Satyagraha: Food For Thought For Fast-Food Generation It is very easy to hate Prakash Jha’s brand of mainstream commercial political cinema given repeated dumbing down of political complexities, employment of stereotypes, casting/miscasting of stars instead of better-suited actors, the melodramatic staging and over-the-top theatrics under the pretext of emotions. Yet, there is no denying the fact that nobody else even attempts to address relevant social issues, even with the minimal amount of honesty required of the issue. The result might be emotional and inconsistent, but at least Jha continues to experiment with how to take politics to the masses. After all, this is a country that grew up reading or hearing tales from epics rooted in politics — the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
Posted on: Sun, 01 Sep 2013 07:29:35 +0000