'Slam' dog millionaire

'Slam' dog millionaire

ಸ್ಲಂಡಾಗ್ ಮಿಲಿಯನೇರ್ ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಗೋಲ್ಡನ್ ಗ್ಲೋಬ್ ಬಂತು ಹಾಗೂ ಈಗ ಆಸ್ಕರ್ ಓಟದಲ್ಲೂ ಹನ್ನೊಂದು ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳಿಗೆ ಅದು ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಇತ್ತೀಚೆಗೆ ಈ ಚಿತ್ರವನ್ನು ನೋಡುವ ಅವಕಾಶ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು. (ಹೇಗೆ ಅಂತ ಕೇಳಬೇಡಿ… 😉 ಅದೆಲ್ಲಾ ಹೇಳಲಿಕ್ಕಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಹ… ಹ್ಹ… ಹ್ಹ… ) ಎ.ಆರ್. ರೆಹಮಾನಿಗೆ ಗೋಲ್ಡನ್...
TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 5)

TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 5)

Tulu film industryThough Tulu has a limited market, it has created its own mark in the regional film history by producing some 30 films in 30 years. This was possible only because of adventuresome men who wanted to make it in a big manner in their own language. In...
TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 4)

TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 4)

ImprovisationLike a painter or a musician, a filmmaker can also exhibit his creative instincts by select presentation, over- or under-emphasis of certain situations, varying the stress on words etc. Consider two famous examples: “The Inspector said the Teacher was a...
TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 3)

TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 3)

Concentrated attentionThe magic that makes an attractive painting out of individual colours is the concentrated attention the painter applies to it so that the different hues put together artistically produce the desired effect in the minds of the viewers. In a...
TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 2)

TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 2)

Kannada Films with Tulu backdrop I have seen several Kannada films effectively employing some of the dance forms of Tulu Nadu (yakshagana dance-drama). One example is that of the familiar huli vesha (men wearing tiger masks, painting their bare bodies with stripes etc...
TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 1)

TULU NADU and CINEMA (Part – 1)

Role of Culture“Culture plays a dominant role in grooming the artistic instincts of a person.” This well-known aphorism needs no explanation. Now a question arises: does an ‘imported’ or ‘thrust’ culture has any influence on the native one and if so is it for the...