumstances, and the rise of the water level, push her into the extreme situation, but nagi, undeterred successfully faces the situation, as the plot resolves the conflict itself with the damgates opened and the water level comes down. The story ends with a happy note but with a paradox in the case of nagi, who neither can feel happy for her persistant effort to grow out of the situation or nor accepts the ganappa's claim that they grow out of the situation only with help of god. the story ends with an enigma in the mind of nagi as well as in the mind of the audience.

The most important thing is girish kasaravalli's adept balance between filmmaking and the story telling, neither of them are in conflict with each other or neither of them outsmarts each other. it's simply a master piece. To say a few words about girish kasaravalli's filmmaking method, he blends both neo realistic long takes and montage methods in certain sequences effectively. The dialogues in the film are both intellectual, witty as well as natural, besides all these factors, the actors' performance is highly appreciable, everyone in the frame looks so truthful to the character they are portraying, after all which is what desirable from any great actor, hence they are no doubt great actors. overall, an exceptional film, don't dare to miss it, just read the review, sure you will be drawn towards it....

vardhan...

vanishing roots....

our ambitions are as high as sky
our roots are as deep as earth
we grow as wider as life
we live as truthful as five elements of this universe
our saviour is men
we obey his chopping us off
we are objects without our own will
we understood that we are children of men....
men are the children of god,
they have god to pray for..
for every sin they commit..
we wish we should have been children of god
so we could pray for the justice
justice for equality... justice for love... justice for truth.. justice for freedom...
we wonder after one or two centuries, our roots will be vanished forever..

what makes a great film? is always question, should we go to how to appreciate classes in FTII, of course we can do that, but thing not everyone is able to afford and learn to appreciate cinema.. as an aspiring filmmaker, i started watching watching films when i was just 8 years old, my father used to take me to films, as he is an avid film goer, of course that helped me to develop my passion for film medium, later i developed a kind of obcession that made me filmmaniac, i started bunking classes to watch films, which affected my studies very badly, for that matter i failed in the intermediate and my father couldn't help but accepting the fact... my father almost thought that i had spoiled my career and felt very sad about me. everyone around started looking at me in a strange manner, they started looking down upon my obcession with films. however i passed intermediate and then joined B.A in Engilsh literature... and i never looked back in my studies, i started getting good grades, of course i worked very hard.. and everyone started thinking that i have changed a lot and had developed interest in studies, of course that was partly true, as a matter of fact, i continued my obcession with films, by watching films and developing my own stories based what i have watched. one more important thing is i used to imitate whatever i have watched... since i have been obcessed with films in such a way, my real emotions and my behaviour started getting affected and started turning into filmy, sometimes i was disillusioned, reality has its lessons for me.... continues ....

