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  • Michael Rajiv Shah
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    30.01.2008 - 60. Todestag der großen Seele Indiens - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
    Gedenkveranstaltung der Indische Botschaft Berlin

    On occasion of the 60th death anniversary of India’s Great Soul Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -The Mahatma – we invite you to the screening of Raju Hirani’s Lage Raho Munna Bhai.



    The film is about finding the Gandhi in all of us, but never sounds didactic or preachy. Rather, it makes you laugh and cry through the whole journey during which it touches various issues of parental neglect, stagnation of the older generation, corruption, evil builders, bad manners, superstitions..

    Munnabhai is in love with a radio jockey, Jhanvi (Vidya Balan), and this time around does dirty work for a builder Lucky Singh (Boman Irani). Singh's motivation is to get his daughter married to a very wealthy man's son, and he will do whatever he can to ensure it happens. Vidya Balan lives with her grandfather in a bungalow called 2nd Innings, shared by 6 other elderly men who have been left by their children and society. This is the bungalow Lucky Singh needs. The complications that arise from this form the crux of the story as Munnabhai lies to win Balan's heart by pretending he is a history professor. To add to Munna's confusion, he starts seeing Gandhi, who warns him of impending trouble if he lives through his way of the gun. Once Munnabhai's world crashes around him he adopts the Gandhian principles of truth and non-violence with hilarious and heartrending moments. The only thing one wonders is when Lucky threatens to reveal Munna's identity, why does he wait for a few days till Munnabhai starts his agitation, instead of stopping him then and there.

    Rajkumar Hirani has written, edited and directed the film. This Munnabhai edition is a film for people of all ages, timeless in its appeal as it aims straight for the inherent hope and goodness in all of us. It shows the Gandhi in all of us. It makes you feel good about yourself and what you have. We live in a cynical world, but even in such times, sometimes a person, book or film comes along and shows you a tiny crack in the wall behind which there is a lot of light, and suddenly your heart is full of happiness. Lage Raho Munnabhai is one such film that makes you laugh, makes you cry, and also makes you feel good to be a human being.

    144min, Hindi + English subtitles.

    Quelle: Südasien.info
    http://www.indianembassy.de/ttc/culture.htm
    • 24 Jan 2008, 12:10 am
  • Michael Rajiv Shah
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    Re: 30.01.2008 - 60. Todestag der großen Seele Indiens - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
    Heute vor 60 Jahren wurde Mahatma Gandhi ermordet. Seine Prinzipien leben aber weiter, sagt P. V. Rajagopal von der „Gandhi Peace Foundation“.

    Delhi. P. V. Rajagopal, stellvertretender Vorsitzender der „Gandhi Peace Foundation“ in Delhi, setzt sich seit mehr als 20 Jahren für die Rechte von Unberührbaren und Adivasis, den Ureinwohnern Indiens, ein. Im Oktober 2007 marschierte „Ekta Parishad“, eine Organisation, die er gründete, mit 25.000 Landlosen und Landarbeitern aus allen Teilen Indiens in 28 Tagen von Gwalior nach Delhi, um der Forderung nach einer Landreform Nachdruck zu verleihen. Der 350 Kilometer lange, gewaltlose „Janadesh“-Marsch folgte den Prinzipien Gandhis, der heute vor 60 Jahren von einem Hindu-Fanatiker erschossen wurde.

    Quelle: Die Presse
    http://diepresse.com/home/panorama/welt/359154/index.do
    • 30 Jan 2008, 12:37 am