Film Babbling: Kalyug (1981)
Feb. 23rd, 2019 08:47 pmFinally watched Shyam Benegal's Kalyug, a take on the Mahabharata set in 1970s Mumbai. I have no memory of ever having watched this film the whole way through, though I do know I saw about fifteen minutes of it while still in school and didn't like it.
I did this time. The cast is phenomenal (Sashi Kapoor as Karan; Rekha as Draupadi/Supriya; Amrish Puri as Kishan) and the cinematography, music, set design is A++. The plot is what it is, and pretty faithful to the basic beats of the epic without being fussy about details.
( I say family a lot under here )
It is such a good film, tho. There's a good review in English here, and you can watch the film in Hindi here and here.
ETA: spoilers in the comments
I did this time. The cast is phenomenal (Sashi Kapoor as Karan; Rekha as Draupadi/Supriya; Amrish Puri as Kishan) and the cinematography, music, set design is A++. The plot is what it is, and pretty faithful to the basic beats of the epic without being fussy about details.
It is such a good film, tho. There's a good review in English here, and you can watch the film in Hindi here and here.
ETA: spoilers in the comments