tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post7209316475232879868..comments2023-06-17T15:44:46.089+05:30Comments on Kheemapau: Bal Gandharva: Two Reviewskau kau goes the crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-51544466454127935702012-06-01T18:30:44.199+05:302012-06-01T18:30:44.199+05:30Thank you Akshaye...
If one is a keen follower of...Thank you Akshaye...<br /><br />If one is a keen follower of contemporary Marathi Cinema the choice of a music director was the headline decision in a movie on music. Kaushal is a unique talent and the perfect fit for this one.kau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-79319039972451328482012-05-29T19:41:04.598+05:302012-05-29T19:41:04.598+05:30Hi there, I think it was a very nice review. There...Hi there, I think it was a very nice review. There was just one instance where you spoke commending to pick Kaushal over Ajay-Atul which I vaguely recalled reading in another portal while looking up for Balgandharva reviews. I personally liked the movie because it presented a new side of natyasangeet. As for original tracks in the album, there was Aaj Mhare Ghare Pavana (which Gohar Jaan sings Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584939763437145752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-51532929489539086222012-01-31T19:28:18.555+05:302012-01-31T19:28:18.555+05:30Sign Design: Thank you. You are welcome hereSign Design: Thank you. You are welcome herekau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-174709440329281682012-01-31T19:27:30.729+05:302012-01-31T19:27:30.729+05:30@Piano Teacher : Your words are indeed kind. Thank...@Piano Teacher : Your words are indeed kind. Thank you.kau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-71329350643683578402012-01-31T17:26:14.546+05:302012-01-31T17:26:14.546+05:30Easily, the publish is really the greatest on this...Easily, the publish is really the greatest on this laudable topic. I concur with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your future updates. Saying thanks will not just be sufficient, for the fantastic lucidity in your writing. I will instantly grab your rss feed to stay privy of any updates. Solid work and much success in your business enterprise!Sign Designhttp://www.valleysigninstallation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-39866251037510164692012-01-20T17:15:01.481+05:302012-01-20T17:15:01.481+05:30Wow, nice post,there are many person searching abo...Wow, nice post,there are many person searching about that now they will find enough resources by your postPiano Teacher belmont cahttp://www.anneliesemessnermusicstudio.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-13740245643290241642011-06-14T09:22:18.879+05:302011-06-14T09:22:18.879+05:30Thank you Sonu for visiting here...your refrain is...Thank you Sonu for visiting here...your refrain is heartfelt. <br /><br />I am presuming that you must be the belief and the strength behind this eclectic talent called Kaushal Inamdar...a talent that needs no endorsement but a wider recognition & spread such that his work reaches far and wide giving pleasure to many like me...kau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-16978934056961893672011-06-13T18:25:14.430+05:302011-06-13T18:25:14.430+05:30congratulations kaushal,have been hearing praises ...congratulations kaushal,have been hearing praises and just praises for u reg this film and believe me,it makes me and chinoo only feel proud of u...its time ppl sit up and take notice of the true genius called kaushal inaamdar..sumeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415254837222244527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-48751349809381270122011-05-23T09:46:36.492+05:302011-05-23T09:46:36.492+05:30Oh boy now u have put me on the spot...
It could b...Oh boy now u have put me on the spot...<br />It could be likely...the song that is sung by the character "Gauhar Jaan" that B G first listens to on the radio or when she is practicing...could be the one.<br />Hindustani Classical a slightly different form of music uses the same couplets to build up a raga...here it is the raga and not the song that is important...so though the words maykau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-15135348691716721132011-05-22T01:28:23.488+05:302011-05-22T01:28:23.488+05:30Dear Kaustabh,
so glad you replied!
You are rig...Dear Kaustabh, <br /><br />so glad you replied!<br /><br />You are right, I don't know the Marathi musical theater at all, except from having read that it existed. <br /><br />I have watched a decent number of Hindi movies and one other Marathi one, done some reading about them, and found people to discuss them with (less easily said than done!). <br /><br />All along I've been hugely Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-61610430792193401742011-05-21T18:06:37.961+05:302011-05-21T18:06:37.961+05:30Thank you Virginia...
