Mr. Tambourine Man

"My mind is filled with you..."

I watched this Telugu movie yesterday (WHY do I indulge in these 'dirty habits'?) on the bus that captured my imagination for a while after, to such an extent that I hardly slept on the bus after that. I sleep like a log on buses usually, and I sleep so well that sometimes, I ponder over the possibilities of creating a virtual reality world where I live all my life in the bus - a thought process that puts me to sleep immediately.

Now, this movie had these two main characters, who were neighbours and best friends in rural Andhra Pradesh as 10-year-olds. But then, the rich-girl-poor-boy divide strikes, and the girl's father is conveniently transferred to some urban location. They sing a separation song, and she gives him a timepiece that sings when opened. (Timepiece! Where are we - 1649?)

Then they meet again under weird circumstances after 18 years, don't recognise each other, then finally comprehending the situation by which time its too late - the hero's sister's marriage is in jeopardy for some strange reason, and heroine's engaged to an evil MLA's son. A bloody battle ensues where everyone beats up everyone else, and everything almost ends happily, but heroine's father with evil motives stabs hero in the stomach.

Hero dies. ('Yes!' I thought, 'A Telugu Film has the courage to kill a Hero').

Hero is resurrected! (A result of the heart-wrenching prayers of the heroine to Lord Anjaneya)

Then they live happily ever after.

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I was struck by this movie - its oft-repeated storyline, its coreographed fight sequences, songs in exotic locales that have nothing to do with the movieand just the fact that it was such a horrendous movie! I have this theory now - a generalised theory that applies to everything in the world - you're always struck by / attracted to either the best or the worst, its the mediocre that suffer!

This explains why Ambarish (a fat, ugly Kannada Actor), Vijaykanth(a fat, ugly Tamil actor) have fan clubs with 50,000 members, and websites like these (http://www.indiadirect.com/captain/) in their honour! Also explains why I liked "Mansantha Nuve", "Hadh Kar Di Aapne", "A", "Baatsha" and "American Desi"!

posted by aandthirtyeights @ 12:17 AM