Cultural centre of the city, Bharat Bhavan, is organising a five-day film festival, featuring various films from across the world and including films based on Shakespeare novels for the movie goers of the city. A Japanese movie 'Ran' was screened here on Monday at Abhirang Auditorium, under Chhavi series of classical cinema.
While talking to The Pioneer, in-charge of Chhavi series Prem Shankar Shukla said, "Film screenings were shut down for few years. Due to some technical instability we decided to abort the film screenings, but from now on it has become a regular event in the chain of other programmes at Bharat Bhavan." He further said, "Undoubtedly, people are taking the pleasure to enjoy these movies and watch the evergreen stars on big screen once again." Keeping this in mind a retrospective would be organised regularly, he added.
Ran is a Japanese movie, which stands for 'uprising' or 'revolt'. Directed and written by noted Japanese film maker Akira Kurosawa, Ran was released in the year 1985. It is a Japanese-French epic film starring Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji with the running time of 160 minutes. The film follows the story of an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favour of his three sons.
Ran is a relentless chronicle of base lust for power, betrayal of the father by his sons, and pervasive wars and murders that destroy all the main characters. It is a tale about the downfall of the once powerful Ichimonji clan after its patriarch Hidetora decides to give control of his kingdom up to his three sons. The story is based on legends of the daimyo Mori Motonari, as well as on the Shakespearean tragedy King lear. A whole lot of crowd visited to watch the movie. Many youngsters were noticed at the theatre and enjoyed the movie. Some theatre artists of the city were also spotted at the event.