Bommarillu(Telugu, 2006)

With apologies to my good friends B and L, who cannot even begin to comprehend simple pleasures in life like watching a decent Telugu movie, this movie is a gem. No vulgarity, no unnecessary scenes, no irrational nonsense that normally goes with this language movies. Absolutely perfect in every sense of the word. It has been sculpted with such meticulous care and passion that I haven't seen in a Telugu movie in a long time. It blends opposites beautifully and captures the undercurrent of that particular society with a coherent storyline, dazzling photography and a memorable score. One ought to be, but really should not be, surprised to know that the movie was directed by a first time director. The only problem with this kind of thing is that the chap would find it hard pressed to match the brilliance of his first masterpiece to subsequent attempts as normally happens. If one notices, the first movies of now well known directors, were decent but not brilliant. It is only in stages that they perfected their mastery over the silver screen.
My good friend B might as well watch the movie and claim that that this blogger is rotting and there is nothing of interest, which is a perfectly sane opinion. It is akin to showing My Fair Lady to a chap who doesn't understand English or isn't familiar with general English culture. No matter how good the subtitles the gist of the movie is lost. The same case here although one is not claiming that this movie of the same caliber as the other one. There needs to be some way to relate to the movie's environment for it to be of any value. Either one needs to have a basic grasp of the language to at least begin comprehending the story or at least have a general idea about the prevailing "youth culture" over there neither of which B possesses so we can safely ignore his opinions.

B throws in the towel

B is dead, Long live B. My good reader will undoubtedly remember a certain character B from an earlier post. The latest news off the wires is that the man has thrown in the towel, bloggically speaking. Sense seems to have descended unto him and rooted firmly into his rotten bean. He has seen the error of his ways and has firmly decided not to rot about anything in his blog let alone anything about this blogger.