cold prey 3 ( norwegian : fritt vilt iii ) is a 2010 norwegian slasher film , it is the prequel to the highly successful cold prey ( fritt vilt ) , and cold prey 2 ( fritt vilt ii ) .

it is directed by mikkel brænne sandemose and starred nils johnson in the leading role .

cold prey 3

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a prequel to the norwegian slasher cold prey , which also spawned a sequel in 2008 .
with great success comes sequels ; no other nordic horror franchise made it to two , or even one . cold prey 3 is as historical as it is average .
collins’ crypt : movies i love : cold prey ( fritt vilt ) | birth . movies . death .
cold prey 3 distribution in the rest of the nordic region , and internationally , has not been decided yet , but the film will eventually be available in all relevant territories .
letter of 3 june to norman capener ; quoted with thanks to sophie bowness .
bioluminescence is a
cold light .
cold light means less than 20 % of the light generates thermal radiation , or heat .
wwe studios president michael luisi will oversee cold prey for wwe and will produce along with la scala . marius haugan will executive produce .
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today the third chapter of the cold prey saga was released on dvd and bluray in norway . the three movies are also coming out as a collected set in boxes .
maybe someone here can help me out , you guys are pretty knowledgeable . are there any overseas blu - ray releases of cold prey 2 and 3 that have english subtitles ? i looked through blu - ray . com , but the only film that had them was the first one .
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i bought all cold prey movies on blu - ray in summer . since german is my second language i had no probs reading those german subs . all three look great in hd btw .
it doesn’t matter whether or not you’re familiar with this nasty norwegian tale , if you’re a fan of the slasher subgenre , you’re more than likely going to find cold prey to be extremely rewarding .
exclusive : wwe studios has acquired the exclusive english - language remake rights to the norwegian thriller franchise cold prey and has sealed a deal for an option to purchase the screenplay casey la scala is writing .
minutes of the 16th and 17th meetings of the fine arts advisory committee , on 3 sept . 1940 and 4 march 1941 .
according to amazon , shout factory is releasing 2 on dvd in april . maybe 3 or bluray options will be in the cards !
i just really want these movies on blu ! . . . or at least part 3 on dvd so i can complete the collection .
anyway , cold prey iii is definitely a step down but still good enough . enjoyed those amazing outdoors shots and backwood - ish setting / plot , and the fact that the movie was taking place in the late 80s .
if those character descriptions sound familiar , and if you think you have a pretty good idea what their individual arcs will be , it ' s because ragnarok obviously draws heavily from established adventure movie tropes , much the same way that the cold prey series worked within horror conventions , and then did its best to subvert them . ( that ' s not surprising , since producer martin sundland served in that capacity on the cold prey films as well . )
player will receive 10k gold at the end of the battle if at least 3 villages are visited by players and 5k for at least 2 .
other fish , such as a type of dragonfish called loosejaws , use bioluminescence to search for prey . loosejaws have adapt ed to emit red light ; most fish can only see blue light , so loosejaws have an enormous advantage when they light up a surrounding area . they can see their prey , but their prey can ' t see them .
has anyone at least found part 3 on dvd with english subs ? love to have it on blu but would settle for dvd at this point .
bioluminescence is used by living things to hunt prey , defend against predator s , find mates , and execute other vital activities .
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it doesn’t matter whether or not you’re familiar with this nasty norwegian tale , if you’re a fan of the slasher subgenre , you’re more than likely going to find the picture to be extremely rewarding . it’s violent but not offensively so , easy on the eyes ( save for the more graphic moments , like the shot in which tobias has his flesh super glued together ) , creepy , highly impacting and , of course , a fantastic introduction to the promising berdal , who for the record has already surfaced in a series of genre pieces ( hansel & gretel : witch hunters , chernobyl diaries and cold prey 2 amongst the handful ) since shooting cold prey . when all is said and done , cold prey does precisely what a horror movie is supposed to do , it entertains , quite a bit .
cold prey 3 was director mikkel sandemose’s first feature film . i know that many directors cut their teeth with horror films , but that is not mitigating circumstances here . the first two movies were very promising but there is no excuse for sloppyness in the third installment . a nice try , but average at best , even though any theatrical horror film , even this one , stands out compared to most other scandinavian horror films in comparison .
so , while cold prey 3 won ' t set the world on fire with brilliance , it ' s a pretty good entry into the slasher genre . it ' s not retro ( and that although it ' s taking place in the 80s ) , it ' s not lazily ironic , it ' s not pretending its audience is full of idiots , it ' s suspenseful - what more could i ask for from a slasher movie made in 2010 ?
cold prey 3 ( original title ; fritt vilt 3 , meaning something like “open season” ) is a prequel to the first two movies , and takes place in the late 80s . a group of teens are hiking into the mountain to spend a night in the wilderness , and finds an abandoned hotel , much like overlook hotel in the shining , but with more dust and rats . the girls don’t like the vibes of the place and decide it’s better to sleep outside , so they find a place by a lake . of course , some big guy in dirty old clothes wants to kill them ; the mountain man we know from the first two movies .
yet watching the unlikely adventure hero sigurd try to balance the competing interests of family and work - - to be more accurate , a personal obsession - - is one of the pleasures offered by ragnarok , directed by mikkel brænne sandemose , making a 180 - degree turn from the horrors of cold prey 3 to a movie suitable for general audiences . john kåre raake ' s screenplay takes off from the discovery and excavation of a ship from viking age a little more than a century ago .
alfred barr , letter to the manchester guardian , 3 sept . 1952 . report on progress to the 54th meeting of the british council’s fine arts committee , tuesday , 9 dec . 1952 .
sandemose prefers classic thriller techniques to jump scares , and while there ' s no shying away from violence , blood and downer endings on display , cold prey 3 is not at all interested in gore for gore ' s sake ( that was already one of the better features of the first two films in the series for me ) . done well - and this film does it well - it ' s usually more exciting to watch people trying to avoid getting slaughtered than watching an assortment of creative kills .
i’ve long campaigned for this nugget of foreign gold . you’re not likely to find all that many who follow the cold prey franchise closely , but those that do follow , follow with unwavering dedication . when it comes to modern slasher films , few rival this norwegian effort . scream is right there in the mix , as is ti west’s the house of the devil . outside of those two pictures , nothing recent quite holds up . and that’s a massive statement given the caliber of filmmakers in the business these days . it should be a clear indicator that cold prey rests with the big dogs at the top of the heap .
letter of 3 july from herbert read to the british council ( lilian somerville ) , included in the report on progress for the 48th meeting of the fine arts committee , tuesday , 11 july 1950 .
cold reception ( 氷の村の少女 kōri no mura no shōjo maiden of the ice village in the japanese version ) is chapter 8 of fire emblem fates in the conquest version .