second review of ravan

I saw ravan yesterday, and i read some of the reviews in the internet, most of the reviews are negative, of course every movie has its own pitfalls, that don’t make you stop watching movie, i sincerely say that ravan or villan has its own excellence except some loop holes in the story. of course it is not able to sustain the interest of the audience in some of the sequences, but we can really excuse them, as the movie is highly cinematic, electrifying and dynamic in many ways, especially editing is one such department which is really cutting edge… ruthlessly cut to sustain the interest. I feel this narrative structure is born to convince ragini by veera that her husband is not as good as she thinks… mostly veera’s point of view is emphasized and his reasons are well established… dev’s point of view is weakened and he is not able to convince the audience that veera is an outlaw or a bad man..
Though the narrative structure is creative and innovative.. it not only confuses the audience , but also made difficult to follow or understand the story…
I feel if he tells the story with straight narration…he could have been more successful in convincing the audience…
as far as the narrative structure of the story is concerned, the story is told with a blend of
Director’s point of view
Dev’s narration of flashback
Veera’s point of view… by giving reasons to ragini why he had to abduct her….
ragini is the only character who doesn’t have her own will and falls in dilemma what is right or wrong… she plays the role of a victim in the film…
please don’t compare it to Ramayana and judge it… just think from the point of view veera or beera who has developed a special liking for ragini, because of her fearlessness, good attitude…veera as a ordinary human being, as an opposite sex, tries to win her like every male who tries to boast in front of women to win them.. Irrespective of the relationship, especially in terms of opposite sex.. and the next is ragini, whose conflict falls between as a devoted wife of dev and as a human being.
the moral conflict heightens when she prays and requests in front of god to give moral strength to her. since ragini is a good human being, she gradually recognizes the goodness in veera too,
here we could see the psychological aspect between ragini and veera… their emotions and behaviours keep changing everytime because of their moral conflict inside them.
as many people criticised maniratnam, just think about mani sir, who has been trying to bridge the gap between art and commercial aspect of cinema, who has an such an inner urge to tell the story creatively and innovatively..Ravan is an experimental one… Mani sir tried to put both veera and ragini in such a situation or plot that they cannot resolve their conflict. such is the condition of human beings sometimes… i feel if mani sir tries to put the psychological aspect sincerely without bothering about the commercial audience, he would have been successful, (as he did in iddaru)…
i hope you have been observing manisir’s films for a long time… he has such a special knack of dramatizing deeper truths of life and present them for commercial audience, for instance “geetanjali”..
in the case of ravan, he tried hard to dramatize the moral conflict between ragini and veera, with their mannerisms, especially beera’s utterances, gestures and behavior.. to entertain the commercial audience… if he had portrayed the moral conflict realistically, it would have been a great work of art… i think mani sir failed only in trying to commercialize the concept and hope of winning the commercial audience…
here i am reminded of jean luc Goddard’s quote.. “the filmmaker grows in mind and spirit with his every film, but the audiences are left behind, there comes gap, which cannot be filled. Neither audience could rise to the maturity of the director nor the filmmaker could come down to explain the creative urge to the audience.” i feel this is where the fault is…. i understand that the audience goes to theatre solely for entertainment. But sometimes the audience are placed in an embarrassing situation that they cannot accept the change suddenly…
whatever it may be… i feel that mani sir should grow out of success and failure by making more realistic films like satyajit ray, such films will be recognized where they should be recognized..

life cycle

life cycle.. whenever i read, watch and remind death of a beloved person or some other person, i am reminded of mortality and ephermality of life... hence i feel that we shouldn't procrastinate anything in life... that causes irreparable damage. never procrastinate is the first thing i learned from the above moments, make use of every moment of life... the next thing is work we do and the work we love to do..needs to be balanced. of course, some people are lucky to do whatever they want, but all are not blessed.... whatever...we need to work on this matter... after struggling many years with this kind of dilemma, i came to conclusion that we should love what we do ... that is the only way we can survive.. or exist in this world.. don't think i am pessimist... i am not a pessimist or optimist... i view or see everything as it is.. or as they are... objectvity is the only path that i can follow, becuase it is the only way to real success.... even if you get the kind of artificial or superficial success... it is epheramal... let's accept the truth of life.... and accept it as it is .... don't resist it....

review of ravan

i saw ravan yesterday, and i read some of the reviews in the internet, most of the reviews are negative, of course every movie has its own pitfalls, that doesn't make you stop watching movie, i sincerely say that ravan or villan has its own excellence except some loop holes in the story. of course it is not able to sustain the interest of the audience in some of the sequences, but we can really excuse them, as the movie is highly cinematic, electrifying and dynamic in many ways, especially editing is one such department which is really cutting edge... ruthlessly cut to sustain the interest. as far as the story is concerned, the story is told from the point of view of ravan... though the poetic justice is not maintained, rama, the great warrior with high virtues has his vices in the film directly or indirectly, in the case of ravan's sister..... and the other angle that we can see is sita's point of view, as ravan has convinced sita by giving convincing reasons, and sita is almost on the verge of accepting them, of course in the climax sita likes ravan for his sacrifice, ruggedness. whatever it may be, ramayana or not, we can see the kind of possibility in kaliyuga, and you may not be able to find perfect lord rama in kaliyuga. watch this movie for the change, no doubt it is watchable, a feast for the visual lovers of cinema.