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Chennai, A particular screening of Sanskrit movie ‘Taya’, directed by G Prabha, a retired Sanskrit professor, can be held at Prasad Movie Lab in Saligrammam on April 6 at 6pm. “The film is my second one in Sanskrit, released in 2022 and has been a festival favourite. It is also late actor Nedumudi Venu’s last film,” mentioned Prabha, former head of the division of oriental languages at Loyola School, Chennai. Though movies have been sporadically made in Sanskrit – the primary one was known as ‘Adi Shankaracharya’, made in 1983, by Kannada director G V Iyer – they have been often on puranic tales, Prabha mentioned. “I am the first to discuss social issues in Sanskrit. Usually, since Sanskrit is a puranic language, the films in Sanskrit too explored our ancient traditions,” she added. Prabha mentioned ‘Taya’ is loosely primarily based on the true life story of Savithri Antharjanam, higher often known as Kuriyedathu Tatri in Kerala. In 1905, Tatri was tried for adultery by a kangaroo court docket of neighborhood elders and expelled. “She is an enduring icon worthy of superstardom in women’s struggle for gender justice. The body blow she struck at the vicious patriarchy that ruled the Namboothiri community is part of folklore in Kerala,” the filmmaker mentioned. The director mentioned he took liberty in making Savithri’s story extra engrossing to the up to date viewers. “For instance, in the original story, there was a king involved. I changed the circumstances more suitable for now and the king is a judge in my story.” Prabha said he always aspired to make films in Sanskrit ever since he watched Sanskrit plays by Kavalam Narayana Panicar featuring Nedumudi Venu. “But I wanted my films to start a debate, questioning the orthodoxy and regressive social practices.” He said his first film ‘Ishti’ too discussed the ill effects of patriarchy, “again very specifically in the Namboothiri community. That too had been a festival favourite, winning many awards.” Veteran cinematographer Sunny Joseph who shot ‘Taya’ said that as long as films visually convey what it wants to tell, language is not a barrier. “Be it Sanskrit or Manipuri, visual idioms of the films are the same. For me films should be philosophical inquiry. ‘Taya’ is a story that happened 100 years ago and yet remains relevant to this day, and will make us delve deep into the human psyche,” mentioned Joseph, whose debut movie as director, ‘Bhoomiyudde Uppu’ was showcased in movie festivals all over the world, in Kolkata, Nepal, Ottawa and Moscow, final 12 months. HT Picture This text was generated from an automatic information company feed with out modifications to textual content.Hindustan Occasions – your quickest supply for breaking information! Learn now.
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