when i first heard that they were making a third
cold prey
movie , which pre dates the first two showing a back story on the killer , i was actually quite pleased , as we only saw glimpses in the first two . i am a big fan of the first two and wrote glowing reviews for them rating them 10 and 9 , but this one i only rate 5 , because quite frankly i was really disappointed . okay the beginning opened up quite well , when we finally get to see what happened to his parents and the way they treated him , but that was over in 10 minutes and then it cuts to a group of teens camping in the nearby woods . i was hoping the third would somehow capture both positive aspects of each film , but sadly , cold prey 3 turned out to be your pretty standard backwoods slasher that we ' ve seen several times before . another complaint is that this one is set in summer time which kinda defeats the object of being called
cold prey
there ' s even a clichéd scene where some of the characters decide to go skinny dipping in a lake , which seems to be some sort of requirement in backwoods slashers for some odd reason . speaking of characters , none of them are likable , in my opinion . with the little development we ' re given for each person , it leaves us with little reason to care whether they ' ll somehow survive through the ordeal . all in all
cold prey 3
isn ' t a particularly bad film , as a stand alone it would have been pretty good , it just lacks the brilliance the first two , so i hope it ' s now come to an end .
norway doesn ' t exactly have a history that i ' m aware of horror films – let alone slasher flicks ( although , like buses , there ' s another coming in 2008 called rovdyr seemingly inspired by its good show at the norwegian box office ) – so i was keen to see cold prey after it garnered a rash of very positive reviews on the web . i expected to like it a lot , but despite being well shot this snowbound effort ultimately left me a little cold .
year 1 children have taken part in the introduction to the golden mile initiative . they loved jogging around a marked track to see how many laps they could complete in 3 minutes . it was thirsty work !
isolated , snowbound locales make for great slasher movie locations , from satan ' s blade ( 1982 ) , to iced ( 1988 ) and most recently shredder ( 2003 ) . however , the main inspiration for roar uthaug ' s cold prey ( both in structure and pacing ) is clearly stanley kubrick ' s the shining ( 1980 ) . herein lies the film ' s greatest weakness : whilst i ' m all for a slow burn when it comes to establishing characters and background , cold prey meanders when it should be rushing and although well constructed never quite hits the levels of hysteria ( and sheer entertainment value ) you ' d expect from the best of the subgenre .
much to my surprise , cold prey 3 turned out to be a pretty fine film . sure , it ' s still a full - blooded slasher with all that entails , but it seems as if its new creative team - neither director mikkel braenne sandemose nor the two screenwriters lards gudmestad and peder fuglerud had anything to do with what came before - spent a bit of thought on how to use the standard elements of the slasher movie ( and a few bits and pieces of the backwoods horror film ) without making a slasher movie by the numbers .
guilbaut , serge . how new york stole the idea of modern art : abstract expressionism , freedom , and the cold war . chicago : university of chicago press , 1983 .
cold prey follows a group of friends who decide to ski out of bounds and are forced to take shelter when a storm hits , finding themselves imprisoned in an abandoned ski lodge along with a maniacal killer . the story has been described as a cross between the grey and the revenant and really centers on a strong female character who reaches the limits of physical and mental endurance .
while i appreciate the review ( i loved the first two films , and have no interest in seeing the prequel now ) , i must point out that the original title fritt vilt translates to
open season
, as cold prey is just the retitling for the west . so the change of locale effecting the title is less of an outright mistake and more of an unhappy oversight .
although the two first cold prey movies have been released as both dvds and blurays before , all three movies are from today available as boxed trilogy sets in both formats . the content of the discs are the same as previous individual releases . today is also the launch date for the third movie’s individual release in both formats . extras include five featurettes , available on both the dvd and the bluray .
it ' s the end of the 80s , so quite some time before the occurrences in cold prey and cold prey 2 took place . the first group of young ones ever to get slaughtered by the franchise ' s killer ( oops , spoiler ) is making a short camping trip to the woods around the empty hotel of ill repute . they had initially planned to stay inside the hotel for the night , but at least one of the girls , siri ( julie rusti ) has a finely developed sense for the creepy , and doesn ' t want to stay there . in a surprising twist never before encountered in the history of slasher cinema , her friends aren ' t total douches and listen to her ; this film not taking place in the winter like its predecessors probably makes that decision a bit easier .
cold prey was hailed as one of the best modern norwegian horror movies and the most successful franchise of its kind . la scala recently wrote , produced and directed the remaining for sony and produced amityville : the awakening , which will be released june 30 . that film stars jennifer jason leigh and bella thorne through dimension . la scala also was an executive producer on the adam fields’ produced cult favorite donnie darko .
cold prey 3 is a prequel to the first movie . it was seen by 80 . 000 norwegians on its opening weekend , which are good numbers for norway . 152 . 000 people were drawn to the movie in theatres alltogether , while more than 500 . 000 people saw the two first movies in theatres . the two first movies sold more than 237 . 000 disc units as well , not counting rentals and on - demand viewing . not including disc sales of the third movie , which started today , the franchise has earned 90 million crowns ( about 16 million dollars ) over the years , a considerable sum in one of europe’s smallest countries . it is also rare that a norwegian movie is followed by two sequels .
i found part 3 online too . i think my subtitles may have been better as i don ' t recall having any problems understanding the movie . anyway i quite enjoyed it . personally i didn ' t find it to be much of a step down from the first two .
and what of the brilliant location of the original ? a desolate , abandoned hotel deep in the snow covered mountains of jotunheimen . well , its in the film for all of two minutes . the group are heading there , you see , but within two minutes of arriving decide its too run down and swiftly decide to sleep in the fucking woods ! so long , awesome location , then . its like having a busload of kids head to camp crystal lake , only to settle for a motel when they find the accommodation lacking ! whoever thought this was a good idea should really rethink they ' re career choice . not to mention that the film is called cold prey 3 . the reason for this title , is that the location is supposed to be
the rspb’s investigations department publishes an annual report on all wildlife crime . the most recent edition , for 2013 , documents 164 cases of shooting or destruction of birds of prey in which the evidence points strongly towards the actions of gamekeepers .
one does not go into the third entry into a slasher franchise that until now had even in its best moments ( that would have been the second half of the first movie and no part of the second ) distinguished itself by giving disturbingly generic ideas a pretty sheen of professionalism expecting great improvements in quality or ideas ; in fact , after the mess of regurgitated , badly connected clichés that was cold prey 2 , i went into this prequel expecting to be annoyed by it .
many marine species use a technique called counterillumination to protect themselves . many predators , such as sharks , hunt from below . they look above , where sunlight creates shadows beneath prey . counterillumination is a type of camouflage against this predatory behavior .
i can ' t really recommend cold prey to those looking for something a little more frenetic and energetic , though i wouldn ' t go so far as to bury it underneath a snow bank , either . the best i can say about the movie is that its chilling , snowy atmosphere is well - handled , though in a negative reversal of that , said atmosphere takes its toll on the film ' s already - long running time . there were moments during the film when i desperately wanted the film to speed up a hair or two ; some of the setting accentuation could ' ve been excised in favor of getting to the point , and as we all know , an effective slasher film has two very important points among a dozen : suspense and murders . cold prey ' s killer is showcased via an odd editing choice : we see a boot here , and an arm there , but never enough of him to generate any real sense of fear or suspense . and , since his identity turns out to be perfunctory , you begin wondering why they went to the trouble of keeping his visage hidden . to give the film its due after the criticisms , it is , like i said before , well - shot and atmospherical , and the victims - to - be are a sympathetic bunch , and there are a few moments of sublime , gothic dread , but after all is said and done , cold prey left this reviewer searching for a warm blanket , and a better movie !
