Sandalwood Neo-noir films usually have a cynical attitude and revolve around crimeSanjana DeshpandeRooted in the German Expressionist Movement, the style film noir emerged in the United States against the backdrop of the Great Depression which lasted from 1929 to 1933. The noir films usually had a cynical attitude and presented stories of crime. The films were largely associated with the black-and-white visual style and had low-key lighting. Neo-noir was an attempt at revival of the noir. Although the two genres are stylistically the same—replete with low-key lighting, unbalanced framing, Dutch angle, blurry boundaries between good and bad— a distinct feature sets them apart. Neo-noir was rooted more in the French New Wave which emerged in the 1950s. Quite a few Indian films have been made in neo-noir style, and the Kannada film industry too is trying to push boundaries with the genre. Here’s a list of five Sandalwood neo-noir films...
- 12/24/2020
- by Sanjana
- The News Minute
ReviewWith unreliable narrators and the story changing depending on who's narrating it, this thriller keeps you guessing till the end. Sowmya RajendranArishadvarga, directed by Arvind Kamath, is that kind of delicious whodunit which invites the viewer to participate in the investigation. With unreliable narrators, coloured narratives and refurbished truths, the screenplay is a mix of fact and inventive fiction that the viewer has to navigate, much like the dour-faced police officer Ashok (Nanda Gopal). It's unconventional to discuss the ending of a film at the beginning of a review. But then, it is the ending which also makes sense of the title, where it all begins. 'Arishadvarga' are the six enemies of the mind -- kama (lust), krodha (anger), moha (attachment), lobha (greed), mada (pride) and matsarya (jealousy) -- which must be conquered for a person to attain moksha or salvation. Each of the characters who are on this chessboard represent these emotions.
- 11/27/2020
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
(From the film’s page) In Hindu theology, Arishadvargas are the six passions of mind or desire: kama (lust), krodha (anger), lobh (greed), moha (attachment), mada or ahankar (pride) and matsarya (jealousy); the negative characteristics which prevent man from attaining moksha or salvation. A fundamental tenet of Kali Yuga. Arvind Kamath uses this concept as a base for a neo-noir/thriller that also unfolds as a human drama, through a rather complex storyline.
“Arishadvarga” is screening at London Indian Film Festival
The film begins in the middle of the story, when Ashok Kalburgi, a strict and scary policeman, helps two other policemen catch Anish, a man who has been trying to escape from them. Then, through a flashback, we watch the man caught, entering a mansion after receiving a call from a woman, only to find a dead body inside the house, along with two other people that have been also drawn there,...
“Arishadvarga” is screening at London Indian Film Festival
The film begins in the middle of the story, when Ashok Kalburgi, a strict and scary policeman, helps two other policemen catch Anish, a man who has been trying to escape from them. Then, through a flashback, we watch the man caught, entering a mansion after receiving a call from a woman, only to find a dead body inside the house, along with two other people that have been also drawn there,...
- 6/10/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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