tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37823526.post6357695943455954140..comments2024-03-26T09:45:42.475+05:30Comments on Looking at Cartoons, Getting Along: What if 'Ghashiram Kotwal', a Political Satire, became Funnier Instead of Darker...Aniruddha G. Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09246236261997672943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37823526.post-27997649266403065342012-01-09T08:59:14.725+05:302012-01-09T08:59:14.725+05:30Thanks J. Your comments are welcome and you may vi...Thanks J. Your comments are welcome and you may violently disagree with me!<br /><br />No, Sunil Barve did not produce GK.<br /><br />I have not watched a Marathi play in a theatre for a long time now but I think I am not missing anything. <br /><br />I was deeply disappointed with something like "Surya Pahilela Manus". You may find my views on this blog if you search for Socrates or Shriram Lagu etc. <br /><br />I am sure some young guys are attempting something good somewhere but so far it has not touched me. <br /><br /><br />In general, I am deeply disappointed with what happens around me in the name of Marathi culture. We seem to have hit an intellectual roadblock. I think the decline started in early 1980's.<br /><br />Maybe it's a passing phase. The land that produced poet-saints like Dnyaneshwar, Eknath, Namdev and Tukaram can't go this hungry for long!<br /><br />best,Aniruddha G. Kulkarnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246236261997672943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37823526.post-54884777092156391072012-01-08T16:55:55.463+05:302012-01-08T16:55:55.463+05:30I feel sorry for not having anything to say on Gha...I feel sorry for not having anything to say on Ghashiram Kotwal - as I never got to see it and I doubt if I ever will see the true magic of it. Recently Sunil Barve revived a lot of old Marathi plays through his production company "Herbarium". I don't think Ghashiram Kotwal was one of it. Have you heard of this initiative? I feel my generation has missed out on many wonders! The few Marathi plays I saw this year were painfully dismal - chewing on the same cud. I found those plays scared and suppressed in thought, full of hackneyed social constructs and I wondered how much of what is portrayed is because the writer/producer think it truly serious or because they have just not paused to question it! There is nothing in those plays to show a different facet of existence and belief - for fear of not being accepted by "Maharashtrian sensibilities" maybe. But as a Maharashtrian who has lived her life with a very mixed crowd - the Marathi plays are becoming more and more unbearable to watch - and I will attribute the quality of "dishonesty" to them for not showing what truly exists. I have added your blog to my reader and will read it daily. So do expect comments from me. I will try to make them relevant.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944767502215014035noreply@blogger.com