Yetho Dhrishti Thatho Manaha
Hi,
This is my first blog and i decided to jot down on my favourite movie. I was watching the tamil version of Sagara Sangamam a.k.a Salangai Oli. I like the scene where padmasri kamalhassan teaches/demonstrates the various forms/sampradhayams of classical indian dance in that movie and quotes the lines from abhinaya shatra,
Yetho Hasta Thatho Dhrishti,
Yetho Dhrishti Thatho Manaha
Yetho Manaha Thatho Bhavaha,
Yetho Bhavaha Thatho Rasaha”
(Where hands go your eyes follow;
Where your eyes go your heart follows;
Where your heart goes your expression follows;
Where your expression goes, there is your gift to the audience.)
The crux of the scene which lucidly explains that any art form requires an absolute form of dedication/commitment from the disciple/practitioner of the art/science. There are lots of scenes which are so beautifully picturised where the art form and the protagnist's dedication has been classically captured.
Due credits for the Director K Vishwanath / Maestro Illayaraja for his classical background score (both in the flashback and the romantic interludes which involves Kamal and Jayapradha which involves a beautiful "kiravani" with percussions on mridhangam (played by my friend's uncle) !!).
I was seriously amazed by the strength of the movie content which is absolutely absymal in modern day movies.
"There is not end for art" - last line of the movie symbolically puts the romance on the backburner and has duly highlighted "the art". The one intersting point missed by many critics was the emphasis of one classical dance form (mix of bharatanatyam/kuchipudi/kathak...etc) as "bharata natayam (India's dance)...
Catch u vey soon with my next one.
This is my first blog and i decided to jot down on my favourite movie. I was watching the tamil version of Sagara Sangamam a.k.a Salangai Oli. I like the scene where padmasri kamalhassan teaches/demonstrates the various forms/sampradhayams of classical indian dance in that movie and quotes the lines from abhinaya shatra,
Yetho Hasta Thatho Dhrishti,
Yetho Dhrishti Thatho Manaha
Yetho Manaha Thatho Bhavaha,
Yetho Bhavaha Thatho Rasaha”
(Where hands go your eyes follow;
Where your eyes go your heart follows;
Where your heart goes your expression follows;
Where your expression goes, there is your gift to the audience.)
The crux of the scene which lucidly explains that any art form requires an absolute form of dedication/commitment from the disciple/practitioner of the art/science. There are lots of scenes which are so beautifully picturised where the art form and the protagnist's dedication has been classically captured.
Due credits for the Director K Vishwanath / Maestro Illayaraja for his classical background score (both in the flashback and the romantic interludes which involves Kamal and Jayapradha which involves a beautiful "kiravani" with percussions on mridhangam (played by my friend's uncle) !!).
I was seriously amazed by the strength of the movie content which is absolutely absymal in modern day movies.
"There is not end for art" - last line of the movie symbolically puts the romance on the backburner and has duly highlighted "the art". The one intersting point missed by many critics was the emphasis of one classical dance form (mix of bharatanatyam/kuchipudi/kathak...etc) as "bharata natayam (India's dance)...
Catch u vey soon with my next one.
Comments
Welcome to Blogomania:D
Keep posting. Really enojyed reading your first post. Yes, Kamalahasan is beyond compare! Hey, don't forgot that Sarat Babu was fantastic in his portryal as well. He is one fine actor who has maintained his dignity in the filmworld.