Malik - Symphony of different shades of life - A different perspective to a Godfather or a Nayagan

 Its the coming of age of Malayalam movies in the past one year where they have taken the Digital platforms with a storm .

Be it the narrative in Mammootty's "One" or those simple emotions in Boban's "Nizhal" and then comes the masterpience - A classic for the decade made with flawless performance and screenplay in the coming of age narrative in Fahadh Faasil's  Malik.

 Malik is a drama with shades of castism ,politics and the Malik who is a Massiah of the masses .So whats different then!? Even Nayagan showed the sameand so did the God father trilogy .

Malik takes you through a a very similar  journey and with the same intensity as the earlier movies and hence worth a watch. It is a melencholy you just don't want to miss!

It is always those subtle moments that gets remembered for a long time and that's what this Mahesh Narayanan saga does.

Don't compare it any other movie and watch it for the actors and  especially  Faasil who excels in all the stages of his charecter.

Like the moment when Kamal Hassan's grandson asks him in a scene in Nayagan , whether he is good or bad,   so is a scene between   Faasil and his  nephew in the movie where is a sense of done it all ,seen it all but not sure of right or wrong in the expression of Faasil.

These are stellar scenes that any actor would be waiting to perform and showcase .

The background music is such an integral part of the movie.At 2 and half hours its a long but not so tireing move .

Each director has a way of telling the story or the philosophy of good and bad and here is one story telling which made me write a review for a movie whose language I don't understand and have to watch in subtitles.

Such is the power of storytelling .I might still be in favour of the Mani Ratnam classic or Al Pacino trilogy but you just cannot take away this epic attempt and ignore the way with which the story of  Ramadapally is narrated.

And its on Amazon prime for viewers to watch !

Will be back with "Life As It Is" with yet another story another day.

Till then for all my readers -Stay safe 

Innovating through the art of story telling with "Fearless Humility" with Classic Movies -When to move on !

Thank you all for being part of my 10 year journey as a Blogger -from a Beginner to a better than before blogger and for your encouragement !  

Its always those little moments in life, that one special moment that makes it worth to remember. 

Storytelling is all about capturing those fine moments .We also see a pattern of Woman as a Protagonist with some of these fine moments as well .

For a person who who has seen 90's as a kid and saw DD1 and DD2 days to the OTT days ! its a big change when we see things like "Binge Watching" a series ,accessibility to movies @ your finger tips .Yes innovations keep happening and every decade brings with itself a change which changes your lifestyle.

Would have loved to see a Bimal Roy or a Guru Dutt  ,K Balandar ,Puttana Kanagal or a Shankar Nag create a series on an OTT platform ! 

These are story tellers par excellence who touched Humanity with Hope and with all Humility ! 

Their Storytelling was way ahead of time .Something corporate innovators need to learn .and so does the startups .

"Fearless Humility" is what makes them special .The disowning of his accomplishments by the protagonists  in the climax of a Pyaasa is what made it special .

An inspiration from "Bicycle Thieves" which became a "Do Bhiga Zameen"  is still remembered for the challenge the protagonist accepts to race . Legendary screenplay definitely leaves an impact even on a stone hearted person ! 

Back closer to my home there was always a "Puttanna Kanagal" and a "K Balachandar" who thrived on 

telling the future with their power storytelling.

Be it a "Sindhu Bhairavi"  or  "Vamsha Vruksha" there is a pattern to the story telling which connects across generations .

Woman as a Protagonist, Raising from the point of no return, Being consistent with the narrative - Sorry this is not a business class ! but yes we have lot to learn from them .

Once in a while there comes a Mani Ratnam and a Rajamouli who picks up from our epics and tells the same story in a way that creates the WOW factor .

They have taught us that innovation can also be repackaging the old with your imaginations.

Something that the startups need to learn as well.There is a method to get inspired from an idea and not just copying and creating replica of apps ! 

Storytelling has different dimensions to it  : 

1. Bandhini a movie based on a Bengali Novel  explores the human conflicts of love and hate intertwined in the mind of Kalyani (Protagonist)is a fantastic example of how you could handle an ecosystem .Its all in the mind  !

2. Taxi Driver of Martin Scorsese is a classic example of keeping it simple,Understanding your audience and giving them what they could like 

I dont think any of these storytellers did market research in those days  ! 

3. Mani Ratnam was an artist who knew how to retell a Mahabharata or a Ramayana not as a whole but with selective characters in different movies. This teaches you don't use all your ammunition at one shot  ! 

You should create a good roadmap ! 

4. Finally how can i not talk about "Bangarada Manushaya" ! .The best thing is you should know when you dont belong to a place and when to move on .The climax scene of the move with Legendary Kannada Actor Dr Raj Kumar  just teaches you that.

 In Gist - Getting the pulse of narrating a story is extremely important - be it movies or business.

Business or Studios which wont innovate and change directions when needed cannot stand the test of time.

As always let me end with this personal favorite of mine  translated to English for ease of global readers !

      

                 To stray about and tire. To beg and feed oneself.

                 To brag and act in conceit. To simper and fawn.

                 To wilt and whine; to be furious; to be miserable:

                 What is this living but a child's antic! --Mankuthimma

                             As always ! 

                                          Life As it Is in its 10th year of its journey continues