first of all , its a prequel . yep , a prequel . you know how us horror fans just love our prequels . there ' s nothing more satisfying than having our boogeymen demystified by some hack director edging for a quick buck . leatherface has a skin problem apparently , myers is a redneck , and freddy was a fucking gardener before he got kentucky fried and inexplicably decided to hang out for all eternity in a boiler room . now its the turn of cold prey ' s iconic killer to be dragged through the gutter . and it only gets worse .
obviously , the slasher flick is both blessed and cursed by conventions – and is not exactly known for its innovations . hide and seek theatrics are always fun , and cold prey certainly does have its moments . however , the only thing that really jumps out as ingeniously gruesome is the scene where the final victim - to - be has to pretend to be just another cadaver to escape the unwanted attentions of the killer . the fact that it ' s topped off with a ho - hum , ambiguous ( read lazy ) ending doesn ' t really help matters .
we also studied victorian toys in our classroom with mrs sales . we had to guess what some of the toys were and how victorian children would have played with them . after lunch , we took part in a drill outside with reception class and year 2 - it was very cold !
the most famous predator to use bioluminescence may be the anglerfish , which uses bioluminescence to lure prey . the anglerfish has a huge head , sharp teeth , and a long , thin , fleshy growth ( called a filament ) on the top of its head . on the end of the filament is a ball ( called the esca ) that the anglerfish can light up . smaller fish , curious about the spot of light , swim in for a closer look . by the time the prey sees the enormous , dark jaws of the anglerfish behind the bright esca , it may be too late .
we were so excited when ray from kielder water birds of prey centre brought some of his birds to visit us at school . he showed us several different breeds of owls and a vulture . some of us got a chance to handle them and we all learned lots of amazing facts about these wonderful creatures .
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the promotion and reception of british sculpture abroad , 1948–1960 : herbert read , henry moore , barbara hepworth , and the “young british sculptors”
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oh sweet jesus . where do i begin with whats wrong with this film ? cold prey and its sequel were excellent examples of the slasher movie . those two films were about as tight as slasher movies get unless they ' re being directed by john carpenter in 1978 . the first one was , for all intents and purposes , the first horror film to come out of norway , and it was pretty much a perfect example of how this sub - genre can be made to work in the right hands . it had it all . an amazing location , that echoed the shining ' s overlook hotel , a cast of very capable actors , a
this project was dropped on the outbreak of war , and the planned exhibition was shown at hertford house ( the wallace collection ) instead in may–june 1940 . see the minutes of the 14th meeting of the british council’s fine arts committee , 3 sept . 1940 . the german artist , arno breker , won the grand prize at the 1940 venice biennale , though in the absence of russian , french , and british participation .
yet since then , raptors have shown remarkable powers of recuperation . despite allen lambert’s worst efforts on the stody estate , his two victim species – sparrowhawk and buzzard – have strongly recovered from historical lows . sparrowhawks have tripled in number , while the buzzard population has increased at least sixfold and is now britain’s most abundant bird of prey .
the plot is simplicity itself . well , to actually say that cold prey has a plot would perhaps be a gross exaggeration ; not that it meant it would be a bad film ( after all , the original halloween ' s leanness in that department is one of its many strengths ) . five friends in their early 20s head off into the wilds for an afternoon of snow boarding : a couple who are hot for each other , ingunn ( viktoria winge ) and mikal ( endre martin midtstigen ) ; another couple , with commitment problems eirik ( tomas alf larsen ) and jannicke ( ingrid bolsø berdal ) ; as well as their goofy companion morten tobias ( rolf kristian larsen ) .
comedies and children’s movies often produce sequels ( the olsen gang series made it to 8 in sweden and 14 in norway and denmark , and spin - offs for children as well ) but for a mainstream horror franchise to reach three movies is unheard of in the nordic region . the cold prey series was not the first homegrown horror films up here , but they were perhaps the first movies to mimick their american counterparts 100 % , which made them digestible for large crowds of ( i am guessing ) teens not used to hardcore horror , and now they were offered something almost as cool as the foreign slashers . perhaps they were joined by their parents , who were curious on this new phenomena .
the lancers are the units that the player should prioritize first , as they will head for the villages and start calling for more reinforcements if they get onto the village tile . even though they only have a movement of 3 rather then 5 , killing them is required to stop them from calling for reinforcements . one lancer is near the village just north of the south - eastern village , and the other one is next to kilma .
birds of prey are controversial precisely because it is in their nature to kill other animals . they are climax predators , sometimes competing with us at the top of the food chain for prey such as grouse or pheasant . yet they also possess beauty , drama , majesty , charisma ; and more than almost any other wild creatures they symbolise our wider relationship with place . their free - flying presence among us , circling over moor or mountain or woodland copse , expresses a kind of hope that modern britain can be something more than a functional estate , managed to suit ourselves . the killing of raptors is a crime , but it is also a failure to imagine a landscape as being about anything other than property or money .
to underpin their claim of good behaviour , gamekeepers can point to the astonishing rise in the fortunes of some british raptors over the past half - century . birds of prey were among the last of britain’s avifauna to receive legal protection , not least because they were so detested by game interests . it wasn’t until 1962 that the law was amended to extend protection to the sparrowhawk .
. not so for these plucky assclowns though . they happily wander the woods , day and night , wearing only t - shirts in what should be sub zero cold . they even go skinny dipping . i ' ve rarely come across anything this stupid , even in the slasher genre . it wouldn ' t be so bad were it not that this ungodly mess follows such excellent and respected movies .
without giving too much away , there is a psychotic killer on the loose ( this is a slasher flick after all – although , if you watch the making of that comes with the british dvd you ' ll not hear it referred to which makes me wonder if there was a little bit of embarrassment from cast and crew on that point ) . the film opens with what appears to the murder of a young boy , buried in snow . this is followed by a montage of news clips about missing skiers and tourists over the years , as well as establishing that the boy in the prologue went missing from the hotel . cold prey ' s protagonists discover the luggage of missing people hidden behind the kitchen , as well as newspapers with headlines screaming ' hotel of evil ! ' ( although it ' s never explained why ) .
this is only a cold prey film in name . its obviously been released under this title to make easy money , don ' t be fooled into thinking that the heart and intelligence that went into the first two films has carried over . this whole thing stinks of cynical cash cow . i ' m pretty mad about this , as alongside halloween , black christmas and the burning , the original and its sequel are at the top of my all - time slasher list . so here ' s what you do , you avoid this shit like your sanity depends on it . after all , why taint the memory of all the great work that came before it ? its just a shame some things cant be unseen , but thankfully , its so damn dull that i ' m forgetting its existence already . thank the gods of horror for small favors .
