Mumbai ka King kaun????

the world is full of great films.. major chunk is lifted by Hollywood and most 'junk' is dumped through Bollywood.. the name itself shows the lack of urge to create something new! there are great films made in Japan( one and only/ all time great- Akira Kurosawa- abt whom i will write later), Korea, some very talented directors are producing masterpieces in Iran, in Europe also small small countries are making some of the best movies. talking abt hollywood, they produce many many movies, honestly many are as bad as b'wood films but still the number of good movies they make is just creditable. though Money plays a major role, it is still not the necessity to make a good film.
after talking so much abt the incompetence of B'wood films you must be thinking that my most favorite film will be a non desi.. .... you guessed wrong. in my opinion, the best film i v ever seen comes from the very own stables/(factory- more appropriate). the film was made in 1998, it had a very unseen starcast- Urmila being the most recognized one.. the film was made by a very talented Ram Gopal Verma( who later/ now a days, has lost his mind making stupid films)..
you guessed correctly the film was "Satya".
the film was abt Satya lashing out at the garb of civilization man wears, unveiled him to be seen in raw flesh and blood.The film is the story of Satya (Chakravarthy), who chases a dream to Mumbai and ends up in the underworld.
It is the story of men for whom killing is just another job. It lights flashbulbs in the underworld, a world that is dark, murky and unpredictable. There is also a human aspect to these blunt things of life. There' a girl who walks into Satya's life and shows him a world that's softer, a world that has love and the light of hope. There is the helpless police commissioner who is unable to tackle the relentless onslaught of crime. Satya also shows the camaraderie existing between friends who play with death as their profession. And finally Satya is the story of Bhiku Mhatre, the quintessential don.
The film ends as it begins - violently. In the process it leaves the viewer shaken, forced to face a truth he rather not. He leaves the theatre, not with an inane smile, but in thought. Perhaps this is what the director, Ram Gopal Verma intended.
the strongest point of the film is the involvement of the Audience. the viewer can identify himself in the film.. not really in the likes of bhiku, satya or even as one of his gang members but in the background, buying vegetables or crossing road, watching sunset at the chaupati. which is very disturbing.. we all intend to oversee the sickness in the society, the film forces you to stare hard at the sharp contrast of the actual situation..

the strength of the film lies in the simplicity of the charactors, and the story. i v realized that, all the great films have very natural cast, characters. very simple but flawless scripts. in the films like the Godfather I, II the story and the script was very complicated, but the characters in the film are so true and natural. which makes it one of the best movies made from a book. even in our own 'Lagaan' the characters are very simple n most imp natural.

in the next blog will be talking abt a master piece which scared the sh*t out of me.

regards
Shirish Madhav Ganu