River bank, perhaps in Pune. Appa, an Alzie patient, and a girl kid asleep on the side of a sleeping elephant. A breeze nudges a peepal. For the second time, an afternoon spent with Mohan Agashe (Appa) and Amruta Subhash (Channamma) in Astu on Amazon Movies. Tears did cloud as in some strange act of contrapuntal direction, every decline in an Alzie mind (or is it soul), clinks with a rousing Sanskrit quote on a realised soul, an 'Earth in meditation'. Maybe, me am wrong but Astu (So be it) has a fresh manner telling a story. Yes, the camera shoots softly. Alzie mostly is non-violent. No trick camera. No high decibel noise. An Alzie quoting Sanskrit shlokas, Tao and Zen sharply contrasting with an Appa floating swifly away to a somewhere.... on an elephant without chains. Mohan Agashe profile says everything, subtly. Is an Alzie equivalent to a gyani? There is horror in the derailment of Appa; it frights; scary. Mohan Agashe and Channamma wrap me; Channamma does not know of Alzie but is familiar with God. She drops at Appa's feet. Me, after the film, felt like an Alzie. Astu recalls the Tamil bhakti verse: Manabhi manam vittu, thanabhi nindravarkku, Aiyan aaduvar, thalam poduvar.... (Aiyan dances and sings to an alone human, empty of shame). At some place Mohan Agashe spells out the Sanskrit equivalent... is Mohan Agashe, the Alzie, a realised soul? Astu culls any heaviness in the telling; the show is all Appa walking behind an elephant and sitting atop an elephant without chains, a bell round its neck tinkling through the film. Elephants have long memories, say wildlife experts; no Alzies like Appa. A second contrapuntal act. Comprehensive acting of an Appa by Mohan Agashe and Amruta Subhash, part owner of the elephant. How many like Agashe have we? When Appa ultimately folds his hands to the space and sky above ... me says Astu... Thathastu. So be it. Alzie or realised soul. Then what is Kismet. How does Kismet fit into the eternal crossword. In a shot, Appa helps his grand-daughter with a Marathi cross-word, a relief to the family. Astu perhaps to Kismet. A film for India 2017 turning intellects into Alzies on their way home, if there one. Appa is taken home by his daughter, unaware? Appa seems more comfortable with the female elephant. Astu.
Monday, May 22, 2017
Astu: A second viewing
River bank, perhaps in Pune. Appa, an Alzie patient, and a girl kid asleep on the side of a sleeping elephant. A breeze nudges a peepal. For the second time, an afternoon spent with Mohan Agashe (Appa) and Amruta Subhash (Channamma) in Astu on Amazon Movies. Tears did cloud as in some strange act of contrapuntal direction, every decline in an Alzie mind (or is it soul), clinks with a rousing Sanskrit quote on a realised soul, an 'Earth in meditation'. Maybe, me am wrong but Astu (So be it) has a fresh manner telling a story. Yes, the camera shoots softly. Alzie mostly is non-violent. No trick camera. No high decibel noise. An Alzie quoting Sanskrit shlokas, Tao and Zen sharply contrasting with an Appa floating swifly away to a somewhere.... on an elephant without chains. Mohan Agashe profile says everything, subtly. Is an Alzie equivalent to a gyani? There is horror in the derailment of Appa; it frights; scary. Mohan Agashe and Channamma wrap me; Channamma does not know of Alzie but is familiar with God. She drops at Appa's feet. Me, after the film, felt like an Alzie. Astu recalls the Tamil bhakti verse: Manabhi manam vittu, thanabhi nindravarkku, Aiyan aaduvar, thalam poduvar.... (Aiyan dances and sings to an alone human, empty of shame). At some place Mohan Agashe spells out the Sanskrit equivalent... is Mohan Agashe, the Alzie, a realised soul? Astu culls any heaviness in the telling; the show is all Appa walking behind an elephant and sitting atop an elephant without chains, a bell round its neck tinkling through the film. Elephants have long memories, say wildlife experts; no Alzies like Appa. A second contrapuntal act. Comprehensive acting of an Appa by Mohan Agashe and Amruta Subhash, part owner of the elephant. How many like Agashe have we? When Appa ultimately folds his hands to the space and sky above ... me says Astu... Thathastu. So be it. Alzie or realised soul. Then what is Kismet. How does Kismet fit into the eternal crossword. In a shot, Appa helps his grand-daughter with a Marathi cross-word, a relief to the family. Astu perhaps to Kismet. A film for India 2017 turning intellects into Alzies on their way home, if there one. Appa is taken home by his daughter, unaware? Appa seems more comfortable with the female elephant. Astu.
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