at root , the campaign to halt the killing of wild birds of prey touches on issues that are historically embedded in english society . resistance to what is viewed as wider social interference in their private liberties is a long and impassioned cause for the landed interest in britain . modern conservationists seeking a quick fix in matters of raptor politics would do well to reflect on the campaign for a general right to roam in our countryside .
britain had survived the war with its economy in ruins , but its reputation intact , and offered a successful model of a functioning democracy . much of the planning for postwar european reconstruction was undertaken in london , which had offered asylum to exiled governments from countries that had been overrun by the nazis . it also served as a forum in which allied ministers of education could plan new forms of european collaboration . the creation of the united nations in 1945 and its offshoot , unesco , in 1946 , was partly the outcome of those earlier wartime discussions in london . 3
“this new measure is designed to be a further tool in the box to tackle the illegal killing of wild birds , ” said scotland’s environment minister , aileen mcleod . “it’s a very light - touch form of regulation . the scottish government is committed to bringing an end to the illegal killing of birds of prey . my predecessor paul wheelhouse was clear that if the current measures do not put a stop to this form of wildlife crime , we will not hesitate to bring forward further proposals . ”
it is hard now to conjure up in words a sufficiently overwhelming image of the postwar european continent , with its destroyed cities and economies and its starving , uprooted peoples . the redrawing of boundaries after the second world war led to untold hardship , but also called for international cooperation and exchange . the idea of europe came to acquire new meaning and attraction , as an antidote to the various forms of nationalism to which the continent had fallen prey in the course of the previous century and a half .
by bringing a de facto end to the shoot at langholm , the harriers were harming the gamekeepers’ livelihoods . yet langholm also demonstrated the effectiveness of an innovative practice , whereby breeding hen harriers could be supplied with alternative prey ( domesticated mice or day - old chicks ) . “diversionary feeding” was proved to reduce harrier predation of grouse by more than 87 per cent , and is now practised on some progressive estates . it has done little , however , to undermine a widespread perception among shooting estates that hen harriers are just plain bad for business .
there is a much darker side to shooting pheasants . only a month before my visit to raveningham and just 12 miles from the estate , a gamekeeper called allen lambert was sentenced for killing ten buzzards and a sparrowhawk . the 65 - year - old had a lifetime in the profession . at his workplace on the stody estate in norfolk he was caught with a bagful of dead birds of prey , along with a “classic poisoner’s kit” , including syringes and the banned pesticides aldicarb and mevinphos . it was the worst incident of illegal raptor poisoning recorded in england .
p1 : tragic start - p2 : dragon blood - p3 : surprise duet - p4 : fight or flight - p5 : bold approach - p6 : herbal remedy - p7 : father & liege - p8 : a great hunt - p9 : saizo vs . saizo - p10 : hunter & prey - p11 : a long grudge - p12 : sweet dreams - p13 : truly talented - p14 : after the end - p15 : hidden bravery - p16 : abducted - p17 : two defenders - p18 : nutty family - p19 : great heroism - p20 : ultimate power - p21 : bright smile - p22 : abrupt clash
game interests are also an important factor in upland land values , because an estate is costed according to the sum of its wildlife take . a brace of grouse – that is to say , each pair of birds that is expected to be shot on that land in future seasons – is judged to add between £3 , 750 and £5 , 000 to the property’s market price . the actual number of grouse also determines what clients pay as a daily rate for shoots . today , the average charge for a brace of grouse stands at £200 plus vat ( for pheasants , it is £30 ) . it means that on a moor where 100 brace are shot , the price for that day is £24 , 000 . there are , however , routine claims that clients , many of whom are wealthy foreigners , are paying anything up to £100 , 000 for a single day’s sport on our upland moors .
much of the fault of this film lies in the writing ; the generic teens - in - the - woods - being - slashed concept is just one thing . on the same line , the characters are more generic than before , more or less one - dimensional psycho fodder waiting to be impaled or hacked . the norwegian nature is used as a backdrop , but the snowy mountains are not ( it’s not even cold ) , and neither is the hotel . it could be anywhere that has a couple of old cabins . and the violence and kills… . well , there’s a handful of gory scenes , but much of it is obscured , edited too fast or not used to its full potential . one expects sloppy writing in the third movie ( i have not even mentioned the plot holes and the artificial dialogue ) but maybe they could have given us some great gore as compensation ?
it was a cold morning in rural east norfolk , two weeks before christmas . a cordon of beaters – men wearing country clothing and waving red flags – thrashed the undergrowth . a bird soared into the sky and even i felt an adrenalin surge . i have studied and written about wildlife for more than 40 years but this was the first shoot i’d attended . by the close of the morning , i understood better some of the motivations – the unpredictability , the anticipation – that have made the pursuit of game birds one of the most enduring and important factors in the shaping of the british countryside . who knew what would burst from that final patch of cover ? sometimes only a scattering of hysterical blackbirds or pigeons clattering out the tops ; once a chinese water deer in an enormous headlong drive ; occasionally woodcocks , ghosting through like liquid shadows ; finally and tantalisingly high came the pheasants .
serge guilbaut , how new york stole the idea of modern art : abstract expressionism , freedom and the cold war ( chicago : university of chicago press , 1983 ) . that new york should have “stolen” the idea of modern art in quite the way that guilbaut imagined may be something of an over - simplification . throughout the 1950s , there was a push - pull between european and american influences on british art , with only a gradual tilt towards the latter , as the decade progressed . many british artists and the majority of artists on the continent , and in countries with traditional links to france , still looked to paris for cultural leadership until some time after 1960 . see alan bowness , in relation to the second biennale des jeunes in paris in 1961 : “biennales notwithstanding , it begins to look ominously clear that paris is no longer the place to go to for what is new in modern art . ” the observer , 8 oct . 1961 .
the british council for relations with other countries , as it was initially called before the abbreviation of its name to “the british council” , was set up in 1934 , as the uk’s belated riposte to french cultural promotion and the axis powers’ more blatant cultural propaganda , in a period of mounting national and international rivalries . it could present itself , like the bbc , as operating at a distance from government , but usually pursued its objectives with the discreet , but effective , support of local diplomatic missions . in wartime , its sphere of influence had been severely curtailed by the scale of nazi conquests ; however , after 1945 , with the onset of the cold war , it treated expansion into newly liberated europe as a top priority , as the entire region had been , in the words of the economic historian , r . h . tawney , “the chief source and breeding - ground of the world’s afflictions” . 7 by march 1947 , the british council had established “representations” in no fewer than twenty - two european countries ( east and west ) . 8
the stylistic debate over figuration versus abstraction was a notable feature of the 1950s , and is reflected in thwaites’s comments . however , there were also arguments within the modernist movement itself , between those who were trying to reach out to a new public and those who were perceived to be more hermetic in their concerns ( often associated with varying degrees of geometric abstraction ) . many artists , like moore , who had belonged to the beleaguered avant - gardes of the 1930s , now sought to break out of their self - imposed—or - induced—isolation , by experimenting with more “accessible” styles and large - scale “public” work that courted social and social democratic engagement . sculpture parks , open - air sculpture displays , and sculpture commissions , formed a part of what became a widespread movement to build new audiences for modern art ; to provide public amenities ; to promote urban regeneration ; and , on occasion , to offer restitution for the ravages of war . the first international open - air display of sculpture on the continent took place in a wooded park at sonsbeek on the outskirts of arnhem ( the netherlands ) in summer 1949 , and was repeated at three - yearly intervals thereafter , until 1958 . it was directly inspired by the london county council’s first outdoor exhibition in battersea park the previous year , and had similar aims . as was common , artists were grouped by nationality , and a recent cast of henry moore’s three standing figures was sited ( like the darley dale stone originals in battersea ) in a prominent position on top of a gentle mound , with trees behind ( fig . 3 ) .
