


The first one: It’s a large family to feed, and note the “arrangement” of the people, the way they are crowded into the frame and the way the lines on either side extend almost till the bottom of the frame. They are, in a sense, surrounded by her presence. Long before PC Sreeram used light reflected off brassware in Nayakan and Agni Natchatiram, we see it here.) So it’s no longer just two people talking, but two people talking about the person whose beneficiaries they are. It could have just been the parents talking in the kitchen, but the camera is placed behind the shiny vessels bought for a family wedding with the heroine’s ill-gotten money. This first one is from a scene where the sex-worker heroine’s orthodox parents discuss her behaviour in the previous scene, where she says she’s become numb to the presence of men. Like I said, this subject deserves a book, but just off the top of my head, here are some images from Arangetram that sprang to mind. But I’ve always believed that cinema is show and tell - and even in the midst of theatrical dialogues and stagey mise en scène (in the sense that you could sense the proscenium beyond the edges of the frame), KB always used the camera in very interesting ways. Yes, while scripting, KB thought like a theatre person - so if you subscribe to the theory that cinema should “show rather than tell,” then yes, you’re going to have issues with his filmmaking. 'Indha Veenaiku Theriyadhu' by V.S.So this post began as a response to hidnana’s comment in the Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan thread: “even BR was better to treat cinema as visual medium than KB.” (BR as in Bharathiraja.) Then I felt the topic deserved a mini-post (though it really deserves a book).Jayachandran (Perumazhakkalam - Malayalam)īalachander Sahana Serial Songs Language:Tamil Shanti Neelava Vendum by Sethumadhava Rao.Karunimpa, Varnam by Tiruvottiyur Tyaggaya.Kavave Kanyakumari by Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna.Sri Vatapi Ganapathiye in Adi thalam by Papanasam Sivan.Saravana Bhava in Adi thalam by Thanjavur Sankara Iyer.Inkevarunnaaru nannu' in Adi thalam by Annaswaami Sastri s/o Subbaraya Sastri.Sri kamalambikaya by Muthuswami Dikshitar.Rama ika nannu brovara by Patnam Subramania Iyer.Raghupate rama rakshasa bhima, Ee Vasudha, Giripai nelakona, dEhi tavapada bhaktim, oorake kalguna, Emana Dichevo and Vandanamu raghunandana composed by Thyagaraja.Here are some Carnatic music compositions. There are a large number of popular songs composed in this rāgam in Carnatic Music as well as Tamil Film Music.
