[Assam] Another great (hindi) movie

[Chan Mahanta]

At 10:14 PM -0600 1/27/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:
>  > I don't understand the meaning of 'Taare Jamin Par'. But whatever it
>It would mean something like 'Maatir-Tora', 
>instead of the star from the sky, C'da - not 
>that I am a good Hindi speaker, but a typical 
>Assamese who knows just to talk in Hindi with a 
>Torkari-Wala or a Rickshwo-wala. Well, I take 
>that back, many in Assam speak good hindi now. :)
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>>  an Oscar. We did watch it. And found it to be 
>>yet another Bollywood > hit on the head with a 
>>mohor-tangwn, rubbing in the obvious, lest > 
>>the message gets lost in that legendary 
>>desi-density :).
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>It does, C'da. Often time the disease IS NOt 
>diagnosed, especially in the "third-world" 
>countries - not being able to read and write is 
>just being 'gaadha' and no question of looking 
>at the root cause of it.




**** I understand that all too well A. That IS an 
important story to tell. But it is HOW you tell 
it, in a movie, that makes the movie what it is. 
Just because the story is important or well 
written, does not make a movie worth remembering.


I have not seen Maatir tora .  It may have been 
done well. But judging from decades of 
experience, I am not about to hold my breath on 
it. More so since I saw Black,  something that 
was widely touted as something extraordinary, an 
artistic gem. If THAT was extraordinary, then I 
fear to ask what ordinary would be. It was cast 
in a mold different from the usual Bollywood 
kitsch. But just because it was DIFFERENT does 
not make it superior.

It boils down to this: Bollywood moviemakers have 
a long way to go in refining their craft . And 
that would not happen until its consumers get 
more discerning and demand better. And if those 
who know better, join the chorus  rah-rahing and 
promoting the ordinary as something superior, are 
not doing  anybody any favors.








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>And as far as I understand, that is the side 
>that they were trying to portray in it, not what 
>dyslexia is! And yes, the point is that people 
>don't get the very obvious point - that the 
>child HAS a problem rather than being just a 
>"gaadha', and is a 'kom mogoj thoka' student.
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>"In order to make spiritual progress you must be 
>patient like a tree and humble like a blade of 
>grass"
>- Lakshmana
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>  > Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:41:21 -0600> To: 
>assam at assamnet.org> From: cmahanta at charter.net> 
>Subject: Re: [Assam] Another great (hindi) 
>movie> > Now, now, now A!> > I am not much of a 
>movie buff. Less so about movies that are short 
>on > finesse and long on preaching the 
>obvious.> > I don't understand the meaning of 
>'Taare Jamin Par'. But whatever it > is, it 
>reminds me of the accolades pouring from the 
>aficionados of > Bollywood productions like 
>Black and White, certain to be honored with> an 
>Oscar. We did watch it. And found it to be yet 
>another Bollywood > hit on the head with a 
>mohor-tangwn, rubbing in the obvious, lest > the 
>message gets lost in that legendary desi-density 
>:).> > > > > > > > At 9:29 PM -0600 1/27/08, 
>Alpana B. Sarangapani wrote:> >"Om Shanti Om" is 
>another great movie that I would recommend to 
>you.> >> >There are so many things that match 
>with what I read in books by > >Carol Bowman and 
>Dr. Ian Stevenson.> >> >Don't worry, Umesh-ji. I 
>am glad you also liked 'Taare Jamin Par'. 
>I > >would not include C'da in there but, there 
>are at least a few in > >Assam-Net that I know 
>that are fond of hindi movies. :)> >> >So, go 
>ahead, pour your heart out. 
>:)> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >"In order to make 
>spiritual progress you must be patient like a 
>tree > >and humble like a blade of grass"> >- 
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