I was a bit taken aback by the non-ending. Before I cottoned on that that was the point.
I had wanted to watch Veedu for 25+ years ever since I caught snatches of it repeatedly on 90s Doordarshan. Except when I finally watched it this year I realized that the B&W movie in my memory was Sandhya Ragam. So I saw that first, only to then find that in Veedu Balu Mahendra had reused the house and central cast. The…
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn:
God's in his heaven—
All's right with the world!
How do you review cinema whose every inch is absolute perfection? How review the fairytalest yet realest relationship in the movies? How review two yutes? How review magic grits? How review finessing? How review a limited-slip differential which distributes power equally to both the right and left tyres? How review... Miss Vito? The heartachingly charming, unspeakably witty, gloriously, incomparably...
You can't.…
No special effects today can recreate the awe of the theatre screen sequence.
BG: I wish Baraka could be a theatre experience.
Me: Do see also its sequel, Samsara.
BG: Wow there’s a sequel? Will definitely watch.
Me: Who knows, maybe there's even a prequel. 😝
BG: Yes there is, it’s called Chronos 😂
At that moment I was Bruce Willis when Rachel tells Ross "Whoops, I'm sorry. You were talking about Emily."
