Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Vedham Pudithu

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Jul 23, 2012, 7:07:21 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Vedham Pudithu

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+'''Vedham Pudithu'''
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+aka New Vedas
+1987 144’ col Tamil
+d/sc P. Bharathirajaa pc Janani Art Creations
+st/dial K. Kannan from his play Jatikal Illayadi
+Papa lyr Vairamuthu c B. Kannan
+m Devendran
+lp Sathyaraj, Saritha, Raja, Nizhalgal Ravi,
+Charuhasan, Amala, Master Dasarathi,
+Janakaraj, Veeraraghavan, Srilatha
+
+
+Melodrama supposedly critiquing Tamil
+Brahminism and a major censorship case when
+the Madras Tamil Brahmins’ Association’s call
+to have it banned was apparently supported by
+the then-President of India, R. Venkatraman.
+Balu Thevar (Satyaraj), a non-Brahmin atheist
+and the village chief, has a feud with the
+Brahmin Neelkanth Sastry (Charuhasan) who
+teaches the Vedas, including their erotic
+descriptions in Shankara, to Thevar’s son
+Sankara Pandi (Raja), the latter also being in
+love with Sastry’s daughter Vaidehi (Amala).
+Pandi gets killed, as does Sastry.
+Vaidehi pretends to be dead, and escapes, allowing
+another character to emerge: a widowed forest
+ranger (Ravi) who confronts the girl’s Brahmin
+suitor (Janakaraj) as well as the film’s villain.
+Bharathirajaa’s practice of setting a love story in
+the context of village ritual yields an unusually
+violent story in a film purporting to merge
+humanist values into religious ritual.
+
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+[[Film]]