Sunday, 9 November 2014

Rang Rasiya

Story: Raja Ravi Varma pioneered modern Indian art, giving faces - and sensuality - to the divine. Facing obscenity charges, what was his defence?

Review: So, Rang Rasiya is a colourful triumph, director Ketan Mehta meriting applause for his portrait of painter Raja Ravi Varma, skillfully blending a biopic, a period film, a love story and a social critique, within a tight frame. Arching across the 19th-20th centuries, Rang Rasiya traces Raja Ravi Varma's growth from a callow youth to a citizen of profound impact. Young Raja (Randeep) has several sensual encounters, by waterfalls, atop giggling swings, wrenching jewels off lovers' bare skin with satisfactory elan, painting portraits for pleased royals - until he meets the ethereal Sugandha (Nandana) in Bombay.


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