The first English movie i saw was Laughing 20's (a laurel and hardy film) at the age of six. Its my father who took me to the movie. As i grew up i noticed a fascination among our citizens for the Hollywood biggies. I can never forget the campaign that was carried for the promotion of JUNGLE BOOK. My father saw my eagerness and took me to the very first show of the movie. My English teacher Varghese sir introduced us to a lot of great movies. He used to give us synopsis first and then lead us to the movie. Ten Commandments, The Guns of Navarone, Benhur, Where Eagles Dare........were a world we watched with awe.My musings here are only with the genre that attracts all the age groups. I am not discussing about the movies which cater to only certain sections. We are here discussing a movie that starts as an idea, later expands into a creation and then makes our world different for a two hour period. Those two hours are the hours where we leave our daily life behind and get involved with a fantasy which we believe to be true. Remember the first time when you saw a gigantic Dinosaur eating the leaves on the top of a 30 metre tree in JURASSIC PARK.
Its in Intermediate i realized that movies we were watching at Satyagowri and Anand theatres, Kakinada(very famous for showing English movies) were actually made in 50's and 60's. Most of the new movies released in Holly wood were released a year later in our town. Its only through the video cassettes we got a chance to see new English movies. During my intermediate days I and srikanth watched "Honey, I shrunk the kids" On that day i asked srikanth" why we are not making these kind of movies? An intelligent srikanth told me that the movies they make require lot of money and technology. And since we are not having that sorts of technical enterprise we were not able to make the "AWE" films.
What amazed me over years was their attention towards detail and the way they presented it in a short duration(1hr 30 min nearly). Watch E.T. or Jurassic Park. You will understand how money,craft and technology make a wonderful combination.
The greatness of these movies was they generated curiosity among all age groups alike. The movies occupied a special place in the hearts of a seven year old to a seventy year old. The movie TINTIN as well as the recent MADAGASCAR 3 and the very new AMAZING SPIDERMAN proved that they are still the masters of such kind of cinema.
Indian film makers have to accept the fact that they have made only a few films that found acceptance among all age groups.Its "Chinnari Chetana" which combined the technology and expertise to bring all the age groups to the theatre. We have a Mr India and i don't remember at this stage .any other film ruling hearts of all the age groups . Its really a pity that the country which makes large number of movies and renowned for exceptional cinematic expertise could not boast of a movie that entertains a child as well as a adult in the same proportions. CAN WE AT ANY POINT OF A TIME MAKE A MOVIE OF SUCH DIMENSIONS?
At this point EEGA seems to be an answer to this question. Releasing today EEGA seems to answer my prayer of an Indian movie which entertains in the lines of an E.T or a Spider-man. The trailers are definitely brilliant and the music seems to aid the movie in reaching the millions around the world. It has a fantastic premise. A house fly on a revenge spree against a human who killed him in the previous birth is definitely new theme on the Indian cinema platform. In the trailers the special effects are brilliant. Hope the same continues in the movie too.
I never liked any movie of the director S.S,Rajamouli until Maryada Ramana happened. The previous movies of Rajamouli left logic in bay and traveled with entertainment quotient rather than make believe. Neither the protagonist in Sye nor the protagonist in Magadheera made me feel and root for him. But his cinematic expertise is never in doubt. Let it be the interval sequence in Simhadri....or .....the making of an ordinary man into chatrapathi.....or the flashback episode of Vikramarkudu....or the duel with yama in yamloka in yamadonga....or the visual treat of magadheera....or .....making an unknown rugby a common sport in sye....Raja mouli showed his expertise in an excellent way. In all the above scenes the directors magical touch elevated an ordinary movie to an extraordinary level. However except these bits the directors complete potential is never on display. Perhaps the commercial compulsions made him to make the movies in such fashion.
Then MaryadaRamana happened. I remember the shot in which Sunil comes out from the deep of a bridge on a cycle being chased by the villain . Its really awesome. I watched with admiration when sunil held on the pole on the top of a building trying to escape with an excellent BGM. Except for the formulaic ending the movie is a treat from the word go. Its Rajamoulis hour. Every thing in Maryada Ramana is a celebration. The director took you on the ride, made you root for the protagonist and asked you the questions what will you do in such situations.
And now this man comes with a two year long hard work. With a child like enthusiasm he tried to present the updates every month. For the last few weeks EEGA rewrote the advertising rules of telugu cinema. It now captures the imagination of an entire nation. An entire nation today by this time watch eega"s first show.For the first time in this writers 39 years a man stands with an universal theme made with tremendous hard work and expertise. For the first time India stands with a story that matches the supers, bats , spiders and reptiles of the western world. For the first time a movie comes with the so called well made special effects in the style we expect. For the first time in Indian History a Telugu movie comes with such hype and large scale.
I wish Raja Mouli makes our two hours of time most precious and worth remembering a life time. Hope we will celebrate the spirit of a fly in all its glory.
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