The two films in Film Bazaar on Saturday launched their online versions, talking about a change of heart and attitude. In its second year on the virtual platform, Bazaar organized by the National Film Development Corporation of India, Geometry Box (Telugu) explored how children grow up to be carefree people. Written and directed by Sainath Ponna, it features an inspiring ensemble of characters.
At its center are Dada (Maula Virata Ashok Reddy) and his wife, Seshamma (Rukmini), whose own three grown children, Krishna (Giribabu), wait endlessly in their remote village for a letter from Giri (Sattanna). And Saroja (Lavanya Reddy) turns to despair. Finally, they get into a car driven by their Man Friday, Venu, (Wimplav), and set out to meet their children.
The journey is long, long in the old car, but when they reach the house of their younger son, Krishna, they are disappointed. Similarly, when he meets his daughter Saroja and his elder son Giri. All of them have been lying to their parents about their marital status and financial status. A ray of hope comes in the form of Saroja’s daughter, Saumya (Lyssie Ganesh), who is friendly, caring, well educated and ready to move to America for a job. She is very fond of her grandparents.
There are very subtle messages in the geometry box. It examines caste barriers. Krishna is angry and annoyed that his father did not allow him to marry a girl of his choice as she was from a different background. Saroja is no less fiery as her mother was insensitive to her plight at home with her husband which was indeed cruel. Giri is in financial trouble.
Also see how the kids treat Venu, as they treat him as nothing more than a servant. Saumya is the only one who respects her, and even begins to cherish romantic feelings for her! However, this may sound exaggerated, and here one feels that the director is stressing a point to show us the opposite nature.
Also, the film is too long, a curse for Indian cinema. Obviously, the editor was not allowed to use his scissors to excise so many unnecessary scenes. Some of them go on forever.
However, the geometry box should be commended for dealing with some important social issues such as dogma and caste barriers.
Sudish Kanojia’s second work, You Changed Me, is just 10 minutes long, but makes his point – how it takes just one person to change an attitude. Lakhan is a driver (Dr Azad Jain), an educated man, and begins to notice a change in himself when he starts picking and dropping Radhika Apte (not the actress, but Anshu Varshney). When she says she is finicky about cleanliness, he understands that she is unhappy with the condition of her cab. They join in on the conversation, and they get quite excited. A gripping work, well shot and imaginatively written by Jain. Also executed with precision. Making short films is never easy, but Kanojia manages to deliver a compelling work.
Both the films were part of industry screenings. The market runs till November 25.
(The writer, commentator and movie critic has been covering the film market for many years)
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