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I'm still a little shell-shocked from watching Hey Ram over the last two nights.
I did not know really anything about the film going in, and I come away with awe and respect for the grandiose vision of director, writer and lead actor Kamal Haasan. This is the first time I have seen him, and on top of the incredible achievement of making this film, he is an amazing actor as well.
The time period of this movie is Partition, from the riots of the summer of 1947 up to Ghandi's assassination in 1948. Haasan using the framing device of he as an elderly man dying of old age, and his grandson telling his story to the doctor treating him. As they are trying to transport him to a hospital,... |