this essay suggests that henry moore , barbara hepworth , and a new generation of postwar british sculptors associated with the catch - phrase , “the geometry of fear” , were able to profit from the new networks that were created after the war and to speak to a wider and often more receptive audience than they ever had at home—first , in war - torn europe , then farther afield . they gave expression to many of the hopes and fears of the age , and their message was magnified , in part , through the activities of the british council and the personal charisma of two dominant figures : henry moore , already hailed as britain’s leading sculptor by the end of the 1940s , and his supporter , the writer and critic herbert read . the background to this was provided , first by the campaigns against modernism of the previous decades , then by the ideological battles of the cold war , whose frontier was drawn through the middle of occupied germany and austria . to a certain extent , the sculptors were able to capitalize on a sense of common identity , as britain emerged from wartime isolation—hence the commonly held view that a “school” had appeared where none had existed before . still more significantly , perhaps , this was the period when the modernist canon was being comprehensively re - examined , redefined , and extended for a large public .
the mountain man was a child born with a birthmark covering one of his eyes . for four hours after his birth he was considered stillborn , with a death certificate even being made for him . when he suddenly started breathing , he didn’t even cry , he just lay silently . he lived with his parents , who owned and ran a hotel high in the mountains . his father , gunnar often abused him ( most likely because of his deformity ) and didn’t even consider him his son . the boy’s mother , sigrid showed great affection towards her son but did not attempt stop the abuse caused by her husband . one day , gunnar descided to get rid of his son and chased him into a ditch in the snow before he started to bury him alive . sigrid just cried beside her husband as he attempted to kill their child . several days later , after they had reported their son missing , both parents were murdered by the boy in revenge , he first stabbed sigrid repeatedly in the stomach as she attempted to embrace him and then stabbed his father in the back of the neck after he leaned down next to his wife’s body . after their deaths , the boy wandered around in the cold until he was taken in by a hermit named jon , whose brother einar was a police officer . jon helped the boy cover up the murders by getting rid of the bodies and hiding him from the police .
again , it’s nothing new in the plotting department . someone is killed and no one notices because they think they’re locked in their room after an argument . a guy goes for help and evidence is discovered later that he never made it very far . and ( spoiler ! ) the last one alive is the smarter of the female characters . but they get all the details and specifics about these things right , and that’s what makes it memorable . for example , the girl that they think is just sulking in her room is presumed to be upset over a fight she had with her new boyfriend , who was pushing her for sex . after she’s dead ( unbeknownst to them ) , the guy learns from our heroine that the girl was a virgin , and wanted things to be special ( i . e . not in a cold room on a 40 year old mattress ) , which not only makes her death sadder , but also gives the “final girl” a less prudish , typical personality . usually in these things , the final girl is the one with the sexual issues , so it’s nice to see that not only are the roles reversed , but that she is able to harmoniously resolve the situation and humanize not one but two of the others . too many modern horror movies with characters in this age group are curiously obsessed with having the group constantly at odds or seemingly not even liking one another , with their various personal issues with each other ( i . e . the cheating boyfriend ) being their only bit of development , so i particularly enjoyed that these folks , while not without some heated moments , are good friends and operate without drama . even the injured guy – you’d expect him to be an obnoxious ass , but he’s pretty chill about the whole “broken leg” thing and doesn’t get all emo about being the only one without a girlfriend .
curse you , indiana jones ! the bullwhip - toting , fedora - wearing , hard - loving professor created unrealistic expectations for all cinematic archaeologists who have followed in his footsteps .
thus , the gentle , mild , soft - spoken sigurd , a tall and slender family man who is still coping with the loss of his wife , hardly seems the type to chase after a viking myth about the end of the world , especially with his two children in tow on a supposed
family vacation
in the desolate , far north finnmark region on the border between norway and russia .
the film places sigurd in the position of being the primary archaeologist continuing work on the remains , but this is where his personal obsession gets in the way of his job . he ' s convinced that items found among the remains are actually runes spelling out
ragnarok ,
and further exploration might shed light on the myth . financial backers dismiss sigurd ' s conjecture as foolishness right out of hand , and he loses his museum position .
sigurd ( pål sverre hagen ) may speak softly but he has an iron will , and he ' s determined to follow up on his leads , bringing along his early teenage daughter ragnhild ( maria annette tanderød ) , at an age where she misses her mother , resents her father , and doesn ' t hesitate to make her feelings known , and his young son brage ( julian podolski ) , who is completely on board . they meet up with allan ( nicolai cleve broch ) , a fellow archaeologist ; elisabeth ( sofia helen ) , allan ' s comely research assistant ; and leif ( bjørn sundquist ) , a crusty local guide .
ragnarok is not trying to subvert but to celebrate ; it ' s as though the kids in 1985 ' s the goonies were accompanied by adults on a wilderness adventure . and there are other , spoiler - ish elements that distinguish ragnarok , beyond everyone speaking norwegian .
the film does not reinvent the wheel , but it maximizes the experience of riding it , embracing stereotypes and shining them up so they look new all over again . it adds up to a fun family adventure , with norwegian style and a welcome edge , something even indiana jones in his prime could never quite achieve without a lot more bickering .
review originally published during fantastic fest in september 2013 . the film opens in select u . s . theaters on friday , august 15 , and will also be available to watch via various video on demand providers . visit the official site of distributor magnet releasing for more information .
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buddhimantudu ( english : good boy ) is a 1969 telugu , drama film , produced by n. s. murthy on chitra kalpana banner and directed by bapu .

starring akkineni nageswara rao , vijaya nirmala , sobhan babu , krishnam raju in the lead roles and music composed by k. v. mahadevan .

the film is remade as hindi movie paramaatma ( 1994 ) .

the film recorded as super hit at the box office .

