Watched on 10-3-13 on Maa TV
Although we had seen both Gamyam and Vedam (and liked them for their out-of-box approach), we didn't know at that time they were by the same director, Krish, who also made Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum. If we had known it, we wouldn't have missed it when it was shown in the theaters. When we discovered this on the incomparable reality show, Padutha Thiyaga, we waited all week for the Sunday when it was sceduled to be shown on Ma TV.
Although it turned out to be bit of a disappointment with its populist item numbers, violence and its loud histrionics, we could yet discern the elements that nearly made them up with its fine directorial touches like casting the protagonist in the now dying tribe of Surabhi artist or making the movie resonate with its contemporary theme of mining mafia, etc. Here one begins to see why good filmmakers are forced to bow to the box office concerns; after all is said and done, no one expects producers pour in millions in good cinema for nothing. Kitsch is the tragic condition of backward places.
But compare this we must with Krish's two earlier films we saw and the result is not heartening.
Although we had seen both Gamyam and Vedam (and liked them for their out-of-box approach), we didn't know at that time they were by the same director, Krish, who also made Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum. If we had known it, we wouldn't have missed it when it was shown in the theaters. When we discovered this on the incomparable reality show, Padutha Thiyaga, we waited all week for the Sunday when it was sceduled to be shown on Ma TV.
Although it turned out to be bit of a disappointment with its populist item numbers, violence and its loud histrionics, we could yet discern the elements that nearly made them up with its fine directorial touches like casting the protagonist in the now dying tribe of Surabhi artist or making the movie resonate with its contemporary theme of mining mafia, etc. Here one begins to see why good filmmakers are forced to bow to the box office concerns; after all is said and done, no one expects producers pour in millions in good cinema for nothing. Kitsch is the tragic condition of backward places.
But compare this we must with Krish's two earlier films we saw and the result is not heartening.
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