tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post8323646161154409737..comments2023-12-30T10:13:15.385-08:00Comments on 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: 325. Bharat MataAmandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-63610847257838243772019-11-26T21:02:47.436-08:002019-11-26T21:02:47.436-08:00Wikipedia says that this is a classic of Indian ci...Wikipedia says that this is a classic of Indian cinema and still well known to this day. So I asked an Indian friend and she said she'd never heard of it. Sometimes I begin to wonder if I should really believe what's on the internet.<br /><br />I'm also beginning to question the health and safety standards in some of these films. First there was the arrows scene in Kumonosu-jo which was apparently filmed just by using a good archer. Then there's the fire scene in this which at one point has an actor buried in a haystack which is set alight on both sides of him. Guess what, both actors involved were hospitalised during its filming.<br /><br />Took me ages to find a version with English subtitles that matched. I'm not sure it's fair to really rate a film based upon poor subtitles, let alone none. I can see that it's a good film. The length is only a problem because it's not really my culture so harder to find a personal connection to carry me along.Dessiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172245410667624187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-4401960131905190872017-06-21T12:17:00.138-07:002017-06-21T12:17:00.138-07:00Yeah the Indian films were pretty inaccessible. E...Yeah the Indian films were pretty inaccessible. Except the Bollywood ones I guess.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-13011935786691046112017-06-20T01:15:38.132-07:002017-06-20T01:15:38.132-07:00I suppose this was a movie made for an Indian audi...I suppose this was a movie made for an Indian audience. I learned that it is revered there to this day and frequently screened. India is a weird place and I will never understand it.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-79052942026990964082015-11-15T13:14:48.036-08:002015-11-15T13:14:48.036-08:00I agree Ray or at least, that has been our experie...I agree Ray or at least, that has been our experience based on the Book. Definitely way too long, Rachel.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701724130997076650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-51974081641968982732015-11-15T06:46:51.897-08:002015-11-15T06:46:51.897-08:00Oh gosh .. a 24 hour (what? It wasn't?) long m...Oh gosh .. a 24 hour (what? It wasn't?) long movie without subs.. Ordeal is probably a good word. Mind you, most Indian films .. do you need the subtitles? We can work most of them out .. "We are too poor to send you to school son, so you have to work" "We are too poor for the doctor to come to your sister .. Oh, she has died" "Dad has died of something" "Mother has died of overwork" "Aunt has died" "Evil landlord wants money" "The monsoon has wrecked the house" "But what the heck, lets have a brightly costumed party"<br />Sorry, that is a very dismissive, and possibly slightly racist comment.. but you get the point I'm trying to make. As ever, there was a heck of a lot of brilliant work in this .. Perhaps the photography (being in colour) wasn't as spellbinding as a Satyajit Ray film ... but it was rather numbingly LONG.And you know me and musicals, so i wasn't even wowed by the singing interludes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06918265332894443061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335502008944631925.post-13307007389623288992015-11-14T13:51:35.337-08:002015-11-14T13:51:35.337-08:00I had to read the subtitles along with this, so I ...I had to read the subtitles along with this, so I think it was a little more clear. But yes, it was very depressing so the upbeat musical numbers seemed out of place. I didn't hate it, it was just way too long.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648935093445900417noreply@blogger.com