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    What is the reality behind the partition of Andhrad Pradesh and Telangana?

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    Unification of any region with another has to be not only territorial but also the emotional unity between the two people. This could be in various spheres like social, cultural, educational and economic. The integration that happens over a period between two regions which are very distinct ( as are Andhra and Telangana) has to be a process of trust building , empathy, honesty and statesmanship. Despite the good intentions and measures of the Andhra people the underlying theme and the rhetoric in the popular imagination of the Telangana people was mostly about exploitation and cornering the benefits ( Thousands of print and media hours

  • Cinema Paradise

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    I’m a movie fanatic. Having grown up in a town without the pastimes and hobbies of a village (the charms of the rural) like fishing, swimming, gaming or taming animals, my principal source of entertainment was going to the movies. The theatre behind our home was the center of gravitation. When ever I was early…

  • Hang Men Also Die

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    Hang Men also Die is a 1943 war movie about the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi Reich Protector of German-occupied Prague, number-two man in the SS. The film is a collaboration of two geniuses : Bertolt Brecht and Fritz Lang. Belonging to the genre of Film-noir, the movie captures the ruthless torture unleashed by the Nazi war machine and…

  • Z and Rome, Open City

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    Could watch two films only recently (thanks to Youtube) and felt I have to share with all film enthusiasts. Z by Costa Gavras is an edge of the seat political thriller. What matters is that it’s a Director’s Film. It is slick and stylish and conveys a stark mood of corruption, depravity, cold-blooded harshness and falsehood. Amidst…

  • The Revenant

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    The Revenant is about one man’s (Glass) resolve to seek revenge.He is the Revenant,the man who has returned from the Dead. The Dead have no words to speak and the living speak falsehood.The Revenant are the bridge between these two worlds. They have to straddle both these worlds. They must ensure justice for the Dead…

  • Claude Chabrol

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    A few years ago while trying to get to know more about international cinema,I got interested in French cinema. The only French movie of international fame that I had watched until then was Joan Renoir’ s Rules of the Game. As I went through the list of Directors that had several names of repute, I…

  • THE BLACK BOOK

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    Orhan Pamuk’s The Black Book. Intertextuality of the novel made it difficult for me initially. It is also largely about an extraordinary range of reading, and in-depth intensive reading of a particular subject: in this case history, theology and philosophy. Pamuk’s way of looking at the situation is what the novel is about; what are…

  • Crucified Lovers By Kenzo Mizoguchi

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    Watched the movie Crucified Lovers by Kenzu Mizoguchi. Ugetsu Mongotrai, Sansho the Bailiff, Life of Oharu are all films by Mizoguchi that I had watched earlier. Japanese films of that era especially those of Mizoguchi and Yasuziro Ozu maintain a certain translucence and poise that is unmistakable. Kurosawa’s Rashomon and Yojimbo also have this quality….