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the film is a remake of 1969 telugu film
buddhimantudu
starring akkineni nageswara rao , krishnam raju and vijaya nirmala .
i do not think so . most probably the director might have got inspired by a telugu movie by title “buddhimantudu - a good guy” .
i do not about hindi movies . i will occasionally view them . however , there was a telugu movie by title “buddhimantudu - a good guy” .
buddhimantudu is a 1969 telugu drama film directed by bapu and produced by n . s . murthy and written by mullapudi venkata ramana . the film stars akkineni nageswara rao , krishnam raju and vijaya nirmala in the lead roles .
paramaatma is a 1994 hindi - language indian feature film directed by bapu , starring mithun chakraborty , juhi chawla , amrish puri and anjana mumtaz . the film is a remake of 1969 telugu film
buddhimantudu
starring akkineni nageswara rao , krishnam raju and vijaya nirmala .
we halted in madras at my mavayya’s house . all five elders discussed the match . my father was not that happy about nanna’s complexion . my athayya expressed her view that if both the couple are short , children also will be short . my mavayya and ammakkayya had made the final decision : all the other things ( raised by people ) are petty , the boy is qualified and buddhimantudu , family is well known etc etc . i think my mind was set without knowing myself . we three proceeded to tenali .
they said it was inspired by bruce almighty . then , we heard it was similar to the anr starrer buddhimantudu . now that the film has released , we can vouch for the fact that it is not inspired , at least not in total . it is indeed interesting to watch both vishnu and nagarjuna in the same frame , given that they both have a different body language . in fact , both of them look perfectly in sync and appear more like two friends chilling out . their off - screen camaraderie cannot be missed on screen too .
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madhav acharya ( akkineni nageswara rao ) , a temple priest in a village along with his mother ( santha kumari ) , a son , and younger brother , gopi ( again akkineni nageswara rao ) . madhava is a believer of god , he is very much respected by villagers and believed that he encounters mystic experiences whenever he sees lord krishna ( sobhan babu ) and gopi is a non - believer of god . troubles will plague him after he finds out that gopi has not only been creating problems for seshadri ( nagabhushanam ) the village head but has also fallen in love and wants to get marry radha , the daughter of seshadri ' s sister . taking this as an advantage seshadri separates madhava & gopi and an old ruined house of their grandfather is given to gopi as his share . gopi modifies and establishes a school in it . before madhava could even attempt to resolve these issues , the keys of the temple are taken away from him by seshadri , and he can no longer pray nor converse with lord . things come to a boil after he is told that gopi has forcibly taken the keys , and seshadri has stolen all the temple ' s jewelry , when they are searching for it a treasure of madhava & gopi ' s ancestors is been found madhava says he will use the treasure for development and gopi argues that the school which will lead to progress and not the temples . rest of the story is who wins the bet .
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known for having conversations with bhagwan shri kishan , madhavayya ( akkineni nageshwara rao ) lives a poor and simple lifestyle in a village with his wife , young son , and brother , gopalam . due to his brother ' s antics , he will not only be thrust into a public and acrimonious conflict , but the mandir ' s keys will be taken away from him , thus preventing him from conversing with kishanji . distraught , he will face many more challenges when the village sarpanch and others will accuse his brother of not only stealing the keys but also the jewelery that adorned kishanji .
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) , and gopalacharya ( akkineni again in dual role ) are brothers . madhacharya is a believer and gopal is a non - believer . madhava encounters mystic experiences whenever he sees krishna . gopal argues that the schools which will lead to progress and not the temples .
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the bollywood movie oh my god is a remake of the australian comedy film , “ the man who sued god ” .
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recent aamir khan starrer pk is a movie along similar lines - help the poor and the needy with the resources that you were going to ‘devote’ to ‘god’ .
yehi hai zindagi is not exactly movie like omg but here also hero encounters with lord krishna . . worth watching movie .
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nagarjuna , vishnu , mamta mohandas , nazar , tanikella bharani , bramhanandam , ' ahuthi ' prasad , ali , nepolean , sunil , m . s . narayana , venumadhav
but that is about it . while it is not an inspired film , what we end up having is a rehash of many old ' 80s films , where we have a doting and totally devoted servant played by the hero and a headstrong , obstinate and arrogant girl who ends up falling for the hero by the second half . so , in this modern version , we have vishnu or arjuna who is the ` i - live - by - you ' household help of satya ' s ( mamata mohandas ) family . having been thrown out from his village as his mother delivers him in a temple , he lives with his grandmother who is a cook at satya ' s house . it goes without saying that both the grandmother and grandson are looked down upon by satya and her brother , played by nazir . despite being constantly ill - treated , our hero has a heart of gold and is blindly devoted to the family , thanks to satya ' s sister - in - law ( prema ) and simply because he knows no better . ironically , despite his massive six - foot frame , he is as tame as a lamb .
as destiny would have it , or as an astrologer ( napolean ) would have it , arjuna is cajoled into marrying satya to ward off a dosham in her horoscope . but her sly brother nazir has other plans for her and conspires to get arjuna killed . from here on , the movie catches pace . also because that ' s when nagarjuna makes his entry as the sauve and smartly suited modern day version of lord krishna . once he enters the scene , arjuna ' s life changes for good and he goes about setting things right . the film ends on a rather expected note .
the film has all the elements , right for a ' 80s film . but given that it is made in 2008 , you cannot but feel that the characterization and the basic plot are a bit too outdated for the current generation . there are the songs . then , there is mamata mohandas to provide the oomph factor , which she does in ample . yet , you cannot but end up feeling as if there is something missing from the plot . unfortunately , director vasu disappoints a lot by making the film fall into the ` we - have - seen - it - all - before ' category . given the cast he had , he could have tried something innovative for the plot , instead of playing safe by hanging on to a time - tested script .
as for the cast , nagarjuna looks like he is on a holiday , totally chilled and at ease . in fact , his look too is smart casual . vishnu tries his best to play his part with enthusiasm . here again , vasu fails to flesh out his character properly and it takes its toll on him . as for the heroine , little said the better . mamata mohandas is dressed to put an extra to shame and surprisingly , her cheap dress sense is passed off as the attitude of a high - society girl . tch tch tch !
as for the rest of the cast , they suffer from the same fate that the lead actors face . none of them have well - etched out characters and the weak plot only messes them up further .
the songs are the only saving grace of the film . they at least match up to the expectations of the gen x . mm keeravani tries a lot of variation in the tracks , which works for the film . from the staple devotional number which is a must - have in any mohan babu film , to the rap number by manoj , he touches the entire spectrum .
but it is the director who really fails to steer his ship . he uses a fair sprinkling of double meaning dialogues , enough raunchy scenes and a foil - thin plot to woo the audience . dr mohan babu too puts in a special role for dea
madhavacharya ( akkineni nageswara rao ) , and gopalacharya ( akkineni again in dual role ) are brothers . madhacharya is a believer and gopal is a non - believer . madhava encounters mystic experiences whenever he sees krishna . gopal argues that the schools which will lead to progress and not the temples .
newly married couple k . krishnamurthy alias kk ( rajendra prasad ) works as an art director in mumbai and his wife satyabhama ( divyavani ) as a stenographer in kerala for a low salary . to solve their financial problems they seek a job in a big company and pretend to be unmarried as their boss sridhar rao ( gummadi ) would give job only to one member of a family . so the couple lies that they are unmarried and joins in the company . this has the slight resemblance to the 1955 classic movie missamma where couples pretend to be married but here it ' s the other way around .
playback singers : vani jairam , s . p . balasubramaniam , p . susheela , s . p . sailaja , rajeshwari
music composed by k . v . mahadevan . lyrics were written by arudra . all songs are blockbusters . music released on akash audio company . [ 3 ]
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recently remade in hindi as ' paramatma ' with mithun chakravarti in the lead .
