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The choice of opening quote from the Da Vinci Code might put you into a lot of worry, I know, but I simply love that movie. Nevertheless the movie has this brilliant quote which is so close to what I am trying to do here.
Sometime after Inception was released, there was a Disney comic that was doing the rounds, written of course years and years ago which had the exact structure as that of Inception (A dream within a dream within a dream), we can hardly accuse Christopher Nolan of theft, but the interesting point here is the similarities in structure and how some things are quite universal.
The above subtitle would have been a better title for this whole piece, because that is what these two movies are essentially about. Two men; one with an ideology (Badri-Nasser) and another seemingly without (The Joker- Heath Ledger) make up the main antagonists, so critical to both the films
While the joker constantly plays on the subject fear and loss, not only on the main characters of the film, but also on the inhabitants of the city; similarly do Badri and his gang unleash terror on the common public and the honest police officers.
In the Dark Knight, the token of Harvey Dent is a coin, he keeps referring it to as chance- the fairest of all things in the world, but just look at it from here, a flip of a coin can indicate many things and among them is the change of sides.
The Joker keeps referring to himself and the Batman are one and the same, just on different sides, he also strangely says that he is able to understand the freakiness that is the Batman character and that Batman would do better on his side.
Shake your belief to an extent that you topple and fall from grace, the death of Harvey Dent had far reaching consequences including a major cover up, similarly in Kuruthipunal, Kamal makes a last ditch attempt at honour even when fully realising that he can live no more without his honesty.
In the Dark Knight, as with most Batman lore is about the city, while Kuruthipunal is interestingly anonymous about the whole setting of the movie, there are few references to other places in the country, but invariably the setting seems anonymous, to imply what I believe is the universality of terror.
The Dark Knight has three pivot characters around which the Joker operates, the Batman: The Dark Knight who as we know has many issues including one childhood girlfriend, Harvey Dent: The White Knight who also has girlfriend issue and then there is Commissioner Gordon who fears for the life of his family.
Ok, Kuruthipunal too has three central characters whose life is turned upside down by Badri, DCPs Adi and Abbas and Commissioner Sreenivasan (Director K Vishwanath). The transformations that these characters undergo because of the activities of the antagonist are what I think the most common element amongst them.
The Dark Knight however has this advantage of having a symbol that is incorruptible and hope giving, while Kuruthipunal and Drohkaal manage to bring the same story out with real life characters as opposed to comic book heroes.
That brings us to Drohkaal and why Kuruthipunal is more closer to the Dark Knight than its predecessor, on casual viewing you can say that Kuruthipunal is really better made, there are so many things that are added to the Tamil version that is not there in the Nihlani film, like for example extending the role of Abbas (Arjun) and involved action sequence on the platforms of the dimly lit Egmore Station, which still remains as chilling as I saw it the first time, cinematic differences aside which are many and bound to be when a film is being helmed by one Mr PC Sreeram, the structural similarities between the Dark Knight and Kuruthipunal is only heightened because the screenplay and dialogues (John and Kamal Haasan), because only through dialogue character motivations are completely brought out.
While Kuruthipunal makes it a clash of cultures and ideologies as shown through the conversations between Kamal and Nasser, and this is what the Dark Knight tries to achieve by letting off the Joker against the Batman.
I am hardly a convincing writer and this is not a post of revelation, it is just a thought that has been doing the rounds for quite some time in my head, to look at the ideas that make these films as one fluid entity and that may be the reason for the similarities, ideas that flow from one person to another. But the explanations might be even simpler for this, a common movie that has inspired these both, putting this entire post to waste bin. But that is a risk I am willing to take.
Did not want to put this up as points and reduce it to a scoop whoop/buzzfeed release, because this is more involved and needs more discussion. Both are great movies even without these similarities: taut and exciting thrillers which deliver one good scene after the other.
It is also interesting to note that Kuruthipunal begins with a phrase that contains the word Kuruthipunal which translates to River of Blood, while the Dark Knight literally ends with the words: the Dark Knight.
Yes you are right in saying im not familiar with nihalani and hindi, will catch up on his work, yes it may seem that i have watered down drohkaal but the thing that i wanted to convey is the similarities in structure between the dark knight and KP. There is a big gap in my analysis which i have realised, thanks for reading up on the old posts, this was hypothesis based driving.
When Kurudhipunal was being played in Devi Theatre Chennai, a Tamil weekly magazine that I read said, Kurudhipunal was a copy of a Hollywood movie and added that the said English movie was being played at the same time as Kurudhipunal in Casino Theatre Chennai. I rushed to Casino and watched that movie and I ruled that Kurudhipunal was completely different. I forgot the name of the English movie. Did anyone hear what I read in that magazine? Do you happen to know the title?
Dear Visalakshi,
I have, myself worked with a lot of Tamil singers on my Marathi songs, prominently Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Hamsika. The difference is that they have been exposed to a Marathi environment as all of them are settled in Mumbai. I have had great experience working with non-marathi singers as well. It is just that the music composer has to be slightly aware. I plan to write a post on composition and language shortly. So keep reading!
This is an important but easy observation and I wonder why few people seem to get it. Thanks for mentioning it. But it was hardly a new technique. It was used and mastered by L-P much before Rahman. In fact, their partner in crime Anand Bakshi used the similar technique in lyrics.
Folks,
I am amazed at the response this article is getting. I know that there are bound to be some questions, some objections, some disagreements, and I really welcome them. Some are very subjective opinions of mine and I do not expect anybody to agree with them in toto. For now, I am happy for the response they are evoking
I have been a great admirer of Rahman and have almost every single recording of his from Roja to his latest Sillunu Oru Kaadhal. Like you, being a Marathi, I do not understand a word of his compositions but the sound does wonders for me too. I could easily identify so much of what you have written and should thank you for bringing back all those memories. This is a brilliant article and look forward to more such articles from you.
Grrreat Post. I am a very hardcore Rahman fan and have been highly influenced by him (amongst others) in my musical endeavours. I think your observations were great. The only point that I would like to make or differ on was that Rahman is also a good composer. But then again, thats just IMHO.
Few years back when I had no interest in classical music, I thought that he was extradordinary. But later, with some analysis, I observed that most of the songs were being recycled from his own factory (either the song itself or the background score).
I am in the process of compiling a list of my all time favorite numbers in Hindi, Old Hindi, Tamil and English. Would love to know your favorite numbers (All Time?) and why you consider them to be your favorites.
A friend of mine, was telling me about O P Nayyar and how he used to love using sounds of a horse walking / running in his songs. Trivia like these really excite me, and there were quite a few in your article, would love to hear more such trivia.
Personally, I listen to quite a few ARR numbers, but my heart is with Ilayarja, and I think he is king of melody, and as you mentioned about after taste, I think Ilayaraja leaves an amazing after taste for eons after you listen to his numbers. As mentioned earlier, I would like to hear your views (dissection) of Ilayaraja.
Talking about importance of lyrics, I think he has conciously improved on that. His more recent compositions have lower raw appeal (that some say leave a bad after taste). They have moved towards more coherent ones which donot sound instantly amazing like say a Roja or Thiruda Thiruda.
Such a balanced view on a fellow musician is hard to find. I can sense both your admiration and your confidence in your ability in the artilce without sounding jealous or arrogant. And I agree with 905 of your observations. thanks for writing a very beautiful article.
Immensely enjoyed your essay. Rarely do I come across a critique in India that focuses on creation aspects of piece such as composition, performance and recording. Most of the reviews merely express the effect of a musical piece, but they almost never tell you how the composer achieved that effect. As a composer on a composer, you have given us marvelous piece of writing that is revealing and thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you very much.
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