Jaws, Adipurush

Watched several movies as mentioned above.

Jaws (1975)

• Watched this original Jaws movie on Amazon Prime video.
• Setting is New England i.e. the North Eastern part of United States.
• Realised why this movie is called as a classic.
• More than 2 hours long but it feels short and does not feel you have spent so much time watching it.
• Like I had said 1970's movie would be having few references to Second World War and in this case it is reference to USS Indianapolis.
• Roy Shneider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw have done great work.
• Especially Richard Dreyfuss looks so young and unlike how he looks now or in his later career.
• I felt young Richard Dreyfuss looks like Shakti Kapoor of Hindi film industry.
  

Adipurush

• I watched this movie on Netflix.
• I could not understand why there was criticism of the movie.
• The movie captures the story of Ramayan perfectly.
• The earlier Ramayan versions make you feel sympathy for Ravana and his gang.
• Because earlier Ravana is just as like Indians and Rama and his gang.
  
• But here the director makes Ravana as "the other".
• Ravana is unlike what Rama is.
• Even Lanka is unlike what Ayodhya is.
• That makes sense because this "otherness" will want to make you part of itself.
• That is why Sita resisted and rejected Ravana.
• There is a Ravana in all of us.
• Every time we want others to follow us on our path we are like Ravana.
• Ravana wanted Sita to "follow her" and Sita rejected the moves of Ravana.
• Ravana will always feel what he is doing is right.
• If we feel we are always right and want people whether specific or in general to follow us we are like Ravana.
  
• In the movie it is shown Ravana knew of his ultimate outcome and embraced it anyway.
• He wanted the ultimate defeat i.e. defeat in the hands of Rama and not surrender.
• But one thing I will say that Rama should have been without moustache.
• Maybe if you want to experiment you could have left Laxman with moustache and beard.
• Hanuman portrayal is too good.
• Also Rama and Sita don't gel well in the movie as a couple.
• Here I would like to point out that Hollywood movies and certain Bollywood movies do great (or are in right path) by showing kiss by couple as a sign of intimacy.
• Else what is difference between a celebrity and fan or person portraying God and his devotee.
• If a man and woman are couple or husband and wife they have to be shown kissing.
• In the movie after Ravana is defeated and killed in battle and Rama and Sita meet there could have been a kiss between them that is my feeling.
  
• But director could not have shown Rama and Sita kissing.
• As such movie is in controversy, and kiss between persons treated as Gods would have boiled the country like no other.
• One cannot imagine the amount of controversy it would have created and where it would have led the country to.
• Movie is must watch at least once.
• Like many good movies this movie also does not seem long inspite of being 3 hours long.