Cinema | BFI:LFF: Colours Of Passion (Rang Rasiya)
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Running Time: 130 minutes
Director(s): Ketan Mehta
Cast: Paresh Rawal, Nandana Sen, Deepti Naval, Randeep Hooda
Showing: Sun 26th Oct
Subtitles: English
Colours Of Passion (Rang Rasiya)
Both strikingly beautiful and audacious, Ketan Mehta's latest film charts the life of the great Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma, from his early days under the patronage of a King of Kerala, in the mid 1800s, moving on to British Bombay, where he makes his fortune.
Here the genius gives birth to Indian modern art, helps inspire the independence movement and the dawning of Indian cinema with his depictions which bring to life the Hindu gods and goddesses. But first he must find his muse who comes in the lavish form of Sugandha (Nandana Sen). Varma's fascination for his model turns into a torrid, paint-smeared, love affair, which is reflected in his art. The religious power brokers see his increasingly eroticised work as dangerous and Varma is dragged to the British courts to be tried for blasphemy. Mehta's homage offers not only a spectacular insight into a turning point in Indian history, but also questions the freedom of the artist in contemporary society. Not to be missed! Cary Rainder Sawhney
The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival
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