He was a cultural phenomenon, an enigmatic multi-faceted personality and a man who wore many hats. Understanding the significance and impact of Rabindra Nath Tagore' influence in both India and abroad may take a lifetime. India's first Nobel laureate, a fatherly figure, Tagore is responsible for lending his unparalleled creative mastery into hundreds of poems, plays and short stories. A czar representing India's cultural Renaissance, Tagore was an amalgamation of George Bernard Shaw and Leo Tolstoy, erudite like the former and much philosophical like the latter.
The news is that one of Tagore's memorable poems, "Hothat Dekha" is being made into a full-fledged movie. Let's visit some fascinating highlights surrounding this latest Tagore landmark:
Tagore's Hothat Dekha is an intricate study of a man-woman relationship. The content of this Tagore legend is based on realistic subjects, basing the narrative on the society that existed at his time and, on the reference to nature, relationships and a new found realization that springs from communication between the opposite genders.
There haven't been any episodes where the two neighbouring countries have united in creating a common project. But Tagore's Hothat Dekha will give a chance to bring actors from either side into forming a formidable cast of experienced and versatile actors. News around is that actors like Debashree Roy, Shankar Chakraborty, Ilias Kanchan and Azhar JS Himi will be on the stage together.
It is alleged that the film will be based on the relationship between two interesting characters that meet on a train journey after many years of their first encounter. Boasting of Tagore's virtuous romantic prose, this could be a riveting and telling tale that could snowball into being some sort of a cultural sensation.
Much has changed since the simplistic, uncomplicated and nonchalant era of Rabindra Nath Tagore. Today's society has bred on change and instant gratification. But through Hothat Dekha's film adaptation, audiences will be treated to the glorious bygone era of the late 1930s. It is said that the dialogues will retain the resonance of the poem whilst recreating the creative envelope of 1938.
It is no surprise that the film will have a lot of music in it, this being an adaptation of Tagore's poem. Having the expert services of renowned Bangladeshi Rabindrasangeet exponents Rejwana Chowdhury, Anupam Roy and Kartik Das Baul, the film shall showcase a riveting cavalcade of arresting music and emotionally intimate sequences.
A lot of film sequences shall be picturized amidst the vast expanse of free-flowing rivers. Lending to the film a tone of authenticity, Impress Telefilm Ltd., the popular Bangladesh based production, making the film wanted the movie to bear signature Tagore imprints and has hence decided to shoot sequences across India (including Birbhum district, West Bengal) and Bangladesh, including- Chittagong and Dhaka.
We hope this movie comes as fresh air in the much obvious plots around us nowadays.
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