anjana mumtaz is an indian actress , who is known for her supporting roles in over a hundred hindi and gujarati - language films .
ganga ki kasam is a 1975 bollywood film starring anjana mumtaz and johnny walker .
balmaa is a 1993 bollywood film directed by lawrence d ' souza . the film was avinash wadhavan , ayesha jhulka , saeed jaffrey and anjana mumtaz .
shaktiman is 1993 hindi movie directed by k . c . bokadia and starring ajay devgn , karishma kapoor , mukesh khanna , kulbhushan kharbanda . other cast members include gulshan grover , ajit khan , parikshat sahni , tiku talsania , anjana mumtaz , beena , and mahavir shah .
other cast members include laxmikant berde , seema deo , ajit vachhani , anjana mumtaz , rajeev verma , dan dhanoa , priya arun , rajesh puri and viju khote . this movie was supposed to be akshay kumar ' s debut movie however saugandh was released as debut movie for akshay kumar .
khuddar is a 1994 hindi movie directed by iqbal durrani and starring govinda , karishma kapoor , kader khan . other cast include shakti kapoor , shreeram lagoo , anjana mumtaz , raju shrestha , mahesh anand , vikas anand , anil dhawan . it includes the controversial number
sexy sexy mujhe log bole
, which was censored to
baby baby mujhe log bole
.
qatil is a 1988 hindi crime mystery thriller film directed by ashok gaikwad and produced by shama akhtar and nasim hijazi . the film stars aditya pancholi and sangeeta bijlani in the lead roles . shakti kapoor plays the antagonist . kiran kumar , amjad khan , raza murad , vikram gokhale and anjana mumtaz play supporting roles . the soundtrack is composed by laxmikant - pyarelal with lyrics by sameer .
sangraam is 1993 hindi movie directed by lawrence d ' souza and starring ajay devgn , karishma kapoor , ayesha jhulka , amrish puri . other cast members include danny denzongpa , reema lagoo , asrani , laxmikant berde , anjana mumtaz , tej sapru , vikas anand , satyendra kapoor , avtar gill and dinesh hingoo .
mr . pellam or mister pellam ( english translation : mr . wife ) is a 1993 telugu , comedy film produced by gawara partha sarathi on sri chamundi chitra banner and directed by bapu . starring rajendra prasad , aamani in the lead roles and music composed by m . m . keeravani . the film recorded as hit at box office . the film won the national film award for best feature film in telugu . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
music composed by m . m . keeravani . all songs are hit tracks . music released on akash audio company . there is misinformation about the lyrics credits for this movie with most songs attributed to arudra . musicologist raja spoke to the movie crew and found out the proper credits with proofs . [ 4 ] it is concluded that arudra wrote only 2 songs ( adagavayya ayyagaari & mayadari krishnayya ) , rest all are written by veturi . the surprise being that in the song
sogasu chooda tarama
, mullapudi venkata ramana contributed a charanam (
pasipaapaku paalistuu . . .
) as confirmed by his son .
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: my mother is a late adopter of the internet . in the pre - internet era , she used to write the loveliest of long letters to her children . the letters stopped after i returned to india . in the past year , after she got comfortable with connectivity and gmail , the letters resumed as emails to her children . she’s harvesting from the oldest tendrils of her memory which is making the reading so so enjoyable . in this email ( aug 4 ) , she’s relating the story of her marriage in the winter of 1962 . if i were to design the wedding brochure , i’d title it as ooty ki kali weds a guntur boy . the email has gone through a minor editing lens without changing my mom’s tone and voice . i’ve italicized all the telugu names ( and there are many ) . my mom’s sub - text / commentary is “italicized within quotes . ” editor’s comments are within “ [ ] ” . the bare boned telugu cheat sheet is here : tatayya ( grandfather ) , ammumma ( maternal grandmother ) , mamma ( paternal grandmother ) , kakki ( mom’s younger sister ) , pellichoopulu ( seeing the bride ) , akkaya ( elder sister ) , nanna ( father – my father in this case ) , guruvagaru ( my father’s spiritual guru ) , mavayya ( uncle ) . rest of the glossary is at the end . ]
some interesting flashback . i just finished my final b . a . exams . my ammakkayya , her daughter ( satyavati akkayya ) , and her family visited us for vacation in jun 1962 . ammakkayya stayed back and others went back to guntur . satyavati akkayya sent nanna’s match on savitri ammumma’s suggestion . communication went on between both the tatayyas . it was decided that pellichoopulu will take place in tenali where my grandfather was staying with viswapati babai . the three of us ( tatayya , ammumma & i ) along with ammakkayya started for tenali . kakki had to stay back with our neighbours as her 11 th standard classes had started .
the day came . ambu kakki and satyam kakka came from kolluru on my father’s request . they made me wear pinni’s blue pattu sari with big border ( “i don’t like big borders ” ) . ambu kakki made my jada – i was not satisfied that much . i was used to ammumma’s jada ( i used to take papidi and hold the hair and she would braid ) . moreover i missed kakki very much . on top of it there was no big mirror . [ mirror in the ooty house is a story for a different day ]
mamma and nanna arrived . tatayya suddenly called me to come out . i didn’t know what to do next so i went to my grandfather , bowed down and touched his feet . he made me sit by his side . this gesture made a great impression on nanna . i liked his face ( “ if you like somebody’s face other things will not come in the way” ) . neither of the two ( nanna or mamma ) asked me any questions . ambu kakki sat near nanna and conversed comfortably . we were just listening . i don’t remember about the snacks but something was given . finally i went inside . the event was over .
next day myself and tatayya had planned to go to guntur . on finding out nanna requested tatayya to drop mamma in savitri ammumma’s house so that he could proceed to his work place ( rourkela ) . i travelled with mamma to guntur . i was comfortable in my checked sari . most of the time she spoke about the time spent with her cousins in her childhood , what songs she learnt from ammumma ( ammumma and she were cousins ) .
she asked me 2 personal questions . first one was very funny , second one not exactly .
