Watched the movie "Rang Rasiya" depicted on the famouse painter "Raja Ravi Varma" from Travancore. He is considered among the greatest painters in the history of Indian Art. Once
Ravi Varma saw the beautiful lady Sugandha Bai in a temple worshipping hindu Goddess felt inspired by her beauty. Varma often painted charecters from Indian mythology, literature and religious texts - shakkuntala, urvashi, draupadi, Maneka among others. Varma saw in Sugandha the face and soul of a goddess . For him she is passionate, possessive and hungry for love.
A masterpiece by any reckoning, "Rang Rasiya" has a dazzling display of colour, desire, erotica, drama and emotions. Among the many ideas that emerge from Ketan Mehta's exploration of religion, art, sex and the male ego is the one suggesting that Dada Saheb Phalke's dream of making a film was funded by "Raja Ravi Varma". Thanks to Varma for the birth of Indian Cinema and thanks to Ketan Mehta who lives to tell the tale. If you love art and cinema, and cinema as art, then don't miss this one.
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