Kartikey Sehgal

Not the camera but the actors move aplenty and intone and tell us about the epic victory of theatre actors over film actors.

You’d imagine that the director had fun making this movie. Then you’d read about his hardships and how he had to mortgage or sell property to obtain some money. Then you’d think that this was a difficult movie to make, full of sacrifices. But let me tell you, the director had fun and so did the actors. You see it was great joy to translate the words and the lines to film. The problems were like the fringe actors of some amateur theatre performance; they were there but they never prevailed.

Harishchandrachi Factory is delightful.

Did the actors know of a world outside them. Did they listen to the director call out ‘cut’ or was it a world on its own where every actor complements one another and the scenes of life seamlessly flow in a wave.

Let me tell you that the camera was the happiest observer of events. Its job was to stand at various places and report the events; an art requiring severe dedication, with the current trend being to move the camera like its been bitten by a flea.

Not the camera but the actors move aplenty and intone and tell us about the epic victory of theatre actors over film actors.

The music is not set over bare thighs and is an actual part of the narrative; used successfully as a time-lapse tool and a complement to the joys and expectations of the actors. This is an Indian soundtrack and not an imitation of the folk music of villages modernised to feed the city audience. listen to the flow of violins and the chiming of the bells.

This is an Indian movie to be watched over every other movie in the theatres. I saw it first day first show.

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