Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Sindhu Bhairavi

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Jul 17, 2012, 7:33:12 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Sindhu Bhairavi

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+'''Sindhu Bhairavi'''
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+1985 159’ col Tamil
+d/s K. Balachander p Rajam Balachander,
+V. Natarajan pc Kavithalaya Prod.
+lyr Vairamuthu c Raghunatha Reddy
+m Ilaiyaraja
+lp Sivakumar, Delhi Ganesh, Janakaraj,
+T.S. Raghavendran, Prathap Pothan,
+Suhasini, Sulakshana, Manimala,
+Sivachandran, Indira, Meera
+
+
+Musical melodrama in the genre of Dasari
+Narayana Rao’s Megha Sandesam (1982)
+and K. Vishwanath’s revivalist stories
+advocating ‘traditional’ notions of ‘classical’
+artistry. The classical singer J.K. Balaganapathi
+(Sivakumar) falls in love with Sindhu (Suhasini
+in one of her best known screen roles), a folkmusic
+teacher. His barren wife Bhairavi
+(Sulakshana) attempts suicide and he
+renounces his affair, only to seek refuge in
+drink, which entails degrading scenes such as a
+forced strip tease and the singing of nonclassical
+folk songs in exchange for alcohol.
+Bhairavi then sacrifices herself for the sake of
+her husband’s music and asks Sindhu to help
+save the artist. Nevertheless, the film follows
+the convention of passing off male infantilism
+as evidence of a commitment to ‘traditional
+values’. Women sacrificing themselves for the
+sake of an immature man’s singing ability can
+be seen, against the grain of the film, as raising
+critical questions about arrogantly patriarchal
+fantasies, mainly through the performances of
+the two main female protagonists.
+
+[[Film]]