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Film/Video
I HAVE FOUND IT (KANDUKONDAIN, KANDUKONDAIN)
DIRECTED BY RAJIV MENON
FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 26, 2003,
7 PM
$7 ($5 WALKER MEMBERS)
AUDITORIUM
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I Have Found It is both an inspired adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense
and Sensibility (set in contemporary South India) and a tongue-in-cheek
primer on the conventions of Indian commercial cinema. The film wittily
retells the story of two marriageable girls and their three beaus: an aspiring
filmmaker educated in New York who wants to make a film called Speed
about a runaway train; an injured soldier; and a smooth stock-market whiz-kid.
With dance sequences that move from Tamil Nadu to Egypt to Scotland, this
film stars Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Ajith, and Mammooty with music by the renowned
Bollywood/Tollywood composer A. R. Rahman. "The great rites of passage novel
about gentle women making their way in the world will never seem quite the
same again" (BFI, Beyond Bollywood). 2000, India, color, 35mm, in
Tamil with English subtitles, 150 minutes.
PROGRAMMING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY RADHA VATSAL. |