“do you have 2 pairs of gold bangles ? ” i nodded this way and that way . [ the great indian head shake ]
we didn’t have gold bangles till then . on the previous day drama , either pinni or ambu kakki had given me 2 pairs of bangles , which meant that she had noticed them .
we came back to ooty . it took quite some time to say “yes” because nanna had to show my horoscope to guruvugaru and get his consent . the two tatayyas were not particular about jatakams . ammakkayya expressed her doubt about guruvugaru but my father okayed it saying “what is wrong ? i too have baba ( sathya sai baba ) as guru . ” so marriage day was fixed for 18 th oct with a muhurtam time of 4 am . two months time for preparations – it was quite a tough time for my father as he had not made any plans till then . he had to gather 10 , 000 rupees – a very big amount in those days – somehow he managed with my grandfather’s help whose chief complaint against my father was how much money he spent on travels .
our marriage shopping was very simple – one pattu sari ( parrot green ) for ammumma , one pattu sari ( sky blue ) for me , parikini onis ( not pattu ) for kakki . we usually bought our clothes from a brahmin’s shop called seed depot . his main business was selling seeds . because of my foolish criss - cross nodding [ aka “great indian head shake” ] , my parents had to make two pairs of bangles ( instead of one ) . one should be very careful before nodding .
i was chosen by kuruganti family 70 % on account of ammumma . i was ratnamala’s [ same as ammumma ] daughter ! nobody thought much about her eyesight [ ratnamala was nearly blind when she got married ] . my mother - in - law gave points to my complexion and roundness ( “i was not this fat then” ) . my father - in - law was impressed by our lineage – my grandfather and great grandfather were both great scholars in their times . the latter was called yerra panditudu [ red complexioned pandit ] in bandar . moreover , he was impressed by my b . a . degree . my husband was happy because my jatakam was approved by his guruvugaru . [ the stars had all aligned . ]
our house was in the 18 th cross road . savitri ammumma fixed an accommodation in the 14 th cross road for kurugantis . they had planned for satyanarayana vratam in guntur itself . cook also was arranged as they stayed for 10 days .
baba’s big portrait was kept on a decorated chair . guests started coming from 16 th onwards . there was 100 % attendance on both sides of the family . after the muhurtam was over we went inside . ammumma broke down all of a sudden . we had never seen this before . all these years she never complained or grumbled about her defect [ she was fully blind within a few years after her marriage to tatayya ] . she held my husband’s hand and cried like anything . she said “i can’t see anything . i don’t know anything . look after my daughter . ” it was too heavy a scene for everybody .
i changed my sari & wore the white sari for mangalyadharanam . i came out and saw my father standing under the bogada tree in our compound . now that kanyadanam was over he was quite relaxed . on seeing me he was so happy ! till today i remember those sparkling eyes full of contentment and appreciation . he was my mother too .
our guruvugaru purposely didn’t attend the marriage . he was staying in a nearby peetham . instead guruprasad ( his elder son ) represented him and was well taken care of by bhaskar babai ( my brother - in - law ) . later , with my father’s permission , nanna took me to the peetham . we got his blessings . ( laughing ) he said “kurugantis don’t need tube - light anymore . ” [ referring to her white complexion ]
by god’s grace everything went off well . we started for puttaparthi . my ammakkayya and sudheer babai accompanied us . we got interview with baba – he materialized a locket and gave to nanna and asked us to return with the baby child [ the one who would be my older brother ] . we proceeded to secunderabad . guntur tatayya ( nanna’s father ) was still in service ( with central bank ) . the house was near general bazaar . we celebrated first diwali amidst athayyas , babais , pedananna , and doddamma . mamma very happily took us to kali temple , to her brother’s place , sister’s place , and other relatives .
our marriage was given good report , notable quote being “bride’s sister is more good looking than the bride ! ” proposals came for kakki but tatayya brushed them aside . our next destination was guruvugarus place – it was a very small village narendrapuram in east godavari district . mamma came with us . after getting down at rajahmundry we had a dip in the godavari river on mamma’s wish . we crossed the river by boat , then took a bus and finally reached their house on a bullock cart via a kacha muddy road . we were given a warm welcome . since it was a village , all the people gathered . next day was 16 th day so they prepared special items ( kandabachali koora was a must for newly married couple it seems ) . seetamma ( guruvagaru ’s eldest daughter ) was very friendly and lively , others were too young .
by the end of nov 1962 we were in rourkela . i was impressed by neat well laid roads and similar looking houses . mamma used to cook for us . nanna took us to his friends’ houses . mamma knew a friend’s daughter in rourkela . mamma and i used to go to the nearby market – it was so strange walking without holding her hand . [ context : my mother or her sister would always hold their mother’s hand while walking since she was blind ]
on receiving first letter from tatayya i read it out to mamma and immediately cried . she consoled me by stroking my back – those were the innocent days .
three of us went to calcutta where ramudu babai was staying in shared accommodation . he took us to ramakrishna mutt , birla planetarium , new market , and other well - known places . babai found it very funny when i started crying on m amma’s return journey . she also advised nanna on so many things .
marriages are made in heaven it is already planned by him . happiness and success depends on one’s partner . it is one’s own luck and destiny . i thank god for everything .
: this is my mom’s signature two words to indicate that the long story just related has finally come to an end . when we were young ( before we had started reading classics ) , i have memories of her storytelling victor hugo’s les miserables . every night she would relate the content of whatever she had read that day . she’d always end those episodes with “that’s it ! ” on my parents’ 28th wedding anniversary , i presented them with a copy of the same book .
[ … ] i’ve italicized the telugu names – fewer references compared to the first story – a marriage in the winter of 1962 . my mom’s sub - text / commentary is “italicized within quotes . ” my comments are within “ [ [ … ]
[ … ] and gmail , the letters resumed as emails to her children . this is email # 3 , you can read email # 1 and email # 2 in [ … ]
[ … ] opus spanning her summer vacation spanning madras , vijayawada and guntur . the earlier ones were a marriage in the winter of 1962 , ravi varma in a vijayawada home , and anatomy of a pilgrimage ( sringeri edition ) . this letter was [ … ]
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) standing in the court facing charges of cheating four beautiful women and the public prosecutor ( siddaraj kalyankar ) heaping more and more charges against him . panchamrutham who speaks in a typical local accent denies having any links with these beautiful women and also argues his case to prove that he is innocent . much to the dismay of the girls , police department and the pp , the judgement goes in favor of panchamrutham and the judge (
) sets him free . as fate would have it , panchamrutham again ends up in the court and this time it is due to cheating the beautiful daughter of the judge herself . the lawmakers are bent upon getting him convicted and they rope in his brother but then the smart man that he is , panchamrutham gives his logic and yet again he emerges successful . the list of women (
) are helpless but then the time for truth comes . apparently , panchamrutham is the man who donned the roles of zakir hussain , samarasimha reddy , ashok mittal , shyamprasad , rajneesh and all this he does with only one mission - to teach these arrogant and haughty women a lesson and cut them down to size . there is a very strong flashback connected to it that leads to the death of his sister in law and that ' s when the peace loving panchamrutham becomes a skilled conman for greedy women . what is that link ? how are the women associated with it ? all this forms the rest of the story .
the director has come out with a beautiful plot and he has kept enough fuel through his slick presentation and gripping narration . the dialogues were meaningful , the script was tight to the spot , the screenplay was brilliantly executed . music was grand and the cinematography was equally a treat that one could relish . editing was perfect and the pace of the movie gets going at every point .
has come out with a flamboyant performance and has shown why he is loved by the masses . all the girls - pooja , suman , brinda ,
did their bits with ease and each song that they had , they came out with their glamour .
was dignified , sridhar was apt choice . the others did their bit with required standards .
the film has come out with some really thoughtful message to the women audience and the scenes at the courtroom are really well done . the entire length of the film goes around the schedule of how the greed is brought to its knees through an intelligent man and the inclusion of songs and other sequences provided delight for the mass audience .
has a strong mass appeal and though the film has got the kannada flavor in it , this might get accepted by the b and c centres in a big way .