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Dear Alpana,
I have not seen Deepa Mehta's movies
excepting the "Earth" which I had to watch because I was invited to
a function at
I did not like the movie "Earth". With too many Dutch-Angle shots, without enough establishing shots, only lighting being flood-lighting all over, without any balance between close-up, medium and reverse-angle --- story line developing intermittently without any balance between conflict-contrast-surprise-resolve --- the movie was dull and mediocre artistically. The Director was unable to balance her presentation, which is essential when one makes a movie on a social issue. However, she has her freedom of rights to make a movie anyway she wants, and we have the freedom of rights not to waste out time watching her low quality productions.
What I tried to say was about the issue of the movie River --- not about the movie, and not about how Deepa Mehta is portraying it.
The issue is the suffering of 30
million widows in If the so called Hindu Fanatics
(which is an oxymoron because a Hindu ceases to remain a Hindu when he becomes a
fanatic) want to create a hue and cry against Deepa Mehta, they may also do
something to stop the suffering of the 30 million widows. They may try to
stop the practice of dowry which "kills & maims" 25,000 brides every year in
India. They may help "change of mind-set" to stop female-feticide
which has caused a shortage of 70 million females in India.
Umesh is asking the question: How much doing is good enough. I request everybody to discuss that question with a positive attitude. Whatever one can do is good enough --- but that should be done with love and care. With love to everybody, Himendra
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