Your observation is astute....Thank you Virginia...<br /><br />Your observation is astute...the lines from the movie in the mouths of the support cast is what makes it more penetrating. Some depth to the movie is seen only here...<br /><br />Topping my wish list was the cross-gender portrayal on stage and its effect on the persona of the man in his life.<br /><br />Good to have you here and very interesting to get a fresh kau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-33532285915216560652011-05-21T07:38:09.789+05:302011-05-21T07:38:09.789+05:30I really like your review. I saw the film at a fi...I really like your review. I saw the film at a film festival and had a similar reaction, I liked it and was disappointed by it too. I loved the art direction. You've helped me think it through. <br />.<br />Though I did have a sense of a character, I didn't have enough of a sense of themes. Except the theme of his purity/integrity, which was there for sure.<br />.<br />I also would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-59127987890369781462011-05-17T16:20:45.554+05:302011-05-17T16:20:45.554+05:30@mrin :
You are spot on when u say " Vishann...@mrin :<br /><br />You are spot on when u say " Vishannata"...what a waste...it is explained though in his mothers lament...one feel sad for the families ...especially their mates who are hardly given any choice, and in their life & lot comes a huge suffering...Again I give the Gandhi, Shivaji example...Soyra or the other five wives of Shivaji or Kasturba's life is not a life tokau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-30886791007129864442011-05-17T16:12:05.341+05:302011-05-17T16:12:05.341+05:30:-)Thank you...
The character "Bal Gandharva...:-)Thank you...<br /><br />The character "Bal Gandharva" like all legends of our time and past evoke very strong reactions when anything out of the ordinary may be thought or spoken of them.Gandhi, Shivaji are other examples...we have people willing to fight over any opinion expressed even today...<br /><br />Leave it to an academic musing...any person who dons a Sari almost everyday kau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-1450400002666795342011-05-17T14:51:43.423+05:302011-05-17T14:51:43.423+05:30very well said.
i had heard many different views o...very well said.<br />i had heard many different views on this film before i watched it. went with 2 friends to a multiplex in north mumbai and it was almost housefull. i loved the music, anand bhate is the only singer who could have done justice to the music just as subodh was the only choice to play the lead. when i left the theatre, i was filled with a sadness, `vishannata' for a long time.mrinmayeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987105793618166671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-45327041360092127412011-05-17T14:14:09.724+05:302011-05-17T14:14:09.724+05:30Hi...
Well written review...
The gender fluctuati...Hi...<br />Well written review...<br /><br />The gender fluctuations which you were expecting were never a case with Balgandharva....<br />Because he was never too much feminine on stage... Whenever he used to perform on stage he always sang in his own male voice with a bit of feminine expressions ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-57984636963469547102011-05-17T11:48:32.810+05:302011-05-17T11:48:32.810+05:30Thank you Uday,glad you liked it, the movie was a ...Thank you Uday,glad you liked it, the movie was a thoroughly satisfying experience. <br /><br />The talent that was Bal Gandharva was 2 generations before my time but the connect is through my grandmother who was a huge fan and would sing his songs.<br /><br />Thank you for forwarding the link to Kaushal Inamdar, his has been a sterling effort without a doubtkau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-59966811348323446022011-05-17T02:11:30.651+05:302011-05-17T02:11:30.651+05:30Terrific review Kaustubh. The hero of the film IS ...Terrific review Kaustubh. The hero of the film IS the MUSIC. It is the MOST perfect part of the movie, I felt. The casting of Kaushal Inamdar by the director, and then the casting of Anand Bhate by Kaushal was the Ace! <br />It came to me as a surprise that the bhajan CHINMAYA SAKAL HRIDAYA (shot exquisitely by Mahesh Limaye) was composed by Kaushal Inamdar himself and is not a BALGANDHARVA Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-2222181454733758942011-05-15T11:42:51.365+05:302011-05-15T11:42:51.365+05:30Thank you...have made the correction...missed the ...Thank you...have made the correction...missed the word writing this piece...Cross Dresser is correct...kau kau goes the crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00360899282371272875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4713783964138563571.post-20047972749692225042011-05-13T00:09:43.297+05:302011-05-13T00:09:43.297+05:30Well written, as usual.... :)
My take on the film...Well written, as usual.... :)<br /><br />My take on the film is similar not same. I am impressed and disappointed at the same time. Subodh Bhave remains etched in my memory and I continue see his face when I close my eyes.... Mesmerizing act for sure. It may have to do with his original good looks, superb make-up and excellent costumes. Whatever the reason, fact is that he leaves a mark in my Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690565144723920131noreply@blogger.com