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Prarambh... The Begining - 2004 [DVD] |
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| We, Humans are blessed by Mother Nature. The mind and the body, makes a man something different from Nature's all other creatures; they make us Human. But there are few, whose open palm waits for someone to fill it, whose tongue asks for more than it receives whose eyes shift and shoulders sag to convey helplessness and disability, to make a man less than a man. One such creature is Bholu. A beggar. Bholu is the Pole Star of a small temple in a small town. Bholu is only a trader in this place. The presence os a beggar near every religious place is inevitable. Since his childhood he has done only one thing and that's begging. His child hood pretends to be leper to earn more money, his pretending is successful but his business is jeopardized, when a young woman with a baby comes to beg in same area. Bholu doesn't get help from Parbat, so he decides to help himself and finds out the secrets of Chamki. Before he could do anything, next day Chamki is nowhere to be seen. Why?? This Why transforms is feelings of victory in to anxiety. A seed of love is sown, Bholu does not know about it. Every revolution is in search of a beginning. It must have taken one step that made inert earth alive, which after long ages of struggle resulted in Man. All Bholu has to do is recognize this beginning and take a single step. It will bring him out of Nature's zoo and transform him into a Human Being. |
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Ram Kaushik |
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In an era where socially relevant thematic movies have become increasingly rare in the flood of slick glossy trash, Prarambh is a movie reminiscent of the heyday of 1980's Indian alternative cinema.
This matter-of-fact tale of a professional beggar who plies his trade outside the neighborhood temple is tightly scripted and sensitively directed by debutant director Kumar Dave. Locale and camera work are outstanding for a clearly low budget film. Vijay Raaz with his scraggy exterior is highly convincing as a beggar who is constantly walking the tightrope of survival. Gauri Karnik as the foul mouthed worldly-wise survivor in a rough-and-tumble slum is quite superb. Besides Nandita Das, I could not recall any other actress in recent memory who could carry this role with such aplomb. Auxiliary characters like the local protection goon and assorted members of the neighborhood play their roles to perfection. Music is upbeat and different - in keeping with the tone of the movie.
In the unlikely event that Kumar Dave recoups his admittedly meagre investment in this movie and survives in Bollywood to make another movie, I await it with bated breath.
Highly recommended movie for afficionados of artistic cinema. |
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