Revelations...
hi all.... was utterly busy with my exams...u see in addition to my regular university papers i hav papers that need to b cleared from my past semesters....but aside with these depressing thoughts.... here comes the first Blog post of 2009....what i want to talk about today, after such a long time is sum works, exactly 2 in numbers that i came across which made my spirits high.. not cos i could relate them in any way with me (however hard i tried) but cos they jus created an aura n feeling of watchin sumthing artistic..
1st..i came across a photoblog of my friend today... u too can visit it at http://www.photoblog.com/ArunHarish jus go through his works.... he always had this dream of being a photographer... n frankly speakin has been always a source of inspiration for me... now pertaining to his works.... my all time favourite is the one he so fondly calls as 'bottle blues'... transforming sumthing so insignificant to a nice picture...hats off to u man!! n there is his new one named portrait... it is a truly near professional quality pic... n the work of creating centres of attention by turning the other parts to grayscale is really nice...but i personally feel the natural look of the same colour composition in the original picture might create a more visual impact... jus giv his blog a visit... n before i conclude about him let me say jus a lil thing...he takes his pictures with an ordinary point n click digital camera....
2nd..after much naggin from my sisters part i bought the DVD of AakashaGopuram... n since she was hogging the computer watchin it, i jus sat there without any particular interest to watch the film... n after about 10 mins into the film i realised that i had missed the theatrical experience of the greatest visual extravaganza tht i hav ever seen in a malayalam film.. The film directed by K.P Kumaran is a celluloid adaptation of 19th century Norwegian playwright of realistic drama, Henry Ibsen's classic 'Master Builder'... But story n characterisation wise it is not every ones cup of tea... the pace of the film is slow as compared to the 100 mph scripts of these days... the characters not defined in the conventional way...we are just given the pieces of puzzles of the characters... its upto u to figure the rest out... The basic story revolves around Albert Samson,a master builder who has trampled upon many to reach the status he is in now n the reputation he so proudly holds... we r put in the phase of his life where he has started to grow old... the 2 things that he fears the most is turning old n him being replaced from the throne of master builder by the upcoming generation... He is portrayed as one who has always aimed for his personal career growth, willing to go to any extend for it... the character of Albert Samson is clearly etched out by the other characters interaction with him but alas! the support characters are left incomplete much for ones dismay... i havent read the original play but i think the film as a whole could have been much more clear...
The actin front is in safe hands with the big talents like Mohanlal, Bharat Gobi, Sreenivasan, Manoj K Jayan living out their characters... Shwetha Menon enacts the role of the distressed wife of Albert n Geethu Mohandas who plays his secretary are also equally good... But the surprise was a gal named Nithya who plays the role of Helda... She acts as beautiful as she looks... n to say the truth i think im in love with that beauty...
The dialogues of the film makes one feel like they are watchin a drama... its has the unusual n unnatural stress on the dialogues with the language used bein more of the print type than dialect, which is common in the case of a drama... ac act of the script writer which i justified on the grounds that this is a homage to a great plarwright n one of his master plays...
Now let me come to the part where the film just left me wonder struck... each n every single frame in the film is perfectly composed... the beautiful backdrops of foreign locales actually blends in with each scene rather than just acting as a mere eye candy... The cinematography is absolutely brilliant from shots varyin from indoors to outdoors, closeups , longshots, pan, steady cam shots area all handled with exceptional finesse... even the angle selection is worth a mention here... the visual treat doesn't bother u in anyway and actually does wonders by creating an exact atmosphere for the story... the lighting for each shots is also sumthin that will catch ur eyes... examples of these can be best observed in scenes where Shwetha Menon sits in her room n the evening sum creates a shadow of her rooms window partly on her & partly on her bed and in a shot where the setting sun becomes the backdrop for a mid range closeup shot of Mohanlal... n Kudos! for that to the cinematographer Santhosh thundiyi n his assistants.....
This is the most technically brilliant Malayalam film i have seen till now n no wonder, the end credits listed the name of various foreign technicians... But i strictly feel that this film should be set as a technical standard for the malayalm films yet to come... and with blending background scores conducted by John Altman providing the perfect aura needed, the movie is as good as a work of art rather than a a feature film... the minor flaws that it has is more than made up by the technical brilliance and the plethora of visual treats that soothes the eye... But do urself a favour and watch the film in a theatre or at the least a DVD cos a VCD doesnt provide u with the clarity needed for this kind of film...
AakashaGopuram rating - 2.5/5
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