Gulaal made it 3 in a month for me from the Anurag Kashyap drama factory.
Needless to mention that, it added to my delight of watching creatvely crafted cinematic work.
However, one common thread of his movies has stuck with me.
His fascination for the colour RED !!
In his latest flick, characters have red gulaal on their faces.
In DEV D, RED fills the background in the movie, the posters, the trailers, et al.
Ditto for Black Friday and No Smoking.
What does this bright RED signify? What does he want to convey?
Probably, the angst of the central charcters, or their violent pangs.
Quite a logical conclusion, given the background of the movies.
I feel it is more than the angst or the pangs and extends beyond the background.
I feel it is the reflection of one's mind. A divided, disturbed mind or a revolutionary, bright mind. I am quite confused with the right choice.
The confusion stems from the multiple connotations that this bright RED has.
It can mean fire, or revolution, or passion, or sin, or a warning and the list continues.
His movies are a bit of everything RED means or can mean.
His characters are a bit sinful, given to vices like ganjaa. They are passioante and bright. They are different from the usual, making them in essence revolutionary.
Most of them are a warning beacuse, in a way they convey the human fallacies.
More often than not, one would also attribute a morbid aspect to this colour, failing to realise nothing more than this signifies LIFE.
What intrigues me most is they are unsettling by nature and yet very appealing.
They leave a lasting impression on you and make you think.
In fact, the ubiquitous RED of Mr. Kashyap, is a leading indicator of the versatile and varied nature of his movie making. This choice of this multidimensional colour speaks volumes of the efficacy and the implicit meaning of this brilliant movie-making style, a tuly intellectual one.
After constant mulling over this colour and its choice, I have only one thing to tell this brilliant movie master, 'Give me more, give me RED'.
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p.s. Comments invited.
Monday, 16 March 2009
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Show me your colour.
Big B not to celebrate HOLI this year!
Read a news item in a portal, I visit regularly.
Why did my eye catch this? Coz it had a certain BIG name, or there was a NO to colours.
I like reading about this BIG name, but it was the NOT that popped a question.
Well, the obvious one, i.e., WHY??
I delved deep in finding out why someone known for a BIG YES to colours every year has given a BIG NO to it.
I got my answer. The NO to colours comes as a mark of respect to the victims of the horrific 26/11 event. Awesome, I said and continued with my preparation to leave for work.
While driving to work, a debate sparked off in a remote corner of my head.
A debate of the 'to be or not to be' variety.
The reason for keeping it 'black and white' on Holi day was well understood.
However, I pushed myself into finding out the reasons for celebrating Holi as a mark of respect to the lives lost, the heroes and the bereaved families left behind.
To give colours a skip, adds to the despondant and the morose imprints left behind.
In fact, we should stand up together and paint the town red, and ensure we get the affected to have a colourful day.
Our collective human spirit should propel us to show our true colours as a mark of respect to the spirit of our nation.
A nation that has brushed off the wounds and taken the deep scars in her stride. A nation that will show its true colour by defying attempts to curtail our celebration of life.
We should say a BIG YES to colurs for Mumbai.
The magical city, still recuperating from the illness inflicted on 26/11, did not change to black and white. It has returned to the resplendent colours post the horror.
I do not intend to negate someone's stance. I just want to advocate that giving colours a miss this Holi, is not our true colour.
The resilient human spirit should send out a message to the perpetrators of any violence by showing its true colour.
Saying YES to colours depsite 26/11 makes the celebration of life grandiose.
We should get up today and ask the one another, 'Show me your colour'.
Read a news item in a portal, I visit regularly.
Why did my eye catch this? Coz it had a certain BIG name, or there was a NO to colours.
I like reading about this BIG name, but it was the NOT that popped a question.
Well, the obvious one, i.e., WHY??
I delved deep in finding out why someone known for a BIG YES to colours every year has given a BIG NO to it.
I got my answer. The NO to colours comes as a mark of respect to the victims of the horrific 26/11 event. Awesome, I said and continued with my preparation to leave for work.
While driving to work, a debate sparked off in a remote corner of my head.
A debate of the 'to be or not to be' variety.
The reason for keeping it 'black and white' on Holi day was well understood.
However, I pushed myself into finding out the reasons for celebrating Holi as a mark of respect to the lives lost, the heroes and the bereaved families left behind.
To give colours a skip, adds to the despondant and the morose imprints left behind.
In fact, we should stand up together and paint the town red, and ensure we get the affected to have a colourful day.
Our collective human spirit should propel us to show our true colours as a mark of respect to the spirit of our nation.
A nation that has brushed off the wounds and taken the deep scars in her stride. A nation that will show its true colour by defying attempts to curtail our celebration of life.
We should say a BIG YES to colurs for Mumbai.
The magical city, still recuperating from the illness inflicted on 26/11, did not change to black and white. It has returned to the resplendent colours post the horror.
I do not intend to negate someone's stance. I just want to advocate that giving colours a miss this Holi, is not our true colour.
The resilient human spirit should send out a message to the perpetrators of any violence by showing its true colour.
Saying YES to colours depsite 26/11 makes the celebration of life grandiose.
We should get up today and ask the one another, 'Show